Day: February 15, 2008

“SHOULD I LEAVE THE CHURCH?” (Mt 5:20-26): 15 February 2008 (Friday)

Today’s Readings

As  though she wasn’t controversial enough, Madonna came up with an allegedly sacrilegious music video for her song “Like a Prayer” in 1989.  The video caused such a stir because aside from the usual display of Madonna’s sexuality, it used a lot of Catholic iconography like the crucifix, statues and pictures of saints, the stigmata, bleeding statues, and many others.  Can’t really blame them.  The video included one scene suggesting Madonna making love to a statue of a saint that came to life!

“SO, WHAT IF I SUPER SIZE ME?” (Mk 9:14-15):  08 February 2008 (Friday after Ash Wednesday)

Today’s Readings

In this day and age where every other person is on some kind of diet, the documentary “Super Size Me” comes as a shocker.  After watching it, I couldn’t lay eyes on a Big Mac for at least six months (Actually, I’ve long stopped eating at McDonald’s for years!).  The film, after all, documents thirty days in the life of filmmaker, Morgan Spurlock, when he ate nothing but McDonald’s food three times a day. The result?  He gained about 25 pounds and  in the process, got liver damage.  I guess that’s what you get for feasting on McDonald’s!