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The Washington Post’s Alternate Meanings

(thanks to Thom, Capt Redbeard, on CeltList)

Once again, The Washington Post published its yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for various words.

And the winners are…

1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.

6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.

12. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions.

13. Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist.

14. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your Soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there.

AND MY TWO PERSONAL FAVORITES…

15. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you.

16. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts

Gaudete Sunday

And what shade did you say Father’s vestments were?

Today is Gaudete Sunday, the 3rd Sunday of Advent, a reminder of the joy and wonder upcoming, in the midst of Advent’s preparations. Purple (violet?) is the seasonal color, but today’s color is rose. Fr Paul tells us that the color comes from the combining the purple of Advent with the white of Christmas. He also pointed out that his vestments, which had come from St Michael, weren’t exactly the most wonderful shade of rose (they were pank, actually), but we got the drift...

And then, what appears on CeltList?

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Gaudete Sunday, Third Sunday of Advent
Liturgical Color: Rose
Themes & Motives: rejoice, joy, preparation, coming, glory, splendor,
John the Baptist

Gaudete Sunday By Br. James Thompson, O.P.
http://www.newman-asu.org/lit_corner/lit_gaudetesunday.html

You have noticed the rose-colored candle in the Advent wreath, but do you know why one is rose while the others are purple? The color rose is only occasionally used liturgically, and it represents joy. Halfway through the otherwise muted season of Advent, we express the joyful aspect of anticipating the Lord’s coming. You can hear the theme of joy and rejoicing throughout the readings and prayers in the Mass.

The third Sunday in Advent was nicknamed “Gaudete Sunday” long ago. Gaudete means ‘rejoice!’ in Latin, and is the first word in the Latin Mass for that day. If you look up the “entrance antiphon” in a missalette, you will see that it starts out: “Rejoice in the Lord always!” In the Latin that would read Gaudete in Domino semper! Today we usually sing an opening hymn rather than recite or chant the entrance antiphon, but the theme of rejoicing is no less conspicuous now on Gaudete Sunday than in the past.

Is there a counterpart to Gaudete Sunday in Lent? Yes, there is. Halfway through Lent we celebrate what is traditionally called “Laetare Sunday.” As in Advent, we take a mid-term break from the somberness of the season for joyous anticipation. Laetare Sunday also takes its name from the entrance antiphon of the day, whose first word is a Latin synonym also meaning “rejoice” or “be joyful.” This is the other time you may see liturgical use of the color rose.

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Gaudete Sunday (full article available at):
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394b.htm

The third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e., Rejoice). The season of Advent originated as a fast of forty days in preparation for Christmas, commencing on the day after the feast of St. Martin (12 November), whence it was often called “St. Martin’s Lent” -- a name by which it was known as early as the fifth century.

The introduction of the Advent fast cannot be placed much earlier, because there is no evidence of Christmas being kept on 25 December before the end of the fourth century (Duchesne, “Origines du culte chrétien”, Paris, 1889), and the preparation for the feast could not have been of earlier date than the feast itself. In the ninth century, the duration of Advent was reduced to four weeks, the first allusion to the shortened season being in a letter of St. Nicholas I (858-867) to the Bulgarians, and by the twelfth century the fast had been replaced by simple abstinence. St. Gregory the Great was the first to draw up an Office for the Advent season, and the Gregorian Sacramentary is the earliest to provide Masses for the Sundays of Advent. In both Office and Mass provision is made for five Sundays, but by the tenth century four was the usual number, though some churches of France observed five as late as the thirteenth century.


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Dr Tomas Farthing, Bishop of Cork, pt 4

Sent to Fr Teddy O'Sullivan, Diocesan Secretary of the Diocese of Cork and Ross,

Greetings, Father! I'm a bit confused, and I'm hoping you can point me in the right direction.

Once upon a time (1999 & 2000), there was a fellow who went by the name of Tom Farthing subscribed to a mailing list that I'm also subscribed to. He was obviously Catholic, and obviously a priest; it came to pass that the list moderator determined that Tom was also a (retired?) bishop.

