Week Fifteen of Extra Ordinary Time

 

Welcome all to the Fifteenth week of Extra 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, it is good to hear you are in such high spirits, however the prophets do not share your “outlook” on life as many governments and their “hand maidens” are turning against religion of late.

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  Of late, governments and their “sycophants” in the “legacy media” and Financial “institutions” (prisons) have begun a more open campaign against all religions.  In one of the more blatant examples of this growing practice the current American government has decided to bar Christians from fostering or adopting children unless they agree up front to pay for any requested “reassignment” surgery that may arise from the child in question  (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/30/2024-08982/designated-placement-requirements-under-titles-iv-e-and-iv-b-for-lgbtqi-children#footnote-2-p34821).  Violating parental/caregiver rights seems to come natural to these animals. 

In another case of the “sycophants” advancing the politicians causes the “too big to fail” Bank of America has been accused of “de-banking” bot Christians and Christian churches/groups (https://sfof.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SFOF_BoA_Letter.pdf).  Of course we can presume fair treatment with federal financial investigators on this case. 

Even more concerning than these actions by governments and their lackeys, has been the response of religious groups in the face of these persecutions.  A large protestant (remember it comes from the word “Protest”) church, the United Methodist Church, has managed to alienate literally millions of its own followers over its woke inspired liberal drift.  More than one Million followers of the church have officially left it enmasse in the nation of Cote d’ Ivorie.  In particular this break is caused by the church stance on LGBT+ parsons (https://www.theblaze.com/news/umc-ivory-coast-leaves-lgbt-issues?utm_source=theblaze-dailyPM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20PM%20Premium%20Test%202024-06-04&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Daily%20PM&tpcc=email-premiumtest).  As if such losses in followers were not enough, the same article states that another 1.5 million members of the UMC in South Korea are also about to break with the church over similar issues.  The above mentions 2.5 million defections represent 25% of the entire organizations membership according to its own website (https://www.umc.org/en/who-we-are#:~:text=The%20United%20Methodist%20Church%20is,Europe%20and%20the%20United%20States.).  Hopefully, the international organization will realize the error of their ways and recant to mend fences and maintain some religious organizational strength. 

Naturally, if we want to see the complete abasement of a church to governmental hubris, no investigation would be complete without examining the Church of England.  Recently an “ArchDeacon” in the “Established Church”, openly called for a campaign of “Anti-Whiteness” within the church (https://www.zerohedge.com/political/church-england-archdeacon-openly-calls-anti-whiteness).  I am quite sure that all of this “ArchDeacon’s” parishioners feels completely safe and welcome with them running communion and delivering homilies!  The practicioners of the Church of England would be better served by following the Pope at this rate. 

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.