In a ceremony that was supposed to highlight the need to end violence in Ukraine, Pope Francis released a pair of doves at the Vatican.
In perhaps an ominous sign of things to come, the doves were immediately attacked by a hooded crow and a seagull. Please post your best theological explanations in the comments.
In perhaps an ominous sign of things to come, the doves were immediately attacked by a hooded crow and a seagull. Please post your best theological explanations in the comments.
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It's an old Easter story. A minister wanted to do something a little special and because there was a maintenance trapdoor in the top of the sanctuary ceiling with a walkway inside, he decided that he'd get a small boy to take a dove up there and drop it through the trapdoor at the moment he said, "Behold, Christ has risen!"
So the big moment came. Cue pronounced. Nothing happened. The minister repeated more loudly and with emphasis. Nothing. Finally, he SHOUTED.
Small boy voice from above: "The cat ate the dove. Shall I drop the cat through?"
Ah, yes. Always the opportunists.
Prairie Mary
Well, the crow is probably pissed off about the bad press his cousin the raven got in that whole Noah's Ark debacle...
"Yeah, sure, the cute little white dove gets all the credit, while my cuz the raven probably drowned looking for land for the humans so they could get on with Global Warming."
And the seagull? He probably just thought the dove was a loaf of bread someone was flinging. You know, "Cast your bread upon the waters."
I think this is one for Alfred Hitchcock.
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