Last Saturday (10th of April) the "Blessing of Bikes" was celebrated in New York.
New York has a flourising cycling community, and a especial event is the blessing of those vehicles and their pilots!
You had to wear your usual cycle clothing and bikes (motorized or not) inside the Cathedral church of Saint John the Divine, in New York. If you usually wore cycling shoes with exposed cleats organizers would ask you to take them off so as not to damage the cathedral floor.
The contribution with money was absolutely free; if you wanted to give some money, you could do it. One hundred per cent of the collected money goes directly to the church and the rest of the money is destinated to help homeless people
The reverend (priest) called Thomas P. Miller said some kind words and then sprinkled the bikes with Holy water. In the celebration, there was a moment of silence to remember the cyclist lost the previous year in accidents and later all the bike bells rang at the same time.
The event is wonderful but brief, so people is on time or they may lose it!
If we have a look on the reaction of people we can find people who see this event as a joke, some take it serously, other people feel deeply ofended.
New York has a flourising cycling community, and a especial event is the blessing of those vehicles and their pilots!
You had to wear your usual cycle clothing and bikes (motorized or not) inside the Cathedral church of Saint John the Divine, in New York. If you usually wore cycling shoes with exposed cleats organizers would ask you to take them off so as not to damage the cathedral floor.
The contribution with money was absolutely free; if you wanted to give some money, you could do it. One hundred per cent of the collected money goes directly to the church and the rest of the money is destinated to help homeless people
The reverend (priest) called Thomas P. Miller said some kind words and then sprinkled the bikes with Holy water. In the celebration, there was a moment of silence to remember the cyclist lost the previous year in accidents and later all the bike bells rang at the same time.
The event is wonderful but brief, so people is on time or they may lose it!
If we have a look on the reaction of people we can find people who see this event as a joke, some take it serously, other people feel deeply ofended.
QUESTIONNAIRE:
a) What do you think about it?
b) Have you got a bike? Do you usually use it?
c) What do you prefer, cycling a bike of drive (be given a lift) a car? Why?
A)I think that it's very rare, what has to do the bikes in the church, will be better that the people go to mass to pray instead of to "le tour de françe".
ResponderEliminarB)yes I have bike, and I don't use it too much.
C)I prefer walk, because it dosn't pollute, and I'm very tired with the bike
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ResponderEliminara)I think that is very curious that a loT of bikes were in a church for be bless. It's a great idea to collect some money for the church and for the homeless people.
ResponderEliminarb)yes, I have got a bike but I only use it in summer because in winter the wind is cold.
c)I prefer cycling a bike but sometimes for example is impossible carry a lot of bags in a bike and you have to use your car.
Also if you ride a bike you don't pollute and it's a way to do sport.
a) it's curious but it's not the most strange thing! People bless animals, we have saint in our cars... why not bikes? I think it's logical.
ResponderEliminarb)Yes. I don't use my bike because it has only one wheel, i have to repair it.
c) I prefer use bikes because it's not polluting and you do sport too, but you can't use it in winter, because you can get frozen...
A good idea is use The Flinstones's car, a mixture between a car and a bicycle.