The Royal Wedding Cold Hearted Republicans and Ekklesia
I’ve nicked the term ‘cold hearted republicans’ from the Church Mouse who uses this to describe those who were not moved by the royal wedding.
I agree and note that some republicans went as far as to organise Not the Royal Wedding republican street party’s.
Well everyone to their own.
Personally I loved the ceremony and joy and spirituality and love and hope of yesterday’s wedding and I don’t normally “do” this kind of thing. It was lovely to read so many Christian blogs celebrating this union.
The spiritual aspect, the liturgy, the homily, the beautiful music, the wonderful portrayal of the sacrament of holy matrimony, the worship, the prayers, all of it was stunning. Not just stunning, but sacred as well.
All of this stands in rather stark contrast to Ekklesia’s coverage.
I’ll put this as nicely as I can – and I’ve already been accused by Simon Barrow of “sleighting his integrity” – but the entire Ekklesia coverage came across as mean-spirited and frankly pompous in itself.
Here’s a link to Simon Barrow’s piece and here’s a link to Sanda Ramage’s piece for you to check out the flavour of the Ekklesia view on this to see what I mean.
Both of these pieces are under copyright and so I’m nervous to post much here, but I’ll note this from Simon Barrow:
I write this without an ounce of ill-will towards any individuals within Britain’s royal family, and without in any way wishing to be churlish about anybody’s wedding – whether they are famous or not.
Yeah right!
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April 30th, 2011 at 11:04 am
‘….without in any way wishing to be churlish…’ is like starting a sentence with ‘don’t take this the wrong way’ or ‘with respect’. One meaning if you take this as I actually intend it, and get upset, my defence will be ‘you took it the wrong way’. The other means ‘I am going to treat you with absolute disrespect now’.
I would say to Mr Barrow: ‘I’m not saying you are being mealy mouthed but….’
April 30th, 2011 at 11:05 am
Yack those are horrible pieces. I am an American and was very moved. I got up at 2 am here in Louisiana and watched till the end.
I thought the Liturgy and Music sent a great lesson.
April 30th, 2011 at 11:05 am
Yes, I read Sanda’s piece earlier and didn’t know how to respond … mean-spirited is a good description.
I thoroughly enjoyed the wedding and thought the coverage was excellent. The ceremony itself and the words of Bishop of London were great. For those of us watching it in our little party it had a lot of “feel good” factor.
April 30th, 2011 at 11:59 am
I am an American….a Kentuckian, to be specific. My mom and I both got up at 4am to watch the wedding between Charles and Di. I didn’t have the energy this time, but she did. I wish I could have…but be sure, it was the first thing I looked for online when I got up.
I think this is not only good for Britain, but it’s good for the world. So there.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with monarchies provided that they are benevolent and uphold the good. Clearly, William and Catherine were upholding the good in their very public wedding. For those who do not see that, well, I feel rather sorry for them.
God Save the Queen!
April 30th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Ekklesia comes across as incresingly eccentric and one-tracked as time goes by. It’s a pity, because they have some good points to make, which are lost in the tide of rhetoric and dogmatism.
April 30th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Just to be clear, I wasn’t suggesting that republicans are cold hearted. I was saying that the only people who cannot have enjoyed yesterday were the most cold hearted republicans.
Having said that, I did let out a belly laugh when Bishop Pete Broadbent messaged me from Boulogne!
April 30th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
I see Stuart has saved me the bother of having to take Ekklesia to task for some ill-judged and mean-spirited grumpiness about the royal [...]
April 30th, 2011 at 8:32 pm
I just loved the whole Service, from the first few bars of Parry’s ‘And I was glad’
I knew we were in for a very special, divinely blessed, sacred moment in history shared by millions.
Those that weren’t touched by yesterday, does make one wonder what spirit they have!
April 30th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
In hoc signo vincesâ€
The commenters here were obviously too engrossed with the celebrity and the pageantry of the royal wedding that they missed the brilliantly crafted words of The Bishop of London’s Sermon.
The imagery inside Westminster Abbey was almost a beautiful snapshot of the politics that are begining to manifest in the U.K. a consolidation of power.
May 1st, 2011 at 11:08 am
And yet, it’s these same Republicans who would give the Royals a tax break on the backs of working people. The Republicans are angry that America revolted and Prince William is not America’s future king. But, that would make America Canadian…hehe, the irony.
May 1st, 2011 at 6:36 pm
Peter, you comment makes zero sense to me. Just sayin’…..
How does letting people keep the money they earn “break the backs of working people”?
I can’t get a job from a poor man. I have to go to a wealthy man to ask for a job.
May 1st, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Alas, I spent the entire day avoiding the Royal Wedding. Perhaps I am just an old cynic, but I am old enough to have watched Ann’s, Charles’ and Andrew’s weddings – rejoicing in what I was seeing and then finding a few years later that all the hype, all the promises and the liturgy came to nothing.
I wish Wills and Kate all the best, but I’d prefer if they bore in mind that with the exception of Edward, all the major Royal weddings, since and including Princess Margaret has ended in divorce (messy divorces in three cases). Hence perhaps it would be better not to put too much pressure on themselves and have the quiet wedding they said they craved.
Still, they make a lovely couple and that is the main thing…
Thanks for this!
P.