tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post7919967989944449258..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Kiss of PeaceFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-34774058448684408512008-03-18T09:25:00.000+00:002008-03-18T09:25:00.000+00:00I've never been too happy about handshaking with s...I've never been too happy about handshaking with strangers because of the hygiene problem,sweaty palms are a bit offputting and make one want to run to the bathroom.Another good reason to take Communion on the tongue.nickbrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803733028691380861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-15733859003832366842008-03-18T08:18:00.000+00:002008-03-18T08:18:00.000+00:00Amazing picture..Amazing picture..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-17779497539175968322008-03-17T21:31:00.000+00:002008-03-17T21:31:00.000+00:00On 'handshake of peace' question: Have you forgott...On 'handshake of peace' question: Have you forgotten your Shakespeare? In Romeo and Juliette (Act 1, scene 5, lines 95-98) Juliette speaks: "Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much. Which mannerly devotion shows in this: For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch. And palm to palm is holy palmer's kiss."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-72629443948165060852008-03-17T21:19:00.000+00:002008-03-17T21:19:00.000+00:00I thought it was the Peace Sign of Peace. Silly me...I thought it was the Peace Sign of Peace. Silly me. <BR/><BR/>Or maybe it's the Hug of Peace... or the Back Slap of Peace.The Crescathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117353945124506952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-70700484105941050652008-03-17T18:23:00.000+00:002008-03-17T18:23:00.000+00:00Anon, to me that is more of a way of "dominance" t...Anon, to me that is more of a way of "dominance" than equality, and whomever is the receipient one in the "handshake" certainly has the back of his/her hands swathed in any potential germs hanging around given. Icky. I'd be tempted punch out someone who pulled that business. You'll have parties trying to be "alpha dog." Not good! Face it, have you ever said "And also with you?" NO. Everyone wants to be the one who says "Peace be with you." There IS no response...because everyone wants to be the one to say "Peace be with you."<BR/><BR/>Although a handshake is less intimate than the old way of exchanging pax, it is also the way people make up when they have had an argument. I.E. A and B were feuding, and they apologize and decide not be be jerks to each other -- they often shake hands in offering an apology. So it doesn't exclusively have a "business deal" aspect to it.<BR/><BR/>Karengemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-7936750872884475082008-03-17T17:48:00.000+00:002008-03-17T17:48:00.000+00:00The only hope for the handshake is for it to be gi...The only hope for the handshake is for it to be given by both hands enclosing the closed hands of the recipient, and so transmitted. In this way germs are not so effectively transmitted, and the irredmediably secular connotations are left aside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com