Week Fifteen of Extra Ordinary Time

 

Gentle parishioners, problems are accelerating, it appears to be time to stockpile necessities, but more on that in our homily.  

Please open your Hymnal to page 3 and join in our processional  “O Lord Please Don’t Burn Us” Verse 1

O LORD, please don’t burn us,   Don’t grill or toast your flock,

Don’t put us on the barbecue,  Or simmer us in stock,

Don’t braise or bake or boil us,  Or stir fry us in a wok. 

Please open The Holy Text volume 1 to episode 14 page 183 where the prophets say …

Minister	That's it, is it?
Man	Yes, that's it, yes.
Minister	It's not particularly silly, is it? I mean, the right leg isn't silly at all and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half turn every alternate step.
Man	Yes, but I think that with Government backing I could make it very silly.
Minister	(rising) Mr Pudey, (he walks about behind the desk in a very silly fashion) the very real problem is one of money. I'm afraid that the Ministry of Silly Walks is no longer getting the kind of support it needs. You see there's Defense, Social Security, Health, Housing, Education, Silly Walks ... they're all supposed to get the same. But last year, the Government spent less on the Ministry of Silly Walks than it did on National Defence. Now we get £348,000,000 a year, which is supposed to be spent on all our available products. (he sits down) Coffee?
Man	Yes please.

 

Open your hymnal to page 21 and join us in singing “Here comes another 1” both verses

Here comes another one,  Here it comes again
Here comes another one,  When will it ever end?

I know whatever it is,  I've not seen one before
But here comes another one,  And here comes a bunch of 'em
Here comes another one,  Thank God I'm not having lunch with them

 

Now please open The Holy Text volume 2 to episode 32 page 126 where the prophets say …

Newsreader

The Minister for not listening to people toured Batley today to investigate allegations of victimization in home-loan improvement grants, made last week (photo behind changes to close up of another faceless minister) by the Shadow Minister for judging people at first sight to be marginally worse than they actually are. (photo changes to exterior of the Home Office) At the Home Office, the Minister for inserting himself in between chairs and walls in men's clubs, was at his desk after a short illness. He spent the morning dealing with the Irish situation and later in the day had long discussions with the Minister for running upstairs two at a time, flinging the door open and saying 'Ha, ha! Caught you, Mildred'. (photo of the Houses of Parliament) In the Commons there was another day of heated debate on the third reading of the Trade Practices Bill. Mr Roland Penrose, the Under-Secretary for making deep growling noises grrr, launched a bitter personal attack on the ex-Minister for delving deep into a black satin bag and producing a tube of Euthymol toothpaste. Later in the debate the Junior Minister for being frightened by any kind of farm machinery, challenged the Under-Secretary of State for hiding from Terence Rattigan to produce the current year's trading figures, as supplied by the Department of stealing packets of bandages from the self-service counter at Timothy Whites and selling them again at a considerable profit. Parliament rose at 11:30, and, crawling along a dark passageway into the old rectory (the camera starts to track slowly into the newsreader's face so that it is eventually filling the screen) broke down the door to the serving hatch, painted the spare room and next weekend I think they'll be able to make a start on the boy's bedroom, while Amy and Roger, up in London for a few days, go to see the mysterious Mr Grenville.

Homily:  Unfortunately gentle parishioners this weeks last song can apply equally to two different problems we face.  First off, of more immediate concern is the growing evidence that the COVID vaccines are not very effective against the Delta variant of   COVID.  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21030483-outbreak-of-sars-cov-2-infections-including-covid-19-vaccine-breakthrough-infections-associated-with-large-public-gatherings-massachusetts-july-30-2021  The fact that the vaccines efficacy would decline as the Virus continued to mutate through its exposure to Human Genetics was a fore gone conclusion to anyone with a rudimentary science education, but the fact that it seems to be nearing its end of usefulness after only four variants is disconcerting. 

Not only is the Delta variant being hardly effected by the Vaccines (which the president and administration continue to tout as a cure all, “if only we can get more people vaccinated”. Unfortunately, having run their mouths idiotically to try and get more vaccine doses administered, now when the natural progression of things is finally clear to people I am concerned that the vaccines will be rejected by even more people.  This combined with the virus showing an even easier spread pattern  https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/war-has-changed-leaked-cdc-report-claims-delta-spreads-easily-chickenpox

Please remember that even “29%” protection is still better than no protection.  Seasonal Flu shots range in protection levels from highs of around 60% to lows of around 30%, so even at less than the bragged levels of protection, the vaccines do still offer considerable assistance.  Please gentle parishioners, do get the vaccine third dose when it is eventually sanctioned. 

Meanwhile, the second problem is now merging with this first problem.  Even the corporate media is staring to cover the flood of un vaccinated illegals crowing our border and the alarming number of them that are refusing to take a vaccine as they “invade” our country.  Quite literally “Here Comes another one” is becoming all too poignant.  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/whistleblowers-say-they-were-told-downplay-covid-outbreak-among-migrant-n1275261  We can always hope that the current crop of self serving lying bureaucrats will realize that their lies are endangering the country, but “Hope is not a plan”, and I do not see any signs yet.

Amen  

Please join us in our recessional on page 3 of your hymnal “O Lord Please Don’t Burn Us” second verse. 

Oh Please don’t lightly poach us,  Or Baste us with hot fat,

Don’t fricassee or roast us,    Or boil us in a vat,

And please don’t stick thy servants, Lord,  In a Rotissomat.