tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post5043352174930820014..comments2024-01-08T10:10:48.074+00:00Comments on That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: How Not to Meet Your BishopThe Boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-88737915645182962762013-02-07T00:00:20.542+00:002013-02-07T00:00:20.542+00:00You should genuflect whilst kissing the bishop´s r...You should genuflect whilst kissing the bishop´s ring. This is only done when one would otherwise shake hands. Keep smiling and talking normally when you´re genuflecting and don't look self-conscious. Call him My Lord once and therafter Bishop. If his secretary is with him (don't refer to his secretary as a chaplain, that's gauche) ask the secretary to say grace if you´re having lunch or dinner (no grace in a restaurant or club or at breakfast). It´s not done to bow when kissing the ring; either genuflect properly or just shake hands. Kissing a bishop´s ring used to gain an indulgence. william weberwl webernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-81369457248178658332009-06-03T04:29:06.411+01:002009-06-03T04:29:06.411+01:00:-D I suggest that if and when you meet the pope ...:-D I suggest that if and when you meet the pope you do NOT say: "How ya hangin' Benny?" It would most likey be considered gauche. Unless you are his brother, and the meeting is in private. But even then....best to kiss the ring after saying it.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-50395468493677531532009-06-01T23:43:39.138+01:002009-06-01T23:43:39.138+01:00I fully understand your nervousness!
Several years...I fully understand your nervousness!<br />Several years ago I met Cardinal Lustiger in Paris. He shook hands with several people outside a church after Mass saying simply 'Bonjour Monsieur' to each of them. I was standing on the end and when he came to me he repeated 'Bonjour Monsieur' automatically and then apologised profusely when he realised that I was not a Monsieur but a Madame!<br /><br />I remember muttering that it was quite alright and that I was English which seems ludicrous now when I think of it! He carried on chatting for a short while. Looking back I realise that I had had the opportunity of saying to a cardinal that I forgave him - and missed it!<br /><br />Cardinal Lustiger was always very informal - on entering Notre-Dame to celebrate Mass he always used to wave endearingly at the congregation and used to shake hands with as many people as he could with those at the end of the pews. The present archbishop of Paris is more formal.pelerinnoreply@blogger.com