The before picture:
Posted on 04/14/2009 2:02:56 PM PDT by Pyro7480
At Georgetown University today, while sitting in the press section at Gaston Hall awaiting the arrival of President Obama for a "major address" on economics, I overheard a reporter discussing the advance text of the speech.
The reporter said that senior presidential adviser David Axelrod had compared Obama during his European trip to one planting seeds for a harvest. Along the same lines, he noted, in today's speech, Obama was set to use another Gospel analogy: that of the "house built upon a rock."
And so it came to pass, beneath Gaston Hall's beautiful painting of Morality, Faith, and Patriotism, with gold letters on the wall behind him spelling the Jesuit motto "Ad majorem Dei gloriam"—"To the greater glory of God"—Obama shared his prosperity gospel at the nation's oldest Catholic university.
But there was one thing missing: Jesus' name.
I'm not just talking about Obama's failing to mention Jesus—though he did pointedly fail to mention the name of the One—that is, for him, the other "One"—who first told the "parable" he shared.
No, Jesus' very name, in the form of the ancient monogram IHS, which had been in gold lettering on the wooden archway above Gaston Hall's dais, was painted over prior to Obama's arrival. Apparently, the Name that is above every other name is not permitted to be above Obama.
The photo [above] shows the archway "before." You can see the "after" clearly in C-SPAN's video, as Georgetown President John DeGioia emerges to give his fawning introduction....
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The before picture:
Catholic ping!
Okay Hoyas, explain yourselves.
Hey Notre Dame. You’re going to have a Touchdown Jesus problem.
V. Lord, have mercy on us.
R. Christ, have mercy on us.
V. Lord, have mercy on us. Jesus, hear us.
R. Jesus, graciously hear us.
V. God the Father of Heaven
R. Have mercy on us.
V. God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. God the Holy Spirit,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. Holy Trinity, one God,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. Jesus, Son of the living God, R. Have mercy on us.
Jesus, splendor of the Father, [etc.]
Jesus, brightness of eternal light.
Jesus, King of glory.
Jesus, sun of justice.
Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary.
Jesus, most amiable.
Jesus, most admirable.
Jesus, the mighty God.
Jesus, Father of the world to come.
Jesus, angel of great counsel.
Jesus, most powerful.
Jesus, most patient.
Jesus, most obedient.
Jesus, meek and humble of heart.
Jesus, lover of chastity.
Jesus, lover of us.
Jesus, God of peace.
Jesus, author of life.
Jesus, example of virtues.
Jesus, zealous lover of souls.
Jesus, our God.
Jesus, our refuge.
Jesus, father of the poor.
Jesus, treasure of the faithful.
Jesus, good Shepherd.
Jesus, true light.
Jesus, eternal wisdom.
Jesus, infinite goodness.
Jesus, our way and our life.
Jesus, joy of Angels.
Jesus, King of the Patriarchs.
Jesus, Master of the Apostles.
Jesus, teacher of the Evangelists.
Jesus, strength of Martyrs.
Jesus, light of Confessors.
Jesus, purity of Virgins.
Jesus, crown of Saints.
V. Be merciful, R. spare us, O Jesus.
V. Be merciful, R. graciously hear us, O Jesus.
V. From all evil, R. deliver us, O Jesus.
From all sin, deliver us, O Jesus.
From Your wrath, [etc.]
From the snares of the devil.
From the spirit of fornication.
From everlasting death.
From the neglect of Your inspirations.
By the mystery of Your holy Incarnation.
By Your Nativity.
By Your Infancy.
By Your most divine Life.
By Your labors.
By Your agony and passion.
By Your cross and dereliction.
By Your sufferings.
By Your death and burial.
By Your Resurrection.
By Your Ascension.
By Your institution of the most Holy Eucharist.
By Your joys.
By Your glory.
V. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
R. spare us, O Jesus.
V. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
R. graciously hear us, O Jesus.
V. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
R. have mercy on us, O Jesus.
V. Jesus, hear us.
R. Jesus, graciously hear us.
Let us pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ, You have said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek, and you shall find, knock, and it shall be opened to you." Grant, we beg of You, to us who ask it, the gift of Your most divine love, that we may ever love You with our whole heart, in word and deed, and never cease praising You.
Give us, O Lord, as much a lasting fear as a lasting love of Your Holy Name, for You, who live and are King for ever and ever, never fail to govern those whom You have solidly established in Your love. R. Amen.
Blasphemy. It gets close to the “Obamanation of Desolation.”
I can’t believe that Georgetown allowed this to happen.
Is there a one-shot “after?” I couldn’t bear to listen to His Fascist Ugliness in the video, so I never saw whatever it was that had been done.
You can see it at the beginning of the video when Obama is being introduced.
Wow. “Yo’mamma”’s blasphemy is just amazing.
I am willing to bet, however, that the WH will spin this (if anyone picks it up) as they painted over it so no one would think the IHS was about Obama.
