"Be at peace! You are not being raptured, I confirm, it is still zero gravity making you float to the top of your spacecraft, whenever you release your seat belts!"
"But Monsignori, I told you that by ignoring Summorum Pontificum and Universae Ecclesiae you could expect to rise to unimaginable heights. What did you think I meant? You are sent with my blessing and should pass Mars before O Sapientia. Bye bye."
By the way, Fr Dwight, I suppose you were probably thinking of the famous words said to have been uttered by Yuri Gagarin in 1961 on his first trip up in space -- "I didn't see any god up there" -- Turns out, that was a stupid urban legend all along. Wikipedia now has the correct story.... Fascinating, really: Gagarin was a baptized Orthodox believer! Who knew?!
So is God up there or not?
ReplyDeleteBe sure to say hello to the Man for me while you are there.
ReplyDeleteWaving at the heavenly bodies...
ReplyDelete"Be at peace! You are not being raptured, I confirm, it is still zero gravity making you float to the top of your spacecraft, whenever you release your seat belts!"
ReplyDelete"Stop there Johnny - you sure you're prepared for first communion this year?"
ReplyDeleteMy Sons, you are called to be in the world...
ReplyDeleteSpecial greetings to the representative of the Centauri Republic. I hope you enjoy your stay on Babylon 5.
ReplyDeleteYou who are about to spacewalk, I salute you.
ReplyDeleteQui fecit caelum et terram.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool, my hand is weightless!
ReplyDelete"But Monsignori, I told you that by ignoring Summorum Pontificum and Universae Ecclesiae you could expect to rise to unimaginable heights. What did you think I meant? You are sent with my blessing and should pass Mars before O Sapientia. Bye bye."
ReplyDeleteYour Holiness, I can see your house from here!
ReplyDelete(Hey someone had to do it...)
Just because you are weightless does not mean you are without Mass.
ReplyDelete"Sic transit gloria mundi"
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Fr Dwight, I suppose you were probably thinking of the famous words said to have been uttered by Yuri Gagarin in 1961 on his first trip up in space -- "I didn't see any god up there" -- Turns out, that was a stupid urban legend all along. Wikipedia now has the correct story.... Fascinating, really: Gagarin was a baptized Orthodox believer! Who knew?!
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin