Thursday 1 May 2008

Up, up and awaaaaay!


The Ascension window in St. Margaret South Elmham.

7 comments:

  1. Ah - a window in good taste, unlike the ceiling of the Chapel of the Ascension in Walsingham, which I simply had to publish on my own blog. Yet the bad taste often makes for a better preaching subject than the good....

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  2. SR, your title. It's blasphemous, you know. Of course, I'm not God. God may take a different view. For the sake of your soul, I hope so.

    It's a lovely window. Maybe that will serve as partial penance for your transgression.

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  3. I certainly don't view my post title as blasphemous, Grandmere. It simply reflects the common perception both inside and outside the church of The Ascension. If anything, it's meant as a reminder that we are not to believe that Our Lord literally ascended into some place high in the sky. The mention of "clouds" in the text is the clue, for they continually accompany the presence of God (Sinai, Mount of Transfiguration etc.) Jesus "ascends" into the presence of His Father and our Father.
    Mind you, if I was planning to leave a gravestone behind (which I'm not), then it could be quite a good epitaph.

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  4. SR, I was joking. I'm sorry if that was not clear. You couldn't see my smile. Sometimes the internet does not work well for irony. Actually, I thought your title was quite clever.

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  5. Ah - mea culpa, mon grandmere, if I may mix my languages. As Yoda would say, "The conclusion, jumped to, I have."
    Doh!

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  6. No, no! Surely mea culpa! We race to take the blame. Ah, but that only proves we're true-blue, guilt-laden Christians.

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  7. You take your place in the line - I'm first at the confessional, darn it.

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