Pensieves
Episcopal News Service. March 26, 1981 [81105]
The Ven. Erwin M. Soukup, Editor of Advance, Diocese of Chicago
The suspense is over; the other shoe has dropped. Prince Charles will marry Lady Diana. And our soon-to-be guest, Archbishop Runcie, will perform the ceremony in St. Paul's Cathedral where 2, 000 guests can be accommodated. We are told that the wedding certificate is to be made of embossed goatskin. Don't ask for comments on that!
According the The Very Rich Book, "America's Supermillionaires and Their Money -- Where They Got It," by Jacqueline Thompson (William Morrow & Co., publishers), the aristocrat of religions in America is Episcopalian. And the fashionable places to live in the Chicago area include the Near North Side, Barrington Hills, Flossmoor, Hinsdale, Kenilworth, Lake Forest, Winnetka and Libertyville, all communities that have Episcopal parishes.
A new ad appearing in a Church supply magazine advertises "Polylon Baptismal Robes." They come in all sizes, colors, are cling-resistant and are guaranteed not to float. When you go down in these robes, you stay down.
Form letters we never got around to finishing: "Dear Diocese: Our compliments for being one of the best-dressed people in Chicago! For turning 65 E. Huron into a home that sizzles with decorating excitement! For getting the fun out of the fashionable living you do!... "
General Omar Bradley: "We have grasped the mystery of the atom and neglected the Sermon on the Mount. We know more about war than peace."
And speaking of the Sermon on the Mount: The New Yorker magazine picked up an article in the Washington Post which read: "The Tangerine Bowl-bound Gators have lost three in a row to Florida and reportedly have devoted five minutes a day this week to 'hate Florida State...We hate them, everyone hates them. We have to show 'em on the field. Like the good book says, "Do unto others as they do unto you,"' junior fullback Calvin Davis said." The New Yorker's retort is, "The Old Testament, no doubt." Davis is a poor exegete and the New Yorker needs a better concordance.