tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post1799891929434726852..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: FRIDAY POTPOURRI: BUT IS IT ART: BUT IS IT LITURGICAL ART?Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-78083632873526748082019-05-21T06:56:11.591-07:002019-05-21T06:56:11.591-07:00Hopefully Father donated it to someone who appreci...Hopefully Father donated it to someone who appreciated it more than we! Or perhaps it ended up in the same unknown place where our awesome statue of St. Michael (hovering menacingly over the main vestibule with a sword in his hand) went when the church was "renovated" back in the 60s. I remember being a little scared of the statue. My dad said it was for people who were late for Mass or who left after Communion instead of waiting for the blessing! Peace and all good - Sue, OFSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-75460868452957236762019-05-20T12:51:07.521-07:002019-05-20T12:51:07.521-07:00I think I remember that. I wonder what happened t...I think I remember that. I wonder what happened to it? I hate to say that I hated it but . . . <br /><br />We all (priests) do things that seem like a good (and sometimes expensive) idea only later to learn that we made a huge mistake.Fr. Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-36887274653660120072019-05-17T15:00:51.299-07:002019-05-17T15:00:51.299-07:00Interesting post, Father!
Some years and a couple...Interesting post, Father!<br /><br />Some years and a couple of pastors ago, a parishioner made a gift of a modernistic, expensive, free-form water fountain to our parish, intending it to be used in the church. Bearing in mind our church is quite religiously ornate, stunning beautiful, and built in 1905.<br /><br />Father decided to place it in the sanctuary, on the St. Joseph side, near to where the priest's chair is currently placed.<br /><br />It remained there for a year or two, gurgling away, jarringly mismatched to the ornate, traditional architecture and design of our church. Anyone who was close enough to hear it bubbling had sudden and repeated urges to visit the restroom.<br /><br />Father finally decided enough was enough, and the fountain disappeared. Much to the relief of the parishioners, and probably the priests as well. Pretty much *all* of us were very happy about it.<br /><br />As I think Coco Chanel put it, sometimes less is more!<br /><br />God bless you and Fr. Simone and all our good cluster neighbors at St. Sebastian - Sue, OFSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com