Tuesday, August 10, 2010

An Alternative Collect for the Feast of St Laurence

To appreciate this, you have to a) know something about how St Laurence left this world, and b) have a secure sense of humor, slightly twisted.
O GOD, unto whom the martyrdom of thy blessed deacon Laurence amid the raging flames and upon the searing  iron of the grill was received as a sweet smelling savor in thy nostrils, mercifully grant that we, by the yearly keeping of this feast, may be so nourished in our faith that we pass from the spiritual hunger  of this world, where we do but recieve rare portions of thy grace, unto the fullness of thy heavenly table, where we shall hear those blessed words, "Well done, good and faithful servant"; through  . . . 

5 comments:

Scott Kammerer said...

It was difficult to explain to my co-workers why I laughed out loud at this.

Scott Kammerer said...

... I was fine until I got to "Well done, good and faithful servant." LOL

Joe Tanner said...

good thing i didn't read this before mass this morning. i wouldn't have made it through the actual collect!

Anonymous said...

Laugh out loud indeed, Fr. Dan! I felt very irreverent about a Saint so beloved by the Early Church, but laugh out loud I did!!

BTW, huge congratulations on your finish in the top three!!!

Deacon Francie

Anonymous said...

Well, it's certainly incarnational.
--jt