Sunday, January 15, 2006

Pulpit Exchange

Ned...have you thought about one of the other major religions? They're all pretty much the same. --Rev. Timothy Lovejoy

As announced in last week's bulletin [pdf 4 mb, p. 2] at our parish,
Pastor Carolyn Fredriksen of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Greendale, will preach at the 9:00AM and 11:00AM Masses here at St. Alphonsus. Father Dave Meinholz will preach at the 8:30AM and 10:00AM Services at Whitnall Park Lutheran Church in Hales Corners.

Our own pastor once mentioned that in seminary homilitics training he was told not to save a homily he had given before but always start from scratch. I suspect Lutheran seminaries teach the same; after a round of applause Pastor Fredriksen opened with those funny church signs being circulated in email.

One such said the most important vitamin for Christians is B1, that is, be one. She developed that theme, including that it relates to Christian unity. She didn't come right out and say vitamin be One.

3 comments:

  1. I avoided this event, I heard from a friend's parents that the lady didn't talk but thay were at the 7:30 Mass. She gave the homily apparently? Is this allowed?

    I went to Mass at another Church, they are having a pulpit exchange of their own next week, bringing in an Episcopal Lady "preist." Is the whole diocese doing this?

    Thankfully the younger kids would have been in Sunday school and not confused by a lady in vessements.

    As for the most important vitamin, how about B 16?

    On a more humorous note, what if somone would have jumped up, pointed, and yelled, HERETIC!

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  2. I assume she was raised Lutheran, and you can't be an inheritic.

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  3. Anonymous9:15 PM

    It's totally not allowed. I am surprised that Archbishop Dolan is allowing this.

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