CLOSED ✠ A Catholic, a Jew and a Pagan walk into a bar...

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WHO: Karl & Judah, then Karl & Yukiko
WHERE: St's Anthony's
WHEN: 4/9 (Palm Sunday)
WHAT: Father Karl ironically spends the first day of Holy Week having spiritual discussions with people who are manifestly not his coreligionists.
WARNINGS: Religious shit out the wazoo, mentions of suicide.

Comments

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[A lot of these things need to be taken with a grain of salt anyway, they don't give the motives of all people involved. So maybe it's that lack of insight, maybe it's the fact that he shares a name with the traitor. Or that he's always thought Judas was a bit too much of a stereotype and sees it as a jab at Jews in general (with everything that's weighted in the name...). Either way he didn't think it would end up feeling uncomfortable, but it does, a bit. It's interesting, but he doesn't join in on the crowd's lines, and it only leaves him wanting to know specifics.

He waits a little while in the pews, allowing others to thank Karl or ask their questions first until he's fairly sure he won't be monopolising his time. Then Judah approaches, a little sheepish as he wonders if it's entirely appropriate to be asking questions on a gospel, as if he's directly questioning it and its authenticity.]

I appreciate your invitation, Father. I didn't imagine the reading would be so interactive, the congregation seemed to really enjoy it.

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[Karl is just waving goodbye to a delightful old lady parishioner as Judah approaches, so he still has a smile on his face and a bit of a chuckle in his voice as he turns to him and answers.]

Not too much, I hope! That would defeat the liturgical point a bit, I should think.

[Then he really notices Judah's sheepishness, and a more circumspect look passes across his features.]

What did you think of it?