Posted on 03/22/2014 11:30:56 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
...As a practicing Catholic, I began my career in local TV newsrooms where I quickly learned...religious beliefs are something you keep to yourself.
...I never thought that wearing a cross necklace would be considered “flashy.”
The first time I wore one to work, I was told to take it off because it would be distracting to the audience. I wanted to keep my TV job so much; I did it. It didn’t seem to matter to management that I wasn’t covering religion.
While putting the cross -- given to me by my parents -- in my purse, I told myself that it was the right thing to do in the name of objectivity. I convinced myself that management was right, and I needed to keep my religious views hidden, so I didn’t appear biased. I got the message: Real reporters don’t wear religious symbols.
...The unspoken and spoken bias meant that I didn’t talk about my faith at work. And I certainly didn’t talk about my volunteer work at a pro-life pregnancy center where we collected clothes for babies, and talked to women about adoption alternatives.
A nagging feeling of guilt (another tried and true Catholic tradition) always lurked in the back of my mind. I was ashamed of myself for tossing aside my faith in God, my belief in Jesus Christ as my Savior. It wasn’t lost on me that all around the world Christians die for the right to bear witness in public, and, yet, in our free country, I hid my beliefs in the name of the news gods.
...For the record, I’m wearing crosses again. If you don’t want to hear my news analysis because of it, I’m OK with that. I've learned to bless my detractors
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Good question.....that was such a weird picture.
Yes?
Just needing some clarity... for my own reasons...
Thanks in advance.
Does that mean that, as a Catholic, you too wear hoop earrings, hair bleaching, and red lipstick?
This is a nice find. Thanks for the post.
In Catholic and Orthodox tradition the wearing of the baptismal cross is a necessary sign of identification as Christian, and not “jewelry”. You are right, of course, that the obligation to witness is not completed with that.
Rabid Anti-Catholicism
Indeed. We've all learned from this thread that bleached blonde hair, hoop earrings and red lipstick are all required to complete the witness, and that to deny such is rabid anti-Catholicism of the highest form.
Good thing that I didn't question the four-inch pumps.
You never ever miss a chance to bash anything Catholic.
You must really lead a boring life devoid of charity.
AMDG
Those pumps make you look fat.
Hey Catholic basher see you again.
Now you are going to have to make another post cause you never let a Catholic have the last word.
Can you say ‘pathological’ boys and girls?
Your poor wife....
Were I married, my wife would know that my mind is made up, and she would put away the make-up. I'd tell her once, and I wouldn't tell her again, that it's a bad way.
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Were I married, my wife would know that my mind is made up, and she would put away the make-up. I’d tell her once, and I wouldn’t tell her again, that it’s a bad way. “
Do the following words resonate with you...
Eccentric
Autocratic
Mysoginistic
One sick puppy
Say one Hail Mary for his soul, it will make you feel better and please Jesus and His mother.
My only point is that baptismal cross is not jewelry. I don’t know anything about that woman in particular and don’t care.
Like Steve Lawrence sang - Go away, little girl.
Could you possibly be any more snarky?
Since you asked so nicely, I will give it my best effort.
It was a rhetorical question.
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