tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post5309364100763269772..comments2023-10-18T14:53:28.622+01:00Comments on Forest Murmurs: Ss Peter and Paul`s LongbentonFr Michael Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-46710008086298247912013-11-29T09:43:47.968+00:002013-11-29T09:43:47.968+00:00Thanks Paul. What can I say except that it irritat...Thanks Paul. What can I say except that it irritated me? Sorry to hear you are lapsed. Sadly Longbenton parish is rather short of numbers these days and I`m sure if you decided not to be lapsed you would be welcomed back.Fr Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-58214337002310790212013-11-28T22:14:00.274+00:002013-11-28T22:14:00.274+00:00Despite being a lapsed Catholic of very limited fa...Despite being a lapsed Catholic of very limited faith, I remember that the previous Crucifix made a very strong impression on me as a child, inspiring awe and wonder.<br />It also presided over my parents' wedding, my brother's baptism, the funerals of two grandparents and an aunt. Therefore, I am disinclined to subjectively dispute the merits or otherwise of this "mockery" of a sculpture as others have, suffice to say that it left an indelible imprint on my early spiritual life.Paul Taylor (nee Fry)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-41517973559623731742009-11-23T10:46:26.163+00:002009-11-23T10:46:26.163+00:00The previous one looked like a mockery to me - lik...The previous one looked like a mockery to me - like so much of contempory religious art. Good riddance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-44699999130730304432009-11-21T21:46:31.852+00:002009-11-21T21:46:31.852+00:00Don't worry, Pat, anything lauded in the North...Don't worry, Pat, anything lauded in the Northern Cross is like the kiss of death.<br /><br />Father, will the Court of Human Rights demand that you place the following notice outside the church..<br /><br />WARNING. THIS BUILDING MAY CONTAIN RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS.<br /><br />WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY OFFENCE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED.<br /><br />COMMISAR FOR OFFENSIVE SYMBOLS<br />DAWKINS/FRY HOUSE<br />SHARIA STREET<br />LONDON AT1 3ST1569 Risingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-63898475257009822082009-11-21T14:03:06.731+00:002009-11-21T14:03:06.731+00:00Thank you for replacing the 'rag doll Jesus...Thank you for replacing the 'rag doll Jesus', a source of distraction during some beautiful sung TLM's in SS Peter and Paul! Hope it goes for firewood along with the ghastly one at Minsteracres, lauded in the Northern cross recently at its blessing.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-88973138432074972192009-11-21T13:17:08.897+00:002009-11-21T13:17:08.897+00:00The La Sagesse crucifix is definitely much better!...The La Sagesse crucifix is definitely much better! I hate to say it, but the previous one was rather ghastly.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560107422129799866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-24373610354086975922009-11-21T13:06:22.462+00:002009-11-21T13:06:22.462+00:00The new crucifix does look much, much better. And ...The new crucifix does look much, much better. And even the outline of the old cross works well too, in the photograph at least.<br /><br />I was quite fond of the old, um, 'quirky' one.madame evangelistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993391171000966131noreply@blogger.com