Graffiti War

My college has become the battleground for an ecclesial graffiti war. Someone has been chalking a Medieval German, Epiphany house blessing on our doors for the past month or so, which was already pretty mysterious. The other day, someone responded, also in chalk, (which has now been partially wiped away) with what appears to be '... Christ Suck'. Can this be another theological student with a particularly low Christology? An Arian dissident within our midst? Richard Dawkins himself? I’m on the look-out for the next chalk message…

Last night my friends Daniel and Julia took me to Mass at the deceptively named Magdalene College, where, unlike the rest of the English speaking world, Magdalene is pronounced 'Maudlin.' This is not, I'm told, because it is assumed that Mary Magdalene's tears were the product of a generally morose disposition, but because the college retains the Middle English pronunciation of Magdalene, from which our term maudlin is derived. It was a very solemn mass in a 15th century chapel, with a boys choir angelically singing Britten's strange, discordant music.

A good time was had by all.