Actually, this is a vestment that leaves you scratching your head going....."Huh???? I don't get it..." Is there some theological significance to a parrot that I'm just missing?
Can this really be a chasuble? I cannot imagine why anyone would possibly think it a good idea to depict a parrot on any vestment, let alone one specifically used during the Eucharist.
BTW: Thanks, Midwestnorwegian, for "Episcopagan." A perfect descriptor.
Whenever I go to the Hard Rock Cafe, I always eat at the Jimmy Buffet. Sorry but I've always wanted to use that lame joke somewhere. Won't happen again, I promise. :-)
It's a special Chausable for St. Hypocrites day, for those who parrot, parade and parody orthodoxy but do not believe or do it. They sound like a parrot's squawks and screeches, like broken off key organs, loud gongs and clanging cymbals.
The wearer parrots shibboleths like "inclusion for all", "marriage is a right", "millennium development goals", "global climate change", "homophobia", etc. Since Christians wear and proclaim the cross, leftists wear the animal that symbolizes their mindless repetition.
I was going to suggest it was inspired by that dopy song "On Eagles' Wings" until I realized that the big yellow bird was a parrot. SAINT parrot with a halo behind its head. Or is this some Jesus as a crucified parrot metaphor that I somehow missed?
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For a Jimmy Buffet Mass coming to an Episcopagan service near you....
And it's purple? How wrong. Buffet is all about Mardi Gras, not Lent.
Or is this for Advent? "WRAAAK! OComeOComeEmmanuel! WRAAK!"
Actually, this is a vestment that leaves you scratching your head going....."Huh???? I don't get it..." Is there some theological significance to a parrot that I'm just missing?
Can this really be a chasuble? I cannot imagine why anyone would possibly think it a good idea to depict a parrot on any vestment, let alone one specifically used during the Eucharist.
BTW: Thanks, Midwestnorwegian, for "Episcopagan." A perfect descriptor.
I'm already pining for the fjords.
Guess it's the Talk Like A Pirate Day chasuble!
So, Big Vicar, would that make this an ex-chasuble? :)
Gladly.
WHAAAAAT???!!!?
Instead of 'The body of Christ, broken for you, take and eat'...
now it's, 'Polly wanta cracker?'
Whenever I go to the Hard Rock Cafe, I always eat at the Jimmy Buffet. Sorry but I've always wanted to use that lame joke somewhere. Won't happen again, I promise. :-)
Parrotclete?
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a parrot in a pear tree.
This can't be serious. Surely somebody photoshopped this. On the other hand, since we did get the WTF banners....
Wow, talk about the Real Macaw.
I sit my imagination or does that parrot have a halo?
Perhaps it is for St. Polly's day?
Big Vicar wins.
Probably should be red. That would be better for a celebration of the holy Parakeet.
Looks like someone did not realize that Gustave Flaubert's story 'A Simple Soul' was a grotesque, ironic parody of, not a tribute to, the Faith.
It's a special Chausable for St. Hypocrites day, for those who parrot, parade and parody orthodoxy but do not believe or do it. They sound like a parrot's squawks and screeches, like broken off key organs, loud gongs and clanging cymbals.
I can't tell the difference between a bad vestment and a good vestment.
They're all "Star Trek" costumes to me ... if you stand back a ways and look at it objectively.
But the parrot-theme chasumababel (or whatever you call it) is special.
All I can say to this is: "Boy am I glad I go to the Latin Mass!"
@Jacobitess - I'm glad someone mentioned Flaubert's story
If I give it a cracker, will it go away?
Are you sure that's a chasuble and not a plastic rain poncho? That's what it looks like to me.
Seems rather unlikely this is a garment for a Christian cleric.
Parrots in various religions are described here:
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/small_hookbills/32961
Another parrot with a halo is in an image here:
http://agent-elrond.deviantart.com/art/The-Parrot-Prophet-of-Makalulu-41312997
From South Asia, a story about a prophet appearing as a parrot:
http://www.astrojyoti.com/varahapurana-9.htm
Yet another vestment that will have those on Sunday morning wondering if they're hungover or still drunk.
monika
Oh I understand!
The Holy Spirit is a parrot, isn't it ?!
(not a pigeon :D)
Thank you one and all for giving me much to laugh about on a rough day.
Some background on where this may be from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asUyK6JWt9U
Someone didn't get the message that it's an internet meme.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/three-wolf-moon
Wow! Its got a Parrot On it.
The wearer parrots shibboleths like "inclusion for all", "marriage is a right", "millennium development goals", "global climate change", "homophobia", etc. Since Christians wear and proclaim the cross, leftists wear the animal that symbolizes their mindless repetition.
Hmm...purple vestment...did someone see the Monty Python 'Dead Parrot' sketch and confuse it with a Requiem Mass?
For those Cruise Ship Eucharists in the FL Keys...
st.Parrot (?!) pray for us!!
Kyrie eleison!
Last time I saw a parrot like that it crapped all over me.
Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue. Beautiful plumage.
At my former parish, we sometimes had an Alleluia that reminded me of Jimmy Buffett's "Volcano." The parrot chasuble would complement that nicely.
"And he will raise you up on parrot's wings ...?"
This is a special vestment commissioned for the Church of the Immaculate Cheeseburger in Paradise
That's a polly-ester chasuble!
Jesus said He would send the Paraclete not the Parakeet!
I was going to suggest it was inspired by that dopy song "On Eagles' Wings" until I realized that the big yellow bird was a parrot. SAINT parrot with a halo behind its head. Or is this some Jesus as a crucified parrot metaphor that I somehow missed?
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