My first car was a 1974 Chevy Vega. I loved that Vega.
This Vega, not so much.
Father Richard Vega, a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and president of the National Federation of Priests Councils, has told The New York Times that when he heard that the US bishops were offering a conference on exorcism, “My immediate reaction was to say, why?”
The Times reported:
The conference on exorcism comes at a time, he said, when the church is bringing back traditional practices. The Vatican has authorized the revival of the Latin Mass, and now a revised English translation of the liturgy, said to be closer to a direct translation from the Latin, is to be put in use in American parishes next year.
“People are talking about, are we taking two steps back?” Father Vega said. “My first reaction when I heard about the exorcism conference was, this is another of those trappings we’ve pulled out of the past.”
But he said that there could eventually be a rising demand for exorcism because of the influx of Hispanic and African Catholics to the United States. People from those cultures, he said, are more attuned to the experience of the supernatural.
It must be nice to be SOOO modern! It must be nice to be SOOOO smart! After all, Jesus didn’t tell his disciples to cast out demons, He told them to look down on people! Oh, wait….
Let’s recap….
Good Vega!
Bad Vega!
And I thought having an aluminum block engine was dumb! Much better than an aluminum block head.
November 16, 2010 at 4:15 am
[sarc]Dude, you guys are racists.[/sarc]
November 16, 2010 at 4:27 am
So we've been told. Thanks for reminding us David 😉
November 16, 2010 at 4:38 am
my 3 year old is drooling over that Chevy Vega- perhaps his first car too?
November 16, 2010 at 4:45 am
People like Vega don't believe in the reality of the devil or demons. Sin is just a mistake and when "you know better you do better" according to the Gospel of Oprah Winfrey. Evil is reduced to mental illness or baggage from childhood. No wonder they cannot see the necessity of exorcism. It must totally boggle his mind.
When priests like this refer to "people talking" I just automatically assume they are liars. Maybe in the chancery, or among his deanery, but not in parishes. They're no way laypeople know anything about this as of yet. He's just spinning it, or as they used to say, lying about it.
Devil made him do it.
November 16, 2010 at 5:09 am
He probably exchanges tofu recipes with Bishop Kicanas.
November 16, 2010 at 12:23 pm
I had a Vega also, around 1976. Don't remember the year of the car, but could have been a 74.
Piece of junk. The Vega and the Ford Pinto should not be talked about.
November 16, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Satan's greatest trick…
This is exactly why we need to have conferences about exorcism.
November 16, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Two steps backward, when you have been travelling in the wrong direction, are actually two steps forward.
November 16, 2010 at 4:56 pm
why not bold the second paragraph as well: But he said that there could eventually be a rising demand for exorcism because of the influx of Hispanic and African Catholics to the United States. People from those cultures, he said, are more attuned to the experience of the supernatural.
Cause those Hispanics and Africans are more spiritual.
November 16, 2010 at 6:11 pm
The aluminum block engine shown on the first Vega shown above was a good idea for drivers on sub-zero mornings for they heated up so quickly!
The other Vega shown above is not so much heated up as merely warmed over.
BTW the '76 Vega I drove was a gem. All red inside and out, it was famous in the community and racked up 99,850 miles before it blew a rod.
November 16, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Did it upset you that it didn't reach 100,000?
I think I would've just pushed it around the extra 150 miles or so it could've gotten there.
Pure laziness Hilltop. Pure laziness.
November 17, 2010 at 6:02 am
In 2003 Father Vega baptized me and my 14 yr old daughter. We went through the RCIA luke warm how does this make you feel teaching because we had already decided to come into the church if we had to walk over hot coals to do so. We didn't meet Father Vega until near the end of the whole process, but by the grace of God 19 of us were baptized and confirmed that Easter Vigil. Father Vega is no longer a parish priest but serving on a council in Chicago. He is a very likable personality, friendly and always smiling. But he never wanted to rock the boat by inconveniencing anyone with church teaching. We have a new priest now. He has the nerve to talk about life issues, gay non-marriage and the like. He's "offended" lots of the old Vega parishioners who no longer show up at mass. I like our new priest and admire him for standing up and speaking the truth. Still I wish Father Vega all the best. I know God can use those in his service, sometimes in spite of themselves.