The Living Lexicon: Church Terms That Oughta' Be
Here is a partial list from Allen's Brain. Via Ironic Catholic
St. Francis some more: The ongoing quoting of St. Francis of Assisi while failing to heed his advice to preach the Gospel always, and IF necessary, use WORDS. [corrected]
Tiptation: The desire to comment on the poor sermon or music by putting pennies in the collection.
A-Pox-alyptic: A curse put upon someone who ignores the end-times warnings of the Left Behind disciple.
Epi-crisis: The use of invalid words for the invocation of the Holy Spirit before the consecration of the Eucharist.
EMC: The use of so many Extraordinary Ministers that one of them has to function as the MC and direct traffic.
Here is a partial list from Allen's Brain. Via Ironic Catholic
Biblidue: The build-up of bookmarks, bulletins, notes, and other miscellanea that collects in one's Bible.I know there is a technical name for this, but I can't think of it right now. I humor the kids by making up new words quite often, so here is my contribution to this cause.
Hymnastics: The entertaining body language of the song leader.
Narthexegesis: Unsolicited post-sermon commentary given the preacher by armchair biblical theologians.
Pewtrify: To occupy a precise spot in the sanctuary for more than 15 years without once showing signs of sentient life.
Ministereotype: A common myth or misconception about any ordained person.
Hymnprovisation: The abrupt and unannounced transition from one song to another, usually a chorus unfamiliar to most present.
Proliferation: An abundance of anti-abortion activists.
St. Francis some more: The ongoing quoting of St. Francis of Assisi while failing to heed his advice to preach the Gospel always, and IF necessary, use WORDS. [corrected]
Tiptation: The desire to comment on the poor sermon or music by putting pennies in the collection.
A-Pox-alyptic: A curse put upon someone who ignores the end-times warnings of the Left Behind disciple.
Epi-crisis: The use of invalid words for the invocation of the Holy Spirit before the consecration of the Eucharist.
EMC: The use of so many Extraordinary Ministers that one of them has to function as the MC and direct traffic.
2 comments:
I'm still chuckling... One question, wasn't it St. Francis of Assisi who said that rather than St. Francis de Sales? I think my favorite thus far is Pewtrify, although I can probably think of cases where I've seen each of these in practice if I try hard enough.
after searching on the quote, I see it is attributed to St Francis of Assisi.
Thanks for the correction.
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