A Woman-Priestess-Wannabee Enthuses Over The Dancing Bishops

We all recall the sorry spectacle that some bishops made of themselves at World Youth Day.  Some of us called them out for belittling the dignity of their sacred ordinations.

Enters now Sister Martha Ann Kirk, a "liturgical dancer" herself and priestess-wannabee.  Both of these proclivities put her at serious variance with the Magisterium.  To me, it's no surprise that a dissident would wax ecstatic about that incident.

Sister notes that a choreographer called "Fly" led them in the routine.  Last month I posted about Fly's, uh, "career".  Consider that the bishops allowed themselves to be played the fools by this man.   She then tries to justify the debacle with some quotes of various saints, but these quotes fall flat on their face.  St Francis de Sales probably would not consider that performance the "honey to catch flies".  St Teresa of Avila speaks of a "sense of humor".  Part of having a sense of humor is knowing when something is NOT humorous, but rather ridiculous.  Further down she attempts to use Matthew 11:15-19.  Isn't is odd that she doesn't see fit to quote Jesus' entire statement?

We see Sister quoting the New Yorker, and that in turn opines that "Pope Francis sidesteps the issues of dogma and Church law.." to "embrace the core of Christ's Gospel message."  Don't you just wonder how this touchy-feely crowd intends to define "the core of Christ's Gospel message" without dogma and Church law?  Oh, what am I thinking?  These are the new progressives who know so much better than did the Apostles, Church Fathers and millions of faithful Catholics who preceded us these past two thousand years.  They will lead the way, as they twirl and pirouette anytime and anywhere they can.  Heaven forbid that they be "pushed into a limited corner of thought and reaction".

Pray tell, what is their difficulty with "thought"?  After all, are we not made in the image and likeness of God particularly in our faculties of intellect and will?  What we might be seeing in Sister's piece is a little "tipping of the hand", as we see a none-too-subtle attempt to short-circuit thought and reason as it was so aptly done by Fly and his team.

She does whine and pout about us "angry bloggers" who will not sit silently while our leaders not only make fools of themselves but belittle the very Gospel that they are called to preach.  Too bad.  No more will they get away with such travesties.

Boogie-Woogie Bishops - Sinister Underpinnings

Last week I posted about the disgraceful conduct of some bishops at World Youth Day as they mindlessly shirked all sense of their episcopal dignity and engaged in a silly dance - in their robes.  I know that some of you thought I was just being too uptight and (to use the words of one of the comments) "judgmental".  I'd like to remind one and all of a Latin phrase that is most appropriate here: "lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivandi".  Sloppiness in liturgy and decorum often leads to sloppiness in moral conduct.  However, as I wrote that post, I didn't realize how true that was even in that situation.

The bishops on that occasion were following the direction of a Brazilian choreographer who goes by the name of "Fly" (or perhaps its Portuguese translation).  His resume is chequered to say the least.  My blogging colleague Eponymous Flower published a piece revealing that Fly has posed for several gay magazines in the nude.

Consider that the bishops probably thought it was ok to "let their hair down", as it were.  Not so.  No one is at liberty to suspend their prudence and critical thinking processes - not even for an instant.  If one stops being vigilant for just one split-second, often disaster results.  I would think that goes double for those who are our shepherds in the faith.  In this case, the shepherds allowed themselves to be sheeple - and the shepherd they followed appears to be a homophile.  They have placed themselves in the position of mindlessly doing the bidding of a probable pervert, much like the mice followed the Pied Piper to their ultimate demise.

Regarding my coined term "homophile", if Fly himself is not gay, he obviously is a supporter of that lifestyle; else he would not have been associated with their magazines.  That probably puts him in the position of formally and materially cooperating with mortally sinful homosexual behaviors.

By the way - was not Fly also leading young dancers?  Is he the sort of fellow that should be held up as any kind of leader for impressionable young people?  What were the organizers of WYD thinking when they retained Fly?  What kind of vetting (if any) went into their hiring procedures?  Did they exercise any kind of due diligence to ensure that those whom they hired were at least not flagrant violators of Catholic moral teachings?  The answer to that last question is obviously "absolutely not".

St. Joseph Cafasso and St. John Vianney, and all sainted bishops, pray for the bishops on earth and the entire Roman Catholic Church.

Boogie-Woogie Bishops

What else do you call this disgraceful behavior?  These are bishops, Successors to the Apostles.  Instead of being the shepherds that they're called to be at all times, they act as sheep "going along with the flow".  One of the boogie-sessions is happening right before they are to offer the Holy Sacrifice of Mass.  What will we see next? Conga lines?  The macarena?  The alley-cat?  Here's a novel suggestion.  How about they act like grown-ups and leave Romper Room behind?