Don’t give up HOPE!
He’s renaming “Notre Dame” (Our Lady) to “Notre Obame”
They need until May to change all the signs: Change we can believe in.
The University should be stipped of its status as a Catholic insitution ... period.
If you are genuinely surprised by this, you are obviously unfamiliar with Georgetown. (That’s not a criticism, by the way.)
What are these people thinking? To paint over IHS?!!!
AFTER OBAMA ("IHS" symbol for Jesus has been removed):
bookmarking.
They’re Jesuits — an entirely different breed of Catholics.
I remember when they were called "the Marines of the Catholic Church."
“God help us.”
and that is ALL that will save us.
(at least that would be a marked improvement in their class, style, and taste.)
However, I do wonder, in this instance...if taking the IHS from the structure that peers above the blue backdrop might have been a good idea. Had it not been done it might have looked as though it was placed over Obama's head and so that it would not offend the Catholics had it seemed to refer to Obama under it, the college decided to remove it for his speech.
But why he gave that speech there in the first place is my gripe. Why not from his own darn office? Does he know where that is yet?
I’m still aghast, but you have a posted a great remedy for this travesty, in Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus. Thanks.
This guy gets creepier by the day. I can hardly stand to see his face. I’d rather have Biden!
The Jesuits are reforming themselves. Please pray for them.
Georgetown, like Notre Dame, was “liberated” from control of the Church after Vatican II. It is no longer a “Jesuit institution” but rather a University “in the Jesuit tradition.” Which is to say, nothing Catholic about it anymore. Obviously, since they are ashamed of the Name of Jesus.
I’m still aghast, but you have a posted a great remedy for this travesty, in Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus. Thanks.
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Amen to that — literally.
The Jesuits are reforming themselves.
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One can only hope. Evil seedlings sprang up in the Jebbie garden about 40 years ago. May they be cut down soon.
“No, Jesus’ very name, in the form of the ancient monogram IHS, which had been in gold lettering on the wooden archway above Gaston Hall’s dais, was painted over prior to Obama’s arrival. Apparently, the Name that is above every other name is not permitted to be above Obama.”
Georgetown is about as Catholic as Notre Dame!
And why not? The first lay president of the University, John deGioia, apologized to offended feminist faculty who flounced off the stage during a recent graduation because the speaker, an African bishop, dared to speak in favor of traditional sexual morality. Georgetown accepted millions in Saudi money to build its "Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding" -- in other words, "We Own You Now, dhimmies!" The director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, John Voll, has been an outspoken supporter of that Muslim broadcaster dude in New York who recently beheaded his wife. During Lent of this year, Georgetown had a "Sex Positive" festival on campus, during which experts in such subjects as anal sex had a teach-in. Georgetown's freshman dorms are co-ed -- girls and boys away from home for the first time not only in the same dorm, but on the same floor. What's left for Georgetown to mock other than Jesus himself?
Georgetown University needs an exorcism.
One of the strangest things about Georgetown, which was built in an area of Washington that was once virtually farmland, is the Jesuit cemetery smack in the middle of all the huge buildings that have sprung u on the campus -- a gigantic parking garage near the hospital and medical school, a huge student center, an enormous dormitory, etc. It looks so out of place. One can only hope that some of those heathens in the administration will be haunted by the bones spinning in those graves.
I found some contact info.
president@georgetown.edu, provost@georgetown.edu
chaplain: keppens@jesuits.net
From ΙΗΣΟΥΣ (Greek Letters: Iota-Eta-Sigma ), they covered that up? Why?
To contact Georgetown University:
John J. DeGioia, Ph.D.
Office of the President
phone: (202) 687-4134
fax: (202) 687-6660
Edward Quinn, Secretary of the University
phone: (202) 687-4134
fax: (202) 687-6660
email: quinne@georgetown.edu
The Jesuits have only one thing left in common with the Marines, they’re looking for a few good men.
Many of the older orders are very bad, but with pockets of orthodoxy or young men joining who are devout who will eventually push out the old fruitcakes and wimps. This cannot really be said of the Jesuits, the order is too corrupted to be reformed, the only hope is young men joining, and covertly resisting the heretical indoctrination in the seminary if necessary, and then perhaps by the Grace of God the order may not need to be (yet again) suppressed.
“Obamanation of Desolation.”
Or Desecration. In this beautiful and famous hall, I consider obliterating the name of our Lord with a small cross above the monogram to be a desecration in both the artistic and religious sense.
"Let he that is in Judea flee to the hills...."
They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.Titus 1:16
Let's take a wild guess since most Americans would not have known what IHS stands for. They didn't want to offend any Muslims because of the cross on top?
In a related story, he asked that all mirrors, garlic, holy water, crucifixes, Bibles, and blessed objects be removed...since "the One" gets a little anxious around such Catholic regalia.
This would have made a great episode of Kolchak: the Night Stalker.
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