Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time

 

Welcome to the Eleventh week of Ordinary Time.

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. 

Thank you for that rousing rendition combined with the brilliant weather today I literally lept into the Pulpit.  Now please open The Holy Text volume 1 to episode 12 page 160 where the prophets say …

Minister	Good evening. We in the Wood Party feel very strongly that the present weak drafting of the Local Government Bill leaves a lot to be desired, and we intend to fight.
	He thumps on the desk and he falls through the floor. (Yes Mr Director you did read that right: he fell through the floor and added a fortune to the budget). As he falls he emits a long scream, fading away slowly. Another man comes and looks down into the pit.
Man	Hello Helllllllllloooooooooo! (to camera) Er I, I'm afraid the minister's fallen through the Earth's crust. Er... excuse me a moment. (goes and looks at pit) Helloooo.
Minister	(unseen, a long way down) Helloooooo.
Man	Are you all right minister?
Minister	I appear to have landed on this kind of ledge thing.
Man	Shall we lower down one of the BBC ropes?
Minister	If you'd be so kind.
Man	What length of BBC rope will we be likely to need?

Open your hymnal to page 13 and join us in singing “Rhubard Tart”  Verse 2

The principles of modern philosophy
Were postulated by Descartes
Discarding everything he wasn't certain of
He said, "I think therefore I am rhubarb tart"
A rhubarb what? A rhubarb tart
Rene who? Rene Descartes
Poor mutt, he thought he was a rhubarb tart

Now please open The Holy Text volume 2 to episode 32 page 128 where the prophets say …

Voice Over

(and CAPTION:) 'WE WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE WAY IN WHICH POLITICIANS ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS PROGRAMME. IT WAS NEVER OUR INTENTION TO IMPLY THAT POLITICIANS ARE WEAK-KNEED, POLITICAL TIME-SERVERS WHO ARE CONCERNED MORE WITH THEIR PERSONAL VENDETTAS AND PRIVATE POWER STRUGGLES THAN THE PROBLEMS OF GOVERNMENT, NOR TO SUGGEST AT ANY POINT THAT THEY SACRIFICE THEIR CREDIBILITY BY DENYING FREE DEBATE ON VITAL MATTERS IN THE MISTAKEN IMPRESSION THAT PARTY UNITY COMES BEFORE THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE THEY SUPPOSEDLY REPRESENT NOR TO IMPLY AT ANY STAGE THAT THEY ARE SQUABBLING LITTLE TOADIES WITHOUT AN OUNCE OF CONCERN FOR THE VITAL SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF TODAY. NOR INDEED DO WE INTEND THAT VIEWERS SHOULD CONSIDER THEM AS CRABBY ULCEROUS LITTLE SELF-SEEKING VERMIN WITH FURRY LEGS AND AN EXCESSIVE ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL AND CERTAIN EXPLICIT SEXUAL PRACTICES WHICH SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FIND OFFENSIVE. WE ARE SORRY IF THIS IMPRESSION HAS COME ACROSS.

Homily  So this week as the American United Auto Workers Union announced its support for Sleepy Uncle Joe (if they do not support whoever the Democans ran it would actually be news) I saw a different story that caught my eye.  It turns out that only 10% of America workers are members of a labor union (https://creditnews.com/economy/the-slow-death-of-americas-unions/).  Naturally, the Federal Government leads the country with 23% of its bloated work force unionized.

Also this week I noticed that one of those federal Unions was showing it great displeasure with Sleepy Uncle Joe (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-patrol-has-no-plans-remove-razor-wire-set-up-texas-amid-feud-biden-admin), namely the Border Patrol!  Disregarding the “pedophile in chief’s” directives and refusing to remove Texas Razor wire, I think we can presume that this is a union that will NOT be supporting S.U.J.

I wonder how the Border Patrol would respond if they found out that S.U.J.’s precious “Build Back Better” funds were being siphoned off by the administration to smuggle more illegals into America (https://www.zerohedge.com/political/journalist-uncovers-shadowy-network-ngos-facilitating-us-border-invasion)?  I know that I do not support the Red Cross and other such agencies trying to flood our country with almost a million illegals a month! 

Finally, I would be remiss if I left the false impression that only the “pedophile in chief” was busy flooding our country, no apparently even the lower end (form?) of Democans sees such insanity as a critical mission (https://www.zerohedge.com/political/deporting-fentanyl-dealers-violates-sanctuary-city-policies-says-sf-supervisor).  When opposing expulsion of illegals is such a critical issue that ignoring fentanyl dealers is overlooked because of their “protected status” as illegals, you know there is no hope for the party that spawned them. 

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.