Jul 20, 2015

When Liturgy Meets World

When you focus on liturgy for a significant portion of your waking hours you tend to see liturgical objects that may or may not actually be there. For example, after Serena Williams won the Wimbledon title for the 28th time or whatever I couldn't help but wonder why she was immediately handed a shiny, blinged-out church collection plate for her efforts.

Here are a few examples of what I'm talking about. You may well have other examples to share.

Baptismal Font

Chalice

Bishop's Pectoral Cross

Chasuble

Acolyte Master/Verger

Sacristy

Chalice Bearer

Sexton

Lectern


Torch Bearer

Pew

Alto Section Leader

Altar Frontal

Collection Plate


5 comments:

Robert Chapman said...

The Stanley Cup has been used as a baptismal font before.

Jay Croft said...

Elevating the host

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Meredith Gould said...

Is there no end to your brilliance? Apparently not...and that's a good thing.

Dan Webster said...

I would have expected better, Tim. It's an offering plate.

Tim Schenck said...

Actually, Dan, the technical term is a show-me-the-money plate.