Langue laissez-faire

[Beth]

Catlady wrote: <snip>
I'm rather ignorant about Christianity, but it occurred to me that
for the celebration of Pentecost, pastor may have *intended* to imply
something revolutionary, a whole new *kind* of language. Because isn't
Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles and they
started speaking in a language that came from God?

Carol responded:
I can't speak for the pastor's intention or her knowledge of French,
my own being very limited, but, yes, Pentecost celebrates the moment
when the Holy spirit descended on Jesus' disciples and they began
speaking in tongues. So the idea of speaking a new language, however
she intended it, is appropriate to the liturgical season. Good catch.

And Geoff responded to Catlady:
Not at Pentecost. The extraordinary thing to the listeners was that
the group of disciples, who included in their number several
relatively uneducated Galileans, suddenly acquired the ability to
speak to the polyglot group of people attending the Passover in
Jerusalem in their own languages.

"Speaking in tongues" - a gift from God to speak a heavenly language
still happens today.

Beth:
See, I was thinking it could mean both. I was pretty sure (and I've
since looked it up and yay! I didn't forget everything I once knew)
that langue meant /both/ language and tongue. So it could mean "Speak
a new language" as a directive and still nod at those tongues of flame. 

As it turns out, the title was already printed in the bulletins, so we
left it "Parlez un noveau langage" for one service, but I had
forgotten to change it back from "Parlez une nouvelle langue" in the
"paperless" service and there it was, big as day. Thankfully, she
looked back at the screen to read it when it came up in the sermon. I
guess the title idea came from a pastor in Montreal. In retrospect, I
probably should have left it alone. (Bad, bad inquiring mind!) But I
sure appreciate the help in figuring it out!

Beth