Re: Trivial meanderings: catalogs received 11-28-05
- From: djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx (Dorothy J Heydt)
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:54:09 GMT
In article <1133254008.313302.102610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Amethyst <adoptsoldcats@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>3) MONASTERY ICONS, for devout Catholics with lots of money. I am not
>sure if it is amusing or sad to read that you can order sets of the 12
>apostles. But a footnote reminds you that "This set includes Saint Paul
>as the twelfth Apsotle. (Sorry, no substitutions.)"
>
>I guess that even after 2,000 years, they haven't got around to
>forgiving you-know-who of the 30 pieces of silver.
There's an old joke about God and the Devil meeting on the road
one day and the Devil berating God for having such lousy taste.
"Look at these humans of yours, for example! They continually
break your commandments, flout your laws, persecute your
messengers: to say nothing of what they did to you personally.
AND YOU CONTINUALLY FORGIVE THEM!"
And God said, "Well, yeah, I do."
"You've never forgiven me."
"You've never asked me."
FWIW, representations of the twelve Apostles (as on spoons, e.g.)
usually show Matthias in place of Judas. Acts 1:15 ff. But Paul
will do too.
Dorothy J. Heydt
Albany, California
djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx
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