tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post116571670096195543..comments2024-02-04T15:10:18.485-05:00Comments on The Continuum: Advent IIFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-1165787919961960212006-12-10T16:58:00.000-05:002006-12-10T16:58:00.000-05:00One of my eccentricities as a Reader is that, in r...One of my eccentricities as a Reader is that, in reading the BCP or the KJV or, for that matter, anything in Elizabethan, I do not read "comfortable" as "CUMf-t'b'l", but as "com-FORT-'b'l", thus treating it as an entirely different word from the one in common usage today. The ComFORTable Words in the Eucharist have that import, and not the import of encouraging complacency, and would, were I a priest, be pronounced accordingly.<BR/><BR/>edpoetreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613032927883843078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-1165759103086171912006-12-10T08:58:00.000-05:002006-12-10T08:58:00.000-05:00I am minded of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the B...I am minded of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings.<BR/><BR/>The text says something like "William comforts his men" and the scene depicts William with his club in hand "encouraging" his men into battle in a rather threatening way.<BR/><BR/>Comfort often means a Divine shove from behind, doesn't it? <BR/><BR/>Bless you Father Hart for these words.Warwickensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01310450226153796760noreply@blogger.com