Thoughts of a loose Canon
There can be no forgiveness without repentance. To simulate the sacrament of Penance in bad faith only adds the sin of sacrilege to the rest. Equally, the facile declarations of forgiveness for their malefactors, which we sometimes hear from victims of crime, only add to the original offence. Unless offenders declare their remorse and promise not to repeat their offence, in good faith, any absolution offered is null and void until the Last Judgment.
Rev. I. Draper
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yawn!
it's being so cheerful that keeps you going
Post by : Simon (host81-128-246-113.in-addr.btopenworld.com / )
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Well said
Well said Ivor. Try telling that to the rockies.
Post by : Rev'd Tommy Cannon (webcacheh02a.cache.pol.co.uk / )
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Thorny question
I often wondered if there's such-a-thing as Penance by Fire, like Baptism by Fire, your eminences? Sorry, I don't know yourself Rev Draper - do you kick with the left foot or what? (Pardon my ignorance.) I must ask the Monsignor. Hahaha, did you hear me - kick with the left foot? Hahahaha, and me with a broken foot. Just ignore me. I'm thick.
Post by : Mrs Haverty (host81-128-246-113.in-addr.btopenworld.com / )
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I thought "how nice"
Having just moved to England from Cornwall I thought how lovely to see Mrs Haverty refer to the sacrament of Penzance. How on Earth, I thought, does she know about the Dark Rites of Chyauster, the Standing Stones of Penwith?
Then I saw that my loneliness, my removal from my kin, my transposition to this city in which horizons are invisible, had led me to introduce a Z to penance. Notwithstanding the fact that it reminded me of watching Zorro at Saturday morning pictures in Redruth I was left deflated and yearning for home.
Alas.
Post by : Jethro Agorno Trevithick - Bard of Kernow (webcacheh09b.cache.pol.co.uk / )
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Who the hell is this Drapier character who keeps sending us letters? He's not on the staff is he. Oh me heart! Nurse, nurse! I'm supposed to be resting and you lot will be the death of me. I can't leave the place for 5 minutes. Ouch! Oh!
Post by : Ed (host81-128-246-113.in-addr.btopenworld.com / )
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I wonder if he takes his lead from this?
Post by : A. Sleuth (host81-128-246-113.in-addr.btopenworld.com / )
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