Monday, March 2
Thy Holy Supersoaker of Syracuse
The American Papist shared the unfortunate story of the liturgical use of a supersoaker today.
While many things, such as peacock feathers, find their greatest final end in their liturgical consummation, nonetheless water guns are not among those things.
Looking at the picture...
... I couldn't help but be grateful that knowledge of obscure Baroque liturgy is uncommon. This is certainly an instance in which familiarity with the Rituale Basileense of Urbani VIII, with its benedictiones sclopetorum atque bombardarum (blessings of rifles and canons), not to mention the benedictio pulveris et globorum, plumbeorum, & ferreorum (blessing of gunpowder and bullets, whether of lead or iron), would only have made matters worse. But, with great power comes great responsibility.
While many things, such as peacock feathers, find their greatest final end in their liturgical consummation, nonetheless water guns are not among those things.
Looking at the picture...
... I couldn't help but be grateful that knowledge of obscure Baroque liturgy is uncommon. This is certainly an instance in which familiarity with the Rituale Basileense of Urbani VIII, with its benedictiones sclopetorum atque bombardarum (blessings of rifles and canons), not to mention the benedictio pulveris et globorum, plumbeorum, & ferreorum (blessing of gunpowder and bullets, whether of lead or iron), would only have made matters worse. But, with great power comes great responsibility.
Exorcizo vos creaturas Pulveris (Globorum, plumbeorum, & ferreorum) jaculatorii per Deum + vivum, per Deum + verum, per Deum + factum, & per sanctissimam Trinitatem, Patrem, + & Filium, + & Spiritum sanctum, & per Deum, qui omnia creavit ex nihilo: qui rebelles angelos de coelo ad inferos praecipitavit: & per Jesum Christum filium ejus, Dominum nostrum, qui daturus est praedestinatis feliciter regnum aeternum, & reprobis damnationem: & per omnia nomina sancta Dei vos conjuro, & exorcizo, & per omnia modo dicta, ut sint in defensionem nostram, & Ecclesiae Christi, ac in dissolutionem omnium praestigiorum, maleficiorum & superstitiosarum illusionum corporis humani: ita, ut nihil impedire valeat, quo minus per has creaturas Dei, inimici nostri, & Catholicae fidei hostes offendi, penetrari, & superari valeant. Per eum, qui venturus est judicare vivos & mortuos, & saeculum per ignem. Amen.
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