Deacon is giving an impassioned sermon based on St. Patrick’s Breastplate:
” . . .Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ below me . . . ”
Irene (4) says in a stage whisper, “WHY DOES HE SAY CHRIST IS BALONEY?”
Pshh, deacons.
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Pray for Fred Phelps
He’s dying. Not only has he wounded countless people with his wretchedly evil “God hates fags” campaigns with the Westboro Baptist Church, he’s done enormous damage to the word “Christian.” These are the works he brings with him as He goes to face God. Pray for him, pray for him.
PIC God loves Fred Phelps
I’ll be on Radio Maria’s “Meet the Author” at 3:00 eastern
Radio Maria’s “Meet the Author” with Ken Huck at 3:00 eastern — and yes, it will be live this time. Hope you can catch it!
I thought yesterday’s interview with the Catholic Doctors was live, but it turned out we were taping. I will let you know when that interview will be broadcast — it was tons of fun! Except for the few seconds of stunned silence after I described how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly, which means that the caterpillar’s body almost entirely dissolves into a horrible caterpillar soup, and, with special instruments, you can detect an agonized groaning noise the whole time; and that is what love is like. On the plus side, I managed not to say “asshole” until I was off the air.
At the Register: Beyond Ashes
In which I heroically refrain from making fun of bad hymns and instead suggest some good ‘uns for Lent.
You say “cosplay,” I say . . . well, I don’t know what to say.
Okay, so we’ve established that it’s not nice to laugh at people, unless they are deliberately behaving stupidly so as to provoke laughter. I’m going to take a chance and assume (and hope, and pray) that this guy falls into the latter category with his spectacularly awful improvised cosplay costumes. Via i09:
Meet Anucha “Cha” Saengchart. By day, he works as a caretaker for the elderly. In his free time, he runs Facebook page Lowcost Cosplay. Instead of tracking down special fabrics or other materials, the idea is that you cosplay by using whatever you have in the house—like eating utensils, plungers, towels, baking flour, etc.
Here are a few of my favorites, side by side with their inspirations:
I used to feel like I don’t understand cosplay. Now I feel like I don’t understandanything.
Help for divorced, celibate Catholics?
While everyone’s twisting themselves into knots about how the Church should or should not respond to people who are divorced and remarried, there is another segment of the population who could use some attention: people who are divorced and intend to remain celibate. I got this question from a female reader:
Are there ANY resources for divorced Catholics that are trying to remain celibate?? It seems like most are geared toward teenagers. Chastity and celibacy aren’t just manly issues either. Thank you!!!!
Rather than just start casting around on Google, I figured you guys would know. Any books, websites, message boards, groups, programs you can recommend?
I’ll be on The Catholic Doctors Show at 6 eastern
I keep forgetting to announce these things ahead of time! Saint Gabriel Radio , AM 820 out of Columbus, OH. Hope you can catch it!
God Said “Gevalt”
Are you a SCOIT (Suffering Catholic of Insulted Taste)? Have you white-knuckled your way through “Ashes” and “Hosea,” and bitten your tongue as your PinterEst pals gush over empty tomb rolls?
PIC empty tomb rolls. “Gather ’round, children, as I tell you a tale of a marshmallow named Jesus, who melted. Now eat His grave. EAT IT!”
In the spirit of ecumenism, I would like to remind you that Christians by no means corner the market on ghastly religious kitsch bordering on blasphemy. As your token mudblood Jew who is allowed to make fun of stuff like this, I present
For Passover. Because, in the words of Sepharidic Medieval philosopher Mosheh ben Maimon, when you want to convey an ontologically freighted story of misery, death, loss and salvation, you want to do it in the most oogly googly, felty welty, puppety wuppety way possible.
Then this morning, my daughter sent me this link from from Etsy:
Yarr, it’s the Ten Plagues Fingernail Decals.
You won’t want to Pass-over these Ten Plagues Nail Decals! These adorable frogs, flies, and locusts are bound to be a hit at your Seder. Order yours today!
And God is saying, “Gevalt, did you want Me to smite you again? Is that what you want?“
At the Register: Jesus Isn’t Fair
I’ll be on Relevant Radio Monday morning
chatting with Sean Herriot of the Morning Air Show at 8:40 eastern time. Click hereto listen live, or go to Relevant Radio and hit the silver “listen now” button near the top of the page. Hope you can catch it!