Thursday, February 18, 2010

A very cool portrait...


...made for me a couple years ago by the sons of one of my best friends. The coolest part of this little superhero fantasy is that I have a sidekick, my dear and fiercely loyal Vicar (who holds seniority among the feline denizens of the Hollywood rectory, and who has been living with us for some ten years now).

Though given the reason King Henry VIII was named "Defender of the Faith" by the pope, and then again by Parliament, maybe a more appropriate slogan would have been "Touch not the cat!"

And even in my cassock, note that I'm a good synodical company man, being "ablaze" and all that. And yes, I can hear everyone laughing all over the interwebs.

3 comments:

Rev. Eric J Brown said...

The fact that the Pope declares Henry the VIII should be one of the top things pointed towards when discussing Papal infallibility.

"No, wait Henry, come back! I meant you defend the Roman faith, the Roman. . . come back here!"

Sue said...

That's a cool picture. And I love that your cat is included, being a cat person myself. You are probably familiar with the saying, "Dogs have owners, cats have staff." I have that posted on my wall. I have to say, I'm a very well-trained staff person!

Ted Badje said...

You remember what Luther said about Henry VIII? Wink. Your friend should work for Marvel Comics.