>uttered this "ejaculation" (a word we Catholic kids would repeatedly
> try to get the priest to say during Catechism class): .............
>Candice
Hi, Candice,
our Italian version for it is less pornographic: "Giaculatoria"
(the physiological term being "eiaculazione" which priests are strictly
prohibited to even think about........)
I had a similar experience in my low secondary school. Our teacher of
Religion,
a very young, tall, pale, green-eyed, distinguished priest, prone to flash
at any embarrassment, decided - and I never could bet how candidly -
to give us - a class of twenty teenagers - non authorized
after-classes tuitions on sexuality. In one or two occasions we pushed him
to describe in detail
how "il fallo" had to become in order to perform the penetration required
to deposit the Holy semen in the sacred womb of women.
I can never forget the worrying nuance of firy redness which inflamed the
saintly looking face of that young priest
when after breathing in deeply - he finally said what he said.
Erminia
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Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: St Jerome, Geoffrey Hill and Antonello Da Messina
> Then there's the famous booty tale of St. Mark & the cobbler:
> When (my name is, my name is) Evangelical M processed into the
> city of Alexandria to be consecrated bishop (missing thumb
> notwithstanding), one of his boots fell apart and was given to
> a local cobbler for repair. While working on Mark's boot, tho',
> the cobbler wounded his left hand quite badly and, as he did so,
> "Ah, one and
> only God!"
>
> St. Mark, overhearing the cobbler as he waited for his boot so that
> the parade could go on, ejaculated in turn: "Truly doth the Lord
> bless my path!" Then he spat on the cobbler's injured LEFT hand and
> healed it, instantly--which was very nice, of course, but what I've
> always wondered is if it was _necessary_, given the low odds of any
> cobbler's being left-handed. And yet, we're repeatedly told that he
> hurt his left hand, tho' never that he was a southpaw.
>
> Candice
>
>
> At 11:34 AM 8/10/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Some of you may also remember St. Brigid of the BIg Foot, from the movie
> >"Bedazzled," who leaped to heaven in the flesh. Her principle relic was
the
> >giant boot she left behind.
>
>
>
> >>But which Brigid is yours (i.e., where is she from)? There's Brigid of
> >>Sweden, who's quite famous for mysticism, but I've never heard her
called
> >>"Bride," which is an Irish nickname for Bridget (one of my family's New
> >>York "courtesy aunts," Auntie Bridie, was one Bridget Conlon of the Old
> >>Sod). Since your Brigid is also associated with cows, she's probably the
> >>Irish one, given the _Tain_ (Ireland's great cattle-rustling epic)--
> >>wouldn't you agree, Randolph?
> >>
> >>Candice
>
>
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