Apparently, bishops themselves have no need to spend time in prayer and reflection, for the bishop's own hard-hitting blog continues to flourish, and is regarded as the best place on the Internet to find pictures of a bishop having tea with nuns.
Michael Campbell is lost in admiration.
According to reports, Bishop Campbell has been a guilty, tortured person ever since he didn't close down Protect the Pope. For two years he has lain awake at nights, thinking of the deacon he wronged. Although he tried reading the works of Tina Beattie, Timothy Radcliffe and even Michael Coren, he still found it difficult to get to sleep. In vain he tried to atone by saintly actions such as giving St. Walburge's church, Preston, to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, and by rebuking the dissident group ACTA, but the one great wrong he had committed (or not committed) remained unrighted.
We are currently enjoying the Year of Mercy, and this also seems to have pushed Michael Campbell in the direction of a reprieve for PtP. After all, nobody wants to go down in history as "Mike the Merciless", least of all a bishop.
Flash Gordon's Ming the Merciless. Unpopular in the Catholic Church this year.
Since Deacon Donnelly's voluntary suspension in 2014, the Catholic Church has been effectively rudderless. Pope Francis himself has been unwilling to give coherent moral leadership, except on rare occasions, and, as for Vincent Nichols, well you "might as well ask the cat", in the immortal words of Basil Fawlty. Now that the Superdeacon is back, it should not be long before the Pope is properly protected again, and the wicked are put to flight. Or something.
New vestments for the Bishop of Lancaster
Alas! that this should be the only day in the year that such news can be published.
ReplyDeleteIs this true? - I hope so! Every ray of sunshine amidst the present gloom is a hope to cling to.
ReplyDeleteEverything on this blog is as true as everything else.
DeleteAhh... Wishful thinking - I forgot it was April 1st!!!
DeleteI always like to give myself the odd laugh and so I turn to PtPs "If Tine Beatie's a Catholic then I'm a banana"
ReplyDeleteGood to see his return.
I forgot to add that reading that piece is rather like turning to the Two Ronnies and watching "Four Candles"...er..."Fork 'andles".
ReplyDeleteMy Dear Eccles, Most things on your blog raise a laugh, or at least a smile. But this really isn't funny.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you again, brother London. Shall we settle for "poignant"?
ReplyDeleteBasil Fawlty? Loftus, surely?
ReplyDeleteProtect the Pope and Friend in the colours of Glasgow Rangers (very Protestant Ulster Loyalist) Football Club (Patron Saint Big Ian "The Terminator Mouth" Paisley Sr)? Surely, Eccles my bruvver, this is a satire too far?
ReplyDeleteSorry, I know nothing about football. Does Lancaster have a team?
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