Comments on: Paint it black: campus statue of Virgin Mary vandalized http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/ The Georgetown Voice Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:03:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Amy http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/comment-page-1/#comment-450926 Amy Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:31:23 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=2566#comment-450926 Why don't all of you religous right wing freaks watch zytgist(sp?) and stop imposing your religous beliefs on others! Why don’t all of you religous right wing freaks watch zytgist(sp?) and stop imposing your religous beliefs on others!

]]> By: lorna http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/comment-page-1/#comment-433891 lorna Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:09:06 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=2566#comment-433891 I am catholic and african caribbean and always wonder why Jesus ,Mary,Joseph are portrayed as white;that cannot be so .the region they were from had darker skin people;why do white catholics reject that fact.How do you think we feel when we walk into church nothing there represents us.no wonder there are few african american converts! I don't agree with the person who blackened the face of theBlessed Mother,but I can certainly under the frustration. The church always make us feel less than,we are also made in the image and likeness of God. It is time for the church to let go of fear and prejudice. I am catholic and african caribbean and always wonder why Jesus ,Mary,Joseph are portrayed
as white;that cannot be so .the region they were from had darker skin people;why do white catholics reject that fact.How do you think we feel when we walk into church nothing there represents us.no wonder there are few african american converts! I don’t agree with the person who blackened the face of theBlessed Mother,but I can certainly under the frustration. The church always make us feel less than,we are also made in the image and likeness of God.
It is time for the church to let go of fear and prejudice.

]]> By: Marcus http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/comment-page-1/#comment-331645 Marcus Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:28:44 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=2566#comment-331645 perhaps the virgin Mary was black - why is she usually expressed as white when she comes from the middle east? white white white just like me, god is white jesus is white Mary is white all in my image. All my double standards too - Catholic Nuns abusing children Catholic priests abusing children and I'll pretend to be holy, as long as I have a big house, big car money and sex. perhaps the virgin Mary was black – why is she usually expressed as white when she comes from the middle east? white white white just like me, god is white jesus is white Mary is white all in my image. All my double standards too – Catholic Nuns abusing children Catholic priests abusing children and I’ll pretend to be holy, as long as I have a big house, big car money and sex.

]]> By: Kathleen Terrell http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/comment-page-1/#comment-305743 Kathleen Terrell Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:20:21 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=2566#comment-305743 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.

]]> By: John Madison http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/comment-page-1/#comment-295952 John Madison Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:51:11 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=2566#comment-295952 A very similar thing happened here in Detroit many years ago. The face and hands on statue of the Sacred Heart at the entrance to Sacred Heart Seminary were painted black. The archdiocese left them that way. One more example of the wisdom of thier "emininences" Dearden, Szoka, and Maida. A very similar thing happened here in Detroit many years ago. The face and hands on statue of the Sacred Heart at the entrance to Sacred Heart Seminary were painted black. The archdiocese left them that way. One more example of the wisdom of thier “emininences” Dearden, Szoka, and Maida.

]]> By: Teresa http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/comment-page-1/#comment-294908 Teresa Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:27:18 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=2566#comment-294908 The Church is persecutes, and sadly the persecution comes from some of its members. The Church is persecutes, and sadly the persecution comes from some of its members.

]]> By: ssoldie http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/comment-page-1/#comment-294864 ssoldie Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:32:34 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=2566#comment-294864 anti- catolicism is alive and well out there, and believe it or not so is the devil. anti- catolicism is alive and well out there, and believe it or not so is the devil.

]]> By: Bill McEnaney http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/comment-page-1/#comment-294743 Bill McEnaney Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:51:16 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=2566#comment-294743 Christopher Cummins makes an excellent point. Maybe, to help the Church return to Tradition, we need to do all we can to prevent sacreligious use of Catholic churches. Ecumenists let Hindus do Hindu rituals in the Fatima Shrine's little chapel. At the inter-religious prayer meetings in Assisi, Animists prayed to the "Great Thumb," and Buddhists burned incense while a Buddha statue sat on a tabernacle. Nobody spray-painted Fatima's little chapel. The Buddhists took their statue away. of a Catholic church. But jest as people shouldn't vandalize Catholic statues, non-Catholics shouldn't use Catholic churches for non-Catholic rituals. Christopher Cummins makes an excellent point. Maybe, to help the Church return to Tradition, we need to do all we can to prevent sacreligious use of Catholic churches. Ecumenists let Hindus do Hindu rituals in the Fatima Shrine’s little chapel. At the inter-religious prayer meetings in Assisi, Animists prayed to the “Great Thumb,” and Buddhists burned incense while a Buddha statue sat on a tabernacle.

Nobody spray-painted Fatima’s little chapel. The Buddhists took their statue away. of a Catholic church. But jest as people shouldn’t vandalize Catholic statues, non-Catholics shouldn’t use Catholic churches for non-Catholic rituals.

]]> By: JLS http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/comment-page-1/#comment-294546 JLS Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:15:17 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=2566#comment-294546 Georgetown is heading for spiritual incest. Maybe we'll see the first indicators in a few years, but it's already demonstrating its love of intellectual incest. Georgetown is heading for spiritual incest. Maybe we’ll see the first indicators in a few years, but it’s already demonstrating its love of intellectual incest.

]]> By: Christopher Cummins http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/02/23/paint-it-black-campus-statue-of-virgin-mary-vandalized/comment-page-1/#comment-294475 Christopher Cummins Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:29:53 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=2566#comment-294475 What a sad commentary for this once Catholic university. Only a return to Tradition and a rejection of Modernism will ever reverse these trends. Lord help us! JMJ What a sad commentary for this once Catholic university. Only a return to Tradition and a rejection of Modernism will ever reverse these trends. Lord help us! JMJ

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