Posted on 06/11/2003 2:38:29 AM PDT by Dajjal
A priest-friend keeps what he calls the "vile" file, a file of clippings that illustrate the most absurd aspects of the post-Vatican II Catholic culture. He's been emailing some of them around and I thought I'd share them. I've put thumbnail clippings here with the full-size scans on the second page following the "More" link. 
This must be what they mean by alter clownus.
How condescending is it to think that old people will be entertained by clowns as if they were children?
Is that Gandalf saying Mass?
Faith-filled fools... hey, they're the ones who said it. Remember that old 1980s silliness of declaring your home a nuclear-free zone as if Reagan was planning on parking a Minuteman in your backyard?
I thought this was the stereotype.
See link at Ad Orientem.
The problem at the moment is the one described by Michael Rose in Good Bye Good Men, the homosexual mafia influencing and sometimes controlling the seminaries and the seminary admission process.
It is a never-ending process by which one "vile" fad is continually replaced by the next "vile" fad. If we thought things were improving when the clowns went away, we have been disillusioned of that notion when we found out they were too busy hanging out at leather bars to bother with greasepaint any longer.
What is next in the lineup? After a scandal which has totally removed any remaining shred of moral authority from the Catholic Church, one is tempted to think that things can't get much worse. But whatever is next on the agenda, it will be worse, that's the way the process works.
Pope Piel I
The Pocket Fisher of Men
Now taking applications for positions once the white smoke goes up and yours truly dons the white and gold chest high waders.
Coming Soon:
A Three Par Golf Course on the Vatican Grounds
A Vatican QVC channel hosted by Mrs. Pope Piel
A High-tech Surround Sound Sistine Theater run by the Pope's (yes they are legitimate) kids
A Worldwide Chain of Torquemada Hotels where guests can leave their heresy behind (or else)
A Worldwide Pay-Per-View Humiliation and Expulsion of the Lavendar Mafia to raise Funds for the victims.
Not Coming Soon:
No Koran kissing or sniffing
No clown or hula masses
No Altar-ettes doing New Age swirling dances and offering loaves of Wonder Bread
Suggestions are welcomed via freepmail.
Afraid not.
It looks like it was a mass for entertainers, and that the performances took place after Mass. I don't see a problem with that.
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