At 10:06 AM 03/21/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>Interim Saints - March 21st
>
>SERAPION, bishop of Thmuis (4th cent)
>
>Serapion, bishop of Thmuis,in Egypt, a friend of S. Antony
. . . is
>said by S. Jerome to have suffered for his zeal in the
orthodox cause,
>under Constantius, when the Arians were in power.
>
>This year's Lent competition is to write a limerick
beginning
>"Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis . . ."
>
Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis,
said of temptation: "O phooey!
Fasting is easy --
the food is so greasy --
and the sins of the flesh are so gooey."
If there are any complaints about my rhyme scheme, I would
like to point out in my defense that the proper
pronunciation of "Thmuis" is not readily apparent. That's
my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Stephen A. Allen
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