The Third week of Extra Ordinary Time.

 

Welcome to the Third 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 for the reserved rendition of our processional, I had three commencement ceremonies to attend for my children this week, I appreciate the calm atmosphere.  Please open The Holy Text volume 1 to episode 18 page 242 where the prophets say …

Schoolmaster	'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers'. (slight applause)
	The curtain pans. Enter headmaster in mortar board and gown.
Headmaster	'Tis time the seven Smith brothers had brides. Fetch me Smith Major.
	Enter Smith Major in short pants.
First Smith	Sir.
Headmaster	'Tis time you and your six brothers were married.
First Smith	Thank you, Headmaster.
Headmaster	Fetch me your six brothers, that the seven brothers may be together.
	Smith Major rings handbell. Three boys enter and stand next to him.
Boys	Behold, the seven brothers.
Headmaster	Right, I'll see Watson, Wilkins, and Spratt in my study afterwards.
First Smith	(has to be prompted, then declaims badly) But where shall we find seven brides for seven brothers?
Second Smith	The Sabine School for Girls.
Third Smith	Yes, and it's the Annual Dance.
Headmaster	Fetch hither the seven brides for seven brothers.

Open the Blue insert in your hymnal page K and join us in singing “Knights of the Round Table” verse 1

We're Knights of the Round Table,  We dance when ere we're able
We do routines and chorus scenes,  With footwork impeccable

We dine well here in Camelot,  We eat ham and jam and spam a lot

 

Now please open The Holy Text volume 2 to episode 38 page 211 where the prophets say …

Voice Over	There now follows a Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Conservative and Unionist Party.
	Cut to a politician sitting on a chair. He is in fact in a rehearsal room, but we don't see this for the first six lines.
Politician	Good evening. Figures talk. We have already fulfilled over three of our election pledges before the end of our second year of good Conservative rule. And, what is more (gets up and starts to do dancing movements as he speaks) We hope ... that in the aut-tumn we shall int-ro-duce leg-is-lat-tion in the House to bene-fit all those in low-er in-come groups. And fur-ther-more we hope...
	Enter a choreographer.
Choreographer	No, no, no, no... look, luv, it's and... (does the movements) one and two and three and four, and five and six and seven and down.
Politician	(trying the last bit) ... five and six and seven and down... it's so much harder with the words.
Choreographer	Well, don't think of them. Just count four in your head.

Homily  Parishioners, the New Green (as in cash) “deal” has shown signs of decay recently, and even their cheerleaders in the media are starting to lose “the spirit” to support the movement.  This has increased the number of articles appearing which challenge the orthodoxy of the religion (grift).  Some of these recent admissions would be funny of no for the billions of tax payer dollars in countries around the globe wasted on the scam.  As a simple example it recently came out if Britain that their electrical system has no concept of how to achieve the caveman era emission s required to save the world from “destruction” (https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uks-national-grid-admits-it-doesnt-have-clue-how-reach-net-zero ).  However, if the government would extend the deadline they would be willing to keep working on the problem!  I wonder if they are hiring? 

In another recent article it turns out that the power outages that have plagued Tajikistan over the last decade are caused by the government lies to their people on the amount of power they could generate via “green” alternative energies, they simply can not generate enough power by such means (https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/blackouts-plague-tajikistan-energy-promises-fall-short).  I am sure that the Tajik people understand as they freeze through their winters without power, after all they were once in the Soviet Union so they are quite used to government failing to deliver on its promises. 

Finally, in a rare move of common sense, New Jersey has decided that they are tired of having dead whales wash up on the beaches and they have rescinded the permits for an off shore wind turbine development (https://www.app.com/story/news/local/land-environment/2025/03/15/new-jersey-offshore-wind-developer-loses-clean-air-permit-from-epa/82442549007/ ).   Perhaps they could set up the turbines in Trenton, and put the politicians hot air bloviation to some practical use?  No, that would never work out.  It would mark politicians talk as “useful” and “productive”.  And we all know those terms do NOT apply to politicians. 

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.