Kick-ass chalice
OK, this is a bit geeky-liturgical talk, sorry, but hey.
After my previous post about looking for a kick-ass chalice I was on the look out in Taize for something and found what I think is pretty cool.
It's a chalice that's actually a chailce. A chalice, along with a plate that could be used for communion. Plus an oil lamp that can be placed on top of the chalice giving - a flaming chalice. It's not designed to do that, but it works pretty well.
I haven't lit it yet, I suppose I need to get some oil. I'm not really sure how oil lamps work. I may set myself alight.
But - it's good, isn't it?
After my previous post about looking for a kick-ass chalice I was on the look out in Taize for something and found what I think is pretty cool.
It's a chalice that's actually a chailce. A chalice, along with a plate that could be used for communion. Plus an oil lamp that can be placed on top of the chalice giving - a flaming chalice. It's not designed to do that, but it works pretty well.
I haven't lit it yet, I suppose I need to get some oil. I'm not really sure how oil lamps work. I may set myself alight.
But - it's good, isn't it?
posted by Stephen Lingwood at 8:57 pm
6 Comments:
Not the biggest fan of ceramic communion ware, but this is rather good.
Where did you get it, find it?
Oh, olive oil should work, but you're going to have to trim that wick.
Ever since the rather unfortuitous unilateral creative decision of CUC Executive Director Mary Bennett to insert famous U*U Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s drawing of an asshole between the twin cheeks of what is now known U*U World-wide as U*Uism, to symbolize the purported "inclusiveness" of the U*U "religious community". . . it would probably be advisable to avoid using terms like "kick-ass" to describe U*U religious symbols and/or U*U religious paraphanalia etc. ;-)
When Mrs Philocrites and I went to Taize in 2005, we bought the same oil lamp, but came home with a different chalice and paten that don't stack in quite the same way. I think we have only lit the lamp for Br Roger's funeral later that year; we watched the service on a French Catholic TV station that broadcast it over the Internet.
Here`s another kick*ass chalice for U*Us. . . ;-)
Hi Stephen,
I was wondering - do Unitarian Churches have Communion Services?
I've discovered my nearest Unitarian Church is in Shrewsbury, Shropshire (the one that Charles Darwin attended I think) and hope to go along one Sunday.
Cheers,
Si
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