Word: priestly
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...show’s interactivity, that means unavoidable contact with the actors, each of whom takes time away from the onstage performance to torment those sitting in the audience. A warning to prospective theatergoers: If you’re an attractive young woman sporting a little cleavage, the priest is likely to help tuck your dinner napkin into the top of your low-cut dress. Men of consenting age will be unable to avoid Joey’s gay cousin Carmine, a man whose distinctive talents include folding napkins into ornate phalluses and placing them on the laps of those...
Hehir, a Catholic priest, pointed to the “volatile mix” that religion and politics make, while saying that “separation [of the two] is an inadequate response...
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...priesthood. It’s sort of like consulting for God. Becoming a priest has several obvious benefits including spiritual fulfillment, eternal bliss and invaluable community service. Plus, it’s a great way to meet women and not have sex with them. Most importantly, the priesthood is a pretty stable industry. Recessions, corporations and governments come and go, but religion is here to stay. As the wise poet Horatius Lucretius Quintus wrote, “Amice, semper populi sacerdotum egent,” which translates, “Dude, people always need priests...
Last night, I was watching continuing coverage of this horrible tragedy and came upon an ecumenical service of song and prayer. I am not a believer in organized religion. Still, something about the sight of priest and rabbi, monk and imam, started me thinking. It would be a triumph if a new unity came out of this act of hatred. It's already occurring politically: witness the current bipartisanship in Washington. I wonder whether the many arbitrary distinctions between people could be forgotten once and for all. If we could emphasize the links among us instead of the divisions, then...