June 24, 2004
Actually you don't need an antenna to speak to Jesus
The latter crosses the line for some congregations, who are not willing to see Christ on a cross, with antennae sticking out here and there. The mayor of Schwabhausen, in deeply Catholic Bavaria, has come out against such an antenna in his village church. Mobile phone companies are hesitant as well.
"The churches actually don't like it so much," said Susanne Satzer-Spree, a Vodafone spokeswoman.
However, some houses of worship have managed to make their masts part of their identity.
"Everyone recognizes the church now," said
Johannes de Fallois, pastor at a church in Neuburg.
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With the jutting antenna this kind of reminds me of a hi-tech Byzantine Cross gone awry. With the arms the way they are shown it looks more like Jesus is kicking back leaning on the antenna and draping his arms over it than him being crucified.

I do not think that when the Church talks about the discipline of mandatory celibacy for clergy that they meant cell-abacy for crucifixes. I could just imagine St. Paul walking all over the Middle East and Europe saying "Can you hear me now?" I guess we can be thankful that they didn't have modern technology then. It would really be difficult to meditate on Sacred Text Messaging or would it be Sacred Messaging Scripture (SMS).
A readN of a letta frm St. Paul 2 D Galatians
Response: thx B 2 God
Paul an apostle -- nt frm men nor thru mn, bt thru JC n God D dad, hu raised him frm D ded -- n ll D brethrN hu r W me, 2 D churches of Galatia:
Grace TU n peace frm God D dad n r Lord Gsus Christ, hu gave himself 4 r sins 2 delivA us frm D presnt >:) age, accrdng 2 D wl of r God n dad; 2 whom B D glory 4ever n evr. Amen.
And the words of consecration:
nw as dey wr e@tiN, Gsus t%k bread, n blessed, n broK it, n gave it 2 D disciples n z, "Take, e@; dis S my bod."
Posted by Jeff Miller at June 24, 2004 6:44 PM | TrackBack