‘The fairest feast’ (a barbaric new church tradition, celebrating a decapitated animal in honor of the Savior of all creation)
It seems like churches are always coming up with creative ways to incorporate the use of animals and violence into their celebrations, and to raise money for some worthy cause, usually around children, which is popular. This one will raise money to promote non-violence….
Read about it here:
The fairest feast
Churches tap creativity to portray medieval pageantry of Boar’s Head festivals
(Doesn’t that picture look more like a scene from Hell than a scene from a church event — or, to use the word in the article, “spectacle”? As long as we wrap something like pigs symbolizing evil in liturgy, it become acceptable in the eyes of the Church — especially if money can be raised.)
When I heard about this dredging up of an ancient custom, and wondering when the churches will stop justifying, promoting, and celebrating “death for a good cause”, I was reminded of this line from a hymn –
“New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth.”
In fact, when it comes to the Church’s attitude toward animals, as opposed to where God stands, I’m reminded of the whole hymn, because with each great cause or decision churches make, they should choose to look beneath the marketed myths, to offer bloom over blight:
Then to side with truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust,
Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and ítis prosperous to be just;
Then it is the brave man chooses while the coward stands aside,
Till the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.
By the light of burning martyrs, Christ, Thy bleeding feet we track,
Toiling up new Calvíries ever with the cross that turns not back;
New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth,
They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.
Though the cause of evil prosper, yet the truth alone is strong;
Though her portion be the scaffold, and upon the throne be wrong;
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.