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Raymond Arroyo Lays into Met Gala: ‘Garrish, Narcissistic Parade of Decadence’
LifeSite News ^ | 5/15/18 | Claire Chretien

Posted on 05/18/2018 4:19:05 AM PDT by marshmallow

May 15, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – EWTN anchor Raymond Arroyo excoriated the “decadent spectacle” of the Met Gala last week, calling it “borderline sacrilege” and “garrish,” narcissistic,” and “campy.”

In a scorching commentary on The World Over, the close associate of Mother Angelica slammed the Vatican for seemingly giving its “imprimatur” to the event, saying the Church needs to do some “soul-searching” about whether it’s engaging the culture or just giving in to it.

“All I can say is the Church should have placed greater conditions and limits on the loan” of sacred vestments to the Met, he said.

The Metropolitan used the collection as a jumping-off point to inspire contemporary designers to create their own costumes and gowns,” he said. “So a dalmatic of Pope Pius IX is presented with Coco Chanel and Versace’s. Along with a bizarre cross-studded bondage mask is a very low cut red gown. The juxtaposition and proximity is borderline sacrilege. To Catholics, these liturgical items point to a sacred reality: mainly, to Jesus Christ, truly present on the altar, which is the place these religious garments were meant to inhabit.”

“Taken out of that reality, sapped of their true meaning, they become over-the-top, operetic, brocade, and jeweled camp,” he said. It became a “silly masquerade,” he said, quipping that Lana Del Ray’s “strange” Our Lady of Sorrows “get-up” was “a display that made some want to drive a sword through their own hearts.”

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1 posted on 05/18/2018 4:19:06 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Viva Arroyo!


2 posted on 05/18/2018 6:54:10 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: marshmallow

“Garrish” with two r’s?! That’s what I call overdressed!


3 posted on 05/18/2018 8:44:56 PM PDT by Marchmain (good night)
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To: marshmallow

Watching his video at the site is outstanding. He really “Cuts to the Chase.”


4 posted on 05/18/2018 8:54:45 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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