This humble little blog has been reviewed by the blog of Spirit of Vatican 2 Catholic Community. It was rated as PH,C+,T,F,O,R. This means PH - Phariseeism, C - Clericalism, T - Traditionalism, F - Funny Languages, O - Offensive (anti-womyn, anti-GLBTNA, etc), and R - Republican. They even created a new category C+ for extreme clericalism for the BIG O! SCORE!!! They were even concerned that my opinion of Earth Day might offend their Social Justice Minister Che Lovell. (Hey Che, this picture is for you.) Well it looks as though I must be doing something right. The only thing that could be better is if I were commended by the National 'Catholic' Distorter.
(Seriously, Spirit of Vatican 2 Catholic Church is a very funny parody blog. Though I doubt that the liberal parishes that they lampoon would find them amusing: they hit way too close to home.)
12 comments:
Fr. Richsteig,
There are many who seem to think it's a real parish. It's like a Catholic version of "War of the Worlds!"
I just pray that the good Bishop in Knoxville hasn't been taking complaints on this church that doesn't exist! ROFL!
And congrats on your ratings. They completely missed the fact that my name is in Latin, so I didn't get the "F" for funny languages. And they missed the photos of Pope JP2 and Benedict XVI on my sidebar.
I'm offended the 2 measly ratings I got...PH and O. :-)
OK, did I spell your name right this time?
Dear Fr. Richsteig,
You are very lucky that Father Tim controls the ratig systems because I would have given you a C++++++ or something even worse if I could have thought of it. I mean, my friend Keith is being oppressed in jail by the tyrannical forces of masculo-fascism and he told me that they are feeding hm less than 4,000 calories a day and if you knew Keith you'd know he needs much more than that.
I have one question for you. Who do you want to spend eternity with? Fun people like Alec Baldwin and Jane Fonda who care about peoples or people like Russell Kirk and that guy Mr. Buckley and Peggy Noonan? Huh? Ask yourself, whose side is Julia Roberts probably on? I mean, wasn't Pretty Woman a great movie?
Yeah, what Che' said.
When I become a priest I'm going to boot you out of a job.
(Fr. Tim said I should pipe down on the ordination stuff, but you really got my blood boiling!)
You're so unenlightened. You REPUBLICAN, you!
Optometrist,
Che' is right, like always.
And P.S.
Who is Regina Caeli?
Why did you name your boat after her?
Does she know you hate womyn?
-Britnee
Father Erik, I love you! How shocked I was that you don't like women--and all this time I thought you liked me....a women...sigh.
My rating for you is BPE for best priest ever! (I'll pray for those liberal *&*%$--they need alot of help).
adore: Richtsteig is spelled with two t's
Tara: My name is spelled "AdorO"
:-)
Seriously...I have something wrong with my head. I can't spell Father's name for the LIFE of me and I'm usually really good at that kind of thing! I feel really bad because I continually get it wrong!
And I have a last name that people insist on misspelling, a very EASY last name to get right, so I'm very sensitive to this issue, which makes it even more embarassing when I do the same thing to someone else...consistently.
And Father is so nice he hasn't even MENTIONED it to me! That almost makes me feel worse!
adoro: Sorry, I was at work and five people were talking at me at once while I was trying to finish writing--ok adoro with two o's LOL
Dear Fr,
Seriously can you please tell me whether that blog really is a hoax?
After rolling around the floor laughing, I suddenly felt a bit ill after realising that it might actually be true, I mean I've heard of some pretty whacky 'parishes' at home in Australia (especially in Queensland where there's too much sun, fizzles your brains).
Please tell me! I'm going to be so embarrassed that I'm gullible (I am blond after all), I thought I'd outgrown being fooled when I was 10, obviously not!
If it is a hoax, you don't know how relieved I'd be, can the authors please not make it so believable? You'd make one blond so happy!
(And to think I actually left a post telling them off!)
Actually, come to that, how do I know that YOU are real? Now I'm becoming paranoid.
Dear Alice,
Christian Charity compels me to come clean and formally declare that Spirit of Vatican 2 is a paradoy and not an authentic church.
The sad thing is we have had to go to such outrageous lengths to lampoon the "way-out" parishes that do exist.
My biggest fear is that people might take the blog seriously and complain to the Knoxville Diocese. Though I live in another area (a typical American Diocese) I know that the diocese of Knoxville its bishops and priests are wonderful and would not permit this kind of buffoonery.
I hope people find Che' a confused but lovable character who is not actually malicious but naive and misled. A person who seeks to do the "right thing" but is caught up in this world and needs a bit of rescuing.
alice:
From one blonde to another, it's a hoax--a very funny hoax. But about Fr. being real...mmmm.
Thankyou Che'!
You have no idea how relieved I am.... so embarrasing!
Now i can get back to my rolling on the floor status without having second thoughts!
The scariest thing is how close to the bone it is!
And most of the people who are ever involved are naive and misled, but really nice people - come to that, they're not only isolated in this context, they're everywhere!
Ignorance really does seem to be bliss, such a shame it can cause so much damage!
I'm so dyeing my hair tomorrow!
This is one blonde who is over and out.
Alice,
There are many people who have thought this blog was for real, because, sadly, there are too many churches claiming to be Catholic that follow this format.
So those involved with the blog are having fun making fun of a very serious but real issue.
I, for one, am learning something real from it; those who take it seriously and post hostile remarks are NOT going to win converts from a church like this, but only underscore their beliefs about how "closed off" the real Catholic Church is. A different approach has to be made.
I don't know what the answer is, I don't know how to get these people to see how they are so off the mark, but I do know from my own lost days that the people who brought me home were the people who stated the Truth simply and matter-of-factly, and those who lived their faith. I do not speak only of Catholics, but of Christians of several denominations God put in my path; they were good people who loved God and it was obvious. They helped to bring me home.
Kinda OT, but I have to say that this parody has a point and from a creative perspective, has helped me to see something that I only glimpsed before.
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