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Tacky Religious Ornaments And Stuff
Topic Started: Sunday, 3. February 2008, 02:07 (641 Views)
CARLO
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Joan M
Feb 4 2008, 02:03 PM
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Somebody gave me a plastic bottle full of Lourdes water. It was also a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. To get at the water, one had to remove the head. I thought that was a bit too tacky.


I have one of those. (pause while I find it) ..... No, it can't be identical - you don't have to remove her head, only her crown - a blus plastic screw on crown.

Shucks! :blink:

Joan

I am familiar with the plastic version which is quite acceptable.

Here however is the (pre-V2) glass version on which the (post-V2) plastic container is based!

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pete

Carlo, I'll do you a swop, I'll give you my two plastic one's for your glass one. Until recently I thought that my plastic one was miraculous, the holy water as often as we topped up the font always seemed to remain full. That was until I found that my Downs son was filling it up from the tap.
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pete
Feb 5 2008, 02:45 PM
Carlo, I'll do you a swop, I'll give you my two plastic one's for your glass one. Until recently I thought that my plastic one was miraculous, the holy water as often as we topped up the font always seemed to remain full. That was until I found that my Downs son was filling it up from the tap.

Pete :D

How wonderfully Italian of your son!

Bravo! B)

Andiamo!
Let's go!


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I have heard that long before even my time the occasionally traveller would go around the country selling bottles of water from the River Jordan.
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Derekap
Feb 7 2008, 09:41 PM
I have heard that long before even my time the occasionally traveller would go around the country selling bottles of water from the River Jordan.

Yes no doubt Derek.

If you read The Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales you will learn of Friars and Monks selling all sorts of dodgy gear!

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CARLO
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The ultimate gifts for Ladies of the Guild of the Green Cardigan, for use when they count the collection.


Coin Counter
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Note counter

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CARLO
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:o Goodness me Rose - no need for all that Post V2 clutter!

The Pre-V2 counting kit consisted of:

1. Small ribbed rubber finger cover for counting notes

2. Several thick and brown elastic bands

3. Paper Bank bags for coins

4. A blue or brown cloth bag from the bank to carry 3. above

5. A Cash Book from W H Smiths with a red cover

6. A lead pencil

7. Packet of 20 Players Navy Cut

8. A heavy glass ash tray

9. A bottle of Dimple Haig and 2 glasses.

10. A Ready Reckoner.

(STRICTLY NO WOMEN)


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In the not distant future we shall be swiping smart cards when we enter church and the collectors will take a print-off of the total up to the altar just before the Offertory. At least I shall not be shamed by generous people hiding my 50p piece with their £50 notes!
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Derekap
Apr 12 2008, 08:40 PM
At least I shall not be shamed by generous people hiding my 50p piece with their £50 notes!

The way banks are going they will soon charge by entry on the statement. Serves you right if you get charged a fiver for your 50p transaction.

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Ned

I'm usually very tolerant of other people's devotional objects.

But I'm in terror of those boxed statues, fitted with a 15-watt night light, of Our Lady or the Sacred Heart. Elderly people are very fond of them, but they must be a real fire-risk - particularly those that have the glass-fronted case lined with a fabric.
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THE COUNTER

After Mass on Sunday
Thou shalt enter the inner sanctum
Of Presbytery room
With aroma of stale tobacco
And duty free aftershave
Amidst grubby banknotes
With thy comrades of the dark suit
Thou shalt count the collection
And separate the coins
That are not of legal tender
From those that are, or used to be
As a shepherd sorts his sheep
Thou shalt go about thy holy work
With elastic bands around thy wrist
And foolscap envelopes in thy hand
Putting each penny and note in its place
Recording each total with a flourish
Of thy golden fountain pen
Hoping dearly that one day
Thine own name
Will be entered in
The cash book of salvation.


Copyright “CARLO” 13 Feb 2005





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Carlo's post reminded me of my Dad and his efforts to help the parish finances.

Another thing he did was to cycle round parishioner's houses every Friday night in all weathers collecting the pools money. (I'm not sure how that helped the parish finances as I was a child at the time, but it did.)

Dad was firmly of the opinion that the holier the priest, the less reliable he would be regarding money. It took Dad a long time to "train" his p.p. to put money given to him by parishioners on a special table set aside for the purpose in the presbytery instead of leaving it in a jacket pocket.

I remember well Dad coming home and telling us how proud and pleased with himself Fr. XXXX was to show Dad the table with all the little stacks of coins. The snag was our dear p.p. found it hard to recall who had given him which stack or what it was for!

They've both gone to their reward, bless them.

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Present for spouse! :rofl:

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Where on earth did you find that?
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Sunday, 3. August 2008, 17:03
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Where on earth did you find that?
That most venerable institution, The Times of London.
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