Tom Farthing's last post to the list was 5 October 2000. On 19 October 2000, the list moderator posted an article from The Irish Times (I can't determine when the article appeared in The Times) about "Ballinspittle's "wobbling statue"". The final paragraph of the article contains the following quote:

> Asked about the church's view on the statue, a Cork and Ross
> diocesan spokesman said that in 1985, the late Bishop of Cork,
> Dr Tomas Farthing, had urged people to approach the claims
> about Ballinspittle "with prudence and caution". The church's
> position had not changed since then, the spokesman said.

On the Diocese's Web site, I couldn't find any reference to Dr Farthing. Needless to say, I'm not sure what to think.

I throw myself on your mercy and superior knowledge in such things, and thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Slán,



Mo! (Hanrahan) Langdon

Tidbits from Tom Farthing

Prayers, words of wisdom...

The blessing of God be upon you, that good come to you;
The blessing of Christ be upon you, that good be done to you;
The blessing of the Holy Ghost be yours,
that good be the course of your life,
each day of your arising,
each night of your lying down,
for evermore, Amen.

Dr Tomas Farthing, Bishop of Cork, pt 3

Church of Ireland?? OK, I'm desperate...

There's no mention of him on the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (CoI) Web site, either. Their e-mail is office@cork.anglican.org. There is also no mention of Ballinspittle.

Dr Tomas Farthing, Bishop of Cork, pt 2

As always, he's cagey...

There's no reference to him, at all, on the Diocese of Cork and Ross (RC) Web site. Their Diocesan Secretary is Fr. Teddy O'Sullivan.

He can be contacted at:
Cork and Ross Offices, Redemption Road, Cork.
Telephone (021) 4301717; Fax (021) 4301557.

secretary@corkandross.org

There's also no parish named Ballinspittle listed on the site. There is, however, a parish named Courceys, which has two churches, one of which is Holy Trinity Church, Ballinspittle.

Found a Web site that had a picture of the statue in a grotto.

Other Web sites with info on Ballinspittle/the statue:

Reliquary of Miraculous Images of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Moving Statue of Mary in Ballinspittal (from the Cork Free Presbyterian Church...)

Dr Tomas Farthing, Bishop of Cork, pt 1

Been thinking about his grace lately, and started poking around, since he's not been on CeltList for some time...

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You didn't believe me, did you now, but here's an article from The IrishTimes
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Ballinspittle's "wobbling statue" might not be drawing the thousands it did 12 years ago, but the faithful and the curious are gathering again amid reports that the Blessed Virgin statue is wobbling again.

On a quiet weekday afternoon, the neatly-kept grotto, set into the hillside just outside the west Cork village, is attracting a brisk crowd, with up to 30 people at a time stopping off to pray. Some stay for hours, some for only a few minutes.

"This is our second time coming down in the past week," said Ms Ann Murphy from Turners Cross. "We've been coming down here for almost 15 years. We were here back in the 1980s when she moved and we've kept coming since."

Her two friends - one in her 40s and the other in her late 70s - explained that in 1985 it was Our Lady's body which moved, but so far this year it's only her head they have seen move. "It's mainly on Our Lady's feast days," said the older woman.

Asked why they thought the statue had started to move again, one replied: "It's all about prayer. She wants people to return to prayer. There's been an awful falling away from the church. Look at Saturday night Mass; there are very few young people at it. It's very sad."

For Mr Peter McDwyer and Ms Joyce O'Keeffe, both in their 20s and on holiday in nearby Garretstown, the grotto is just a very peaceful spot. "Some people seem to see it, mainly by night. I suppose it depends how long you've been looking at it," said Peter, adding he had visited the grotto in 1985 but couldn't remember if he had seen it move. Joyce said that like Doubting Thomas she would have to see it move herself before believing it could do so.

Asked about the church's view on the statue, a Cork and Ross diocesan spokesman said that in 1985, the late Bishop of Cork, Dr Tomas Farthing, had urged people to approach the claims about Ballinspittle "with prudence and caution". The church's position had not changed since then, the spokesman said.

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