Why the Byzantine Liturgy is great For kids…

This past week, a friend of mine visited my Byzantine Catholic parish. Afterwards, she admitted that she had been rather apprehensive about how her small child was going to react to the whole experience. After all, she knew that the Byzantine Liturgy was typically ninety minutes long, rather than the forty-five minute Mass which her son had previously been used to experiencing.

Even though I have no children of my own, I offered the somewhat counter-intuitive claim that the Byzantine Liturgy is in some ways better suited to children than a Novus Ordo or Tridentine Mass. A bold claim, I know, but I stand by it! So, here are my top ten reasons why I think the Byzantine Liturgy is great if you have small children…

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My favourite people: Jim Gaffigan

It has been a while since I’ve done a “My favourite people” post. Today will just be a short one on one of my favourite comedians, Jim Gaffigan. If you have no idea who this guy is, this short video should give you a feel for what he’s like:

As he mentions in the interview, Jim is Catholic and that naturally spills out over into his comedy, particularly with regards to his material on dating, marriage and especially family:

He-Man: Servant of Satan…apparently

Last April Fools’ Day I wrote a post entitled He-Man, Christian Allegory & Transubstantiation. It turns out my tongue-in-cheek analysis of He-Man was all wrong. 🙁

I was fortunate enough to be corrected by a programme called “Turmoil in Toybox” which I stumbled across the other day on YouTube. It turns out that, rather than being Christian allegory, He-Man was all about getting kids into the occult and into worshiping Satan!

Oh, there are not enough deep sighs in the world…

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