According to Rorate, this "Circus Mass" featuring circus acts, a clarinet-playing main celebrant, and belly dancers (one of them with a snake around her body) was celebrated on December 16, 2012 apparently as "fund-raising" (!) for Kinderhilfe Bethlehem, a non-profit relief organization helping the Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem.
What's the best caption? You choose:
- God bless, 'em! Nothing like winning the whole world for Christ and his Church!
- At least their hearts are in the right place!
- How boring!
- The belly dancers convict me of my dire need of repentance!
- The snake has to be a phallic symbol!
- The liturgy speaks of God's transcendence and Christ's sacrificial oblation!
- My spirits are lifted!
- (Other):_______________________
I think Pope Francis himself, wittingly or not, provides some of the best captions.
ReplyDeleteHey! Pope Francis has already bagged one German priest (bishop) for extravagant spending on his residence and personal comforts. Lets make it a double play and get this one for making an utter mockery of the Mass!
ReplyDeleteSacrebleu Mass.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of all the church signs the country over that have
ReplyDelete"9 am Worship
7 pm Contemporary Worship"
That started in the 70s, and they are still calling it "Contemporary." Yes, as contemporary as bell bottoms, 1-2-3- Jello and shag rugs. In a similar vein, all the relevant worship trappings are usually anything but. Its the hippie ethos reincarnated over and over again: "let's do something *different*!"