The diary of a priest, being random thoughts and various things of possible interest from the Pastor of Our Lady of the Atonement Church in San Antonio, Texas.
We have friends in the parish so it will be interesting to contact them and get their views. Hopefully sometime we'll be down that way and have a good look once it's up where it will live. Liz.
That is the stupidest looking statue of our Lord I've ever seen.
I'm tired to the brim of all these attempts to bring "Jesus down to earth" or other filthy muck of the sort. And the way the man (I will not say Jesus) on the statue is holding his hands makes him look like a rock star, and a pretty bad one at that; something reminiscent of when I was in middle school only a few years back, when you did something wrong, like bump into someone, and the person who you bumped into would say "we cool" or junk of the sort.
If Jesus walked among us today he may look this this. Or he could look like Fr. Christopher G. Phillips, who has successfully acted as if he were Jesus when he confects The Holy Eucharist.
So, the implicit message is that, unless Jesus is presented to people in an "attractive and relevant" way, then they just can't connect with the Gospel message? What a load of malarkey! I suppose St. Paul might approve, since he was "all things to all men," but this really strikes me as more evidence of people willfully rejecting their heritage and the traditions of their ancestors. Whatsa matter, your father's Christ not good enough for you?
I wonder if this is what the departed donor had in mind when he was writing his will?
Whey do people think that they have to change the appearance of Our Lord on the Cross to suit their take on it? The Lord on the Cross as it is meant to be is the most beautiful vision of all. Leave Our Savior's appearance alone!
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We have friends in the parish so it will be interesting to contact them and get their views. Hopefully sometime we'll be down that way and have a good look once it's up where it will live. Liz.
Hello, Father.
I am thinking pajamas, actually.
That is the stupidest looking statue of our Lord I've ever seen.
I'm tired to the brim of all these attempts to bring "Jesus down to earth" or other filthy muck of the sort. And the way the man (I will not say Jesus) on the statue is holding his hands makes him look like a rock star, and a pretty bad one at that; something reminiscent of when I was in middle school only a few years back, when you did something wrong, like bump into someone, and the person who you bumped into would say "we cool" or junk of the sort.
I have been looking for the perfect gift for Atonement. Thanks for making it known! :-D
They forgot the skateboard.
Uckfield. Sounds like a suitable name for a town with such a statue. Uck!
If Jesus walked among us today he may look this this. Or he could look like Fr. Christopher G. Phillips, who has successfully acted as if he were Jesus when he confects The Holy Eucharist.
This just seems silly
This makes me think of the "cool thumbs-up Jesus" statue in the film Dogma...but that was fiction, and this is really on a church wall. Egads.
JoAnn K. Prater
So, the implicit message is that, unless Jesus is presented to people in an "attractive and relevant" way, then they just can't connect with the Gospel message? What a load of malarkey! I suppose St. Paul might approve, since he was "all things to all men," but this really strikes me as more evidence of people willfully rejecting their heritage and the traditions of their ancestors. Whatsa matter, your father's Christ not good enough for you?
I wonder if this is what the departed donor had in mind when he was writing his will?
Whey do people think that they have to change the appearance of Our Lord on the Cross to suit their take on it? The Lord on the Cross as it is meant to be is the most beautiful vision of all. Leave Our Savior's appearance alone!
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