tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post8484408560762105207..comments2023-11-20T10:17:40.928+00:00Comments on Good in Parts: I am vicar, hear me roar :-)Kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-12795362741958946372009-07-14T00:21:21.346+01:002009-07-14T00:21:21.346+01:00wonderfulness! Second Son here has said for years...wonderfulness! Second Son here has said for years, "If I turn out all weird, it will be because my mother turned into a father in the middle of my childhood..."<br />And I think we are about to become regimental parish church for the regiment whose Hon. Col. in Chief visited us in June, her own HRH self. I was braced for protests from individuals in the parish and heard none, leading me to think that the 60's really ARE behind us.<br />Having fallen altogether in "LERVE" with the place, they have scheduled a Veterans' Reunion here for mid-September, anyhow...Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-7149495493573703312009-07-12T21:54:51.723+01:002009-07-12T21:54:51.723+01:00Go, Mother.
It's how I think of you anyway.
...Go, Mother.<br /><br />It's how I think of you anyway.<br /><br />Fr. SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-76492122101211981662009-07-12T21:16:21.161+01:002009-07-12T21:16:21.161+01:00Accept it as an honorific which shows that they ac...Accept it as an honorific which shows that they acknowledge and respect your position, as they did when they were serving with their Padres in the forces. I have been called Father by elderly men on a number of occasions and have always been moved and humbled. At one level they obviously don't see past the cassock and collar, and I don't really mind. They recognise "priest" and I'm very glad that they do, because then I can be exactly that for them. I'd rather be called Mother, but at the end of the day, I don't want anything to get in the way of any pastoral encounter. <br /><br />We have come such a long way since 1994. Isn't it wonderful!Ostrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706909762479956228noreply@blogger.com