Tuesday, January 19, 2010

London Vicar Updates "Plow Monday" Church Ceremony by Blessing Laptops and Cellphones

The Rev. Canon David Parrott blessed a symbolic heap of laptops and smart phones on the altar of London's 17th-century St. Lawrence Jewry Church on January 11, 2010, according to the USA Today website.

"It's the technology that is our daily working tool, and it's a technology we should bless," Parrott said.

Parishioners took out cellphones as Parrott recited a blessing over them and their electronic devices.

Parrott said the blessing ceremony was an update of a traditional back-to-work ceremony called "Plow Monday," in which villagers gathered to bless a symbolic farming implement dragged to the church's door. He added that ceremony did not have much relevance for his church, which was "nowhere near a field in the middle of London."

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