You might recognize one of these clerics (I saw the photo on Facebook and couldn’t resist). I think they are saying their office using phone apps.
Caption, anyone?
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“The Holy Father said what?”
The Four Horsemen of the App-ocalypse
“Go ye into all the world and tweet the Gospel . . . “
The future of concelebration?
That look you get when Pope Francis is in front of an open microphone.
iPsalms.
Nice to see they are all traveling in cassocks.
See no evil
Hear no evil
Speak no evil
Tweet no evil
The Chicken
“Is that Credo III, oh I’m looking at Credo V.”
“I thought we were starting with the Bonum est confiteri?”
‘Reverent and discrete, all the cool priests are using our new ‘Breviary App’ (TM) . Shouldn’t you use one too?’
It’s, thumbs down, the BEST
“Throw a shell at me in Mario Kart? Oh, it’s on like Donkey Kong!”
The second from the left looks like Papal MC, Guido Marini, but the lack of violet trim on his cassock would suggest otherwise.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto…
“No, Father, Andrew Luck is mine this year.”
Just dial: Et Cum Spiri – 2 – 2 – 0
ocleirbj
I think you meant to type ConCELLebration!
The sacristy lady…
Will never leave you alone
I think Cantor wins the day!
In days gone by, the priest would say a rosary or two while waiting. The smart phone has changed that. The new Church of Francis is here!
No caption. Just comment:
It IS Msgr. Marini. Has to be. I would recognize that hairline anywhere. Okay, the cassock helps put it into a priestly perspective…
Also I recognize another Papal MC, Fr. John Cihak–to the right of Msgr. Marini. He’s an American. The one on the far right also looks like one of the Papal MCs. I’m not sure of the one on the far left.
Perhaps Msgr. Marini is lacking the trim because he is traveling incognito…
Not sure of their names but it was nice to see that one of the priests had Filson luggage. It will probably outlast him.
It is Msgr. Marini and Fr. John Cihak. According to the original poster, they were in New York Penn Station. They’re prepping for Pope Francis’s arrival in a few weeks.
All I can say is this is further proof that planning these events must be really stressful.
“A samba band is going to play WHAT at Madison Square Garden???”
Locked out of WDTPRS registered accounts again!
“we have coordinated the route of the nuns on the bus, we’ll head then off at the overpass. ok who’s going to carry the bucket of holy water ; check, candles; check, incense; check. ok that leaves the bait; come on no takers”
on the note of cassocks, good article in esquire yet too boot
What Happened When I Dressed Like a Priest
http://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a36947/how-uniform-style-affects-daily-life/
An investigation into the power of the uniform.
I just got a mail from someone called Ashley, in Madison?
So have I! Do you know an Ashley in Madison?
Nope. Must be another one of The Big Z’s practical jokes.
I know it’s already been written, but this is the first thing that came to mind.
“Oh boy, what did he say now?”
The link given by The Egyptian is interesting and reminded me of how the great British actor Sir Alec Guinness first started to think about Catholicism. He was playing Father Brown and still dressed in his soutane was walking back to his lodgings in a small French village when a small boy took his hand and accompanied him. He reflected that a Church which could inspire such confidence in a young child merely because he was wearing a cassock must have something going for it.
Incidentally when I was in Lourdes last month I noticed the highest number of soutanes I had ever seen there in the cafes and streets and not just in the Sanctuaries. It was good to see these young men so visible.
It’s hard to keep up when the Padres-Angels game is on at the same time as the Saints-Cardinals game.
Pelerin, you might find this post interesting. . .
http://www.churchpop.com/2015/08/29/5-things-we-can-learn-from-a-laymans-experiment-of-wearing-a-cassock/
Fr. Philip Neri, OP
Appy the man who fears the Lord,
who takes delight in all his commands.
“The pope says we have spiritual Alzheimer’s.”
LOL
“No, No guys – not fishwrap , I said Fisher app.”
If they are praying the Office for the Dead for the holy souls in Purgatory, maybe we could use the caption, The Dead See Scrolls ?
LOL
“No, No guys – not fishwrap , I said Fisher app.”
If they are praying the Office for the Dead for the holy souls in Purgatory, maybe we could use the caption, The Dead See Scrolls ?
Fantasy Football: End Game
@pontifex blew up twitter again. Now I have to spend my afternoon cleaning up the confusion….
I don’t have a caption, but it is a sight for sore eyes. What a consolation.
“Eeny, meeny, miny, mo’,
We know what phones like these are fo’.
Eeny, meeny, miny, may,
We’ll just sit right here and pray.”
Extinguishing the Flames of Heresy Around the World!
(Yes, We Finally Have an App for That!)
A comment on the comments….y”all crack me up…but seriously the most creative goes to Greg t
he Obscure……thanks for the laugh !
Traveling members of a Fantasy Curia League anxiously await this year’s Vatican draft.
Recognize Guido Marini, anyone know the names of the other priests, they look familiar?
“So the Holy Father wants these vestments. Ok…”
Lord, open our apps.
And we shall praise your name.
Moto Proprio
(if they were using Motorolas…)
Or:
Priestly vocation 2.1: When iCall, you answer.
Cleric Crush. That’s four in a row. Where’s the striped cleric?
“You have reached the Vatican.
For Afar, press 1,
For Afrikaans, press 2,
For Aja-Gbe, press 3,
For Akan, press 4,
For Albanian, press 5
For Amharic, press 6 ….”
And the Word was made Flesh
and dwellt among us…
Okay, fellows! We have five different types of smart devices. When I say, “GO!” we say the office and see who finishes first!
Virtual Communal Prayer. Like virtual reality, but better.