tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post7109252925054772766..comments2024-03-17T09:17:01.454+00:00Comments on Vic the Vicar!: St Roke - Patron Saint of CuratesVic Van Den Berghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-12343901455714732732013-03-25T16:15:36.869+00:002013-03-25T16:15:36.869+00:00Looks rather like my last curate. Can hear Roke pr...Looks rather like my last curate. Can hear Roke praying, "Lord, I know we pay peanuts but shouldn't we get elephants, not monkeys?"Rev Trevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-19220697020470197902013-03-25T14:33:44.532+00:002013-03-25T14:33:44.532+00:00Indeedy!
Healer of those with the Black Death (go...Indeedy!<br /><br />Healer of those with the Black Death (good to have a quite specific job description isn't it?) if I recall correctly.<br /><br />Excellent - thanks for the comments (now thinking of 'Lazzie Come Home' as sequel <br /><br />:-)Vic Van Den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-49682360240414979562013-03-25T12:54:07.994+00:002013-03-25T12:54:07.994+00:00Vic, In the hills outside Malaga, there is a roads...Vic, In the hills outside Malaga, there is a roadside shrine to St Roke - well, San Roque - and his dog which is licking the saint's sores. When I was there a few days ago we wondered whether maybe this should have been Lazarus - or, Lazzie?<br />Rob Cromptonhttp://snigsfoot.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366621735995057721.post-2563393724870160542013-03-25T12:34:45.044+00:002013-03-25T12:34:45.044+00:00St Roke came about after we'd been in a priest...St Roke came about after we'd been in a priesting service and it was of course:<br />'NNN STROKE ASSOCIATION"<br /><br />The fun bit of it all was how many were taken in by the joke and it actually grew a little out of hand after one of our number included a reference of the marvellous saint and his monkey.<br /><br />But then again - perhaps he is a saint for all of us in God's ministry - always good to know there's someone looking out of us 'talking monkeys!"<br /><br />PaxVic Van Den Berghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581156515370131898noreply@blogger.com