The Ironic Catholic is tackling the deep stuff in Edinburgh Scotland, theology of the toddy:
Local Catholics gathered yesterday for what has been called the "theological time bomb set to go off with dramatic consequences, sometime in the third millennium of the Theology on Tap": the Scottish
rendition of Pope Saint John Paul II's audiences, dubbed "The Theology of the Toddy."
The Prince's Pub was overflowing with young people and free hot toddies for the event, where Fr. Malcolm Westergate preached that the theology of the toddy was based on "pre-given language of self-giving and honeyed spicyness" that was part of the toddies' very creation. "The prelapsarian land of spices, Eden itself, is held in every hot toddy sipped by a human person. The land of the covenant, a land flowing with mild and honey, is prefigured. Technically, the whisky should be milk, but then no one would drink it, and God is merciful, after all," he insisted.
Alas, it was a Catholic gathering and so there was some controversial dissent:
Angus Righthold handed out anti-toddy literature to people coming in for the event. "The very problem here is held in the word 'hot.' We have 'hot toddies,' now. It just sounds a bit risque, and I don't appreciate being forced to consider whether I consume my toddy is too hot, mate. Would ye give your mother a 'hot' toddy? I don't think so. My case is made and my conscience is clear," he said.
Righthold's argument seemed lost on the enthusiastic crowd of young people, who left claiming that the talk helped them see "the spousal meaning of the Toddy" in radically new ways. "The free Toddy gives itself to me, and I give meself to God freely. Or something like that," gushed Aidan Abbott. "All I know is I am feeling very giving right now. Ye are all me brothers and sisters, eh mates?" A roar rose in the background.
I hope those in the know and with the proper amount of influence can talk the powers that be to next year meet up in Tlaquepaque, Mexico for a council on tequila theology.
I would be there.
With bells on.
Carry on.