.@paramountnet is showing both Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, so our Saturday night is set.
Too bad that Spielberg didn't do a film in which Indiana Jones prevented the Nazis from discovering and using the true Cross as part of their world domination. That would have been quite the trilogy along with the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail.
Of course there are like hundreds of churches that claim they have a true Cross relic, so it's not quite the same.
The ancient engineers who booby trap all of the places in both of these movies are pretty impressive.
"The power of God... or something." Yes, the ark that holds the Ten Commandments may have "or something."
Fact that Indiana Jones leaves Marion with Belloq proves Belloq's point that their methods aren't all that different. The main difference is that Indiana has enough ethics to not be hired by Nazis. #RaidersoftheLostArk
In some Catholic thinking, there is a connection to Mary as the Ark of the New Covenant. The parallel is that Jesus personified the contents of the "Old Covenant," so naturally, Mary, who carried him, would be the Ark. #RaidersoftheLostArk
Young people today may not realize how much Nazis were villains in pop culture as late as the 1980s & 1990s but #RaidersoftheLostArk is here to remind them. And this is why we think American culture will NEVER accept the latter-day Nazi resurgence as part of our "heritage."
God makes it pretty clear the Nazis aren't never going to get his Ark by burning off the swastika symbol in the crate that is holding the Ark. Always liked that detail. #RaidersoftheLostArk
In the end, what saves Indiana Jones is that he actually does have faith and he does believe in the "magic" he talks about in the beginning of the film. Belloq and the Nazis never respect the power of God. #RaidersoftheLostArk
And of course, they pay the ultimate price for not respecting God. For thinking that they can look upon the face of God. #RaidersoftheLostArk
"The Ark of the Covenant is a metaphor for the nuclear bomb. In this thread, we'll explain how...." 1/6978
Just kidding, we wouldn't do that to you.
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"The organization of societies worldwide is still far from reflecting clearly that women possess same dignity & identical rights as men. We say one thing with words, but our decisions & reality tell another story."
Glad to see but this is true of the Church, too. #FratelliTutti
These two sentences from #FratelliTutti: "War, terrorist attacks, racial or religious persecution, and many other affronts to human dignity are judged differently, depending on how convenient it proves for certain, primarily economic, interests..."
Fr. James Altman (WI pastor), has produced a disturbing video w/RW pol. group, illegitimately smearing all Catholic Dems (2 by name) & even clergy & bishops (@WashArchbishop by name). In doing so he has violated Canon Law & ignored a 1993 Pope JPII directive against such actions.
Fr. James Altman (a pastor) said you cannot be Catholic + a Democrat & that we don't know God, saying at same time (w/smirk) that he doesn't love people in Borneo. Fr. Altman, pls learn the Gospels or perhaps you'd be happier w/ a different job. Bp Callahan @DIOLaCrosse? @USCCB
Won’t share his egregious video but given it's broken thru on social media & RW blogs, we must issue a Public Notice of Canon Law Transgression so all Catholics - including clergy & bishops - learn our pastors should "form consciences, not replace them," as @Pontifex says. @USCCB
The answer to your question, LW, is "because baptism is a sacrament in the Catholic Church and Mass is the way we roll"?
Yes, it's rude for you to skip Mass, even if "Deb" isn't "really religious at all."
We always end up rolling our eyes when people ask Catholicy questions at Dear Prudence.
The eye-rolling comes from the fact that so many of the people who write in with Catholic questions seem to often boil down to something that they could solve with 5 minutes of Googling.
Invocation by Dr. Polly Baca, the first Hispanic woman elected to the Colorado State Senate and in the House and Senate of a state Legislature. #CatholicsforBiden#BidenHarris