A few weeks back we met Deacon Sandy when he put up a video touting the uniqueness of his Good Shepherd parish. He was then embarrassed by all the people that took note of their uniqueness.
He asked us to take down the video because he said they no longer stood by it. That they were rethinking their approach. It took him at his word, taking down the video, giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Well, today I’m thinking there needs to be serious cuts in benefits.
On the weekend following the whole kerfuffle, Deacon Sandy gave a homily at Good Shepherd. The homily includes copious use of visual aids courtesy of the the projectors on screens, projectors that cost thousands even though Deacon Sandy claimed the parish is so impoverished that they cannot afford kneelers.
Later on in the homily, Deacon Sandy Sites talks about how we worry about having nice things. To illustrate the point he puts up a slide with many designer labels.
“We are extremely concerned as a society about the labels on our clothes and the brand, because we’re worried about what people will think about us. Aren’t we? For guys it might be Brooks Brothers, it might be Versace. Ladies, it might be Prada or it might be Coach…But we worry about that. And these are the kinds of thing God is saying, “Don’t worry about it.” Here is how bad it gets in our Church.”
Then Deacon Sandy puts up a picture of Pope Benedict in his red shoes.**
Cue mocking laughter from the congregation.
See the horrifying moment here.
**Again he took the video down trying to hide. This time, an enterprising soul posted it for me. Thanks Ben!
This is absolutely disgraceful. Putting forth Pope Benedict to be mocked for his materialism. Subjecting a Pope to ridicule and maligning his character suggesting that the Pope is a shallow materialist worried about fashion and what people will think of him.
This is despicable behavior. Deacon Sandy should publicly apologize to Pope Benedict and should no longer have the privilege of giving homilies until such a time as the Bishop can be confident that such a thing could never happen again. This behavior is beyond disgraceful.
Please let Deacon Sandy know what you think about this as well as his Bishop. If the Bishop needs it, I have a copy of the video. Please share this as this needs to stop.
Deacon Sandy Sites
Parish Director / Good Shepherd Parish / www.mygoodshepherd.org / +1.262.255.2035 Land / sitess@archmil.org
Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki
Archbishop of Milwaukee
archbishoplistecki@archmil.org
Update
@CMReport They weren’t Prada shoes: http://t.co/VSMuiujBsr
— Matthew Balan (@MatthewJLB) March 10, 2014
Original Video Here
March 11, 2014 at 11:38 am
He is a permanent deacon. It means that he is not going to be ordain a priest. However. Many of these deacons think that they are priests already. Also, if he was ordained 20-30 years ago, he wasn't properly trained for sure. I am transitional deacon, and I have contact with permanent deacons. Once, the permanent deacon at our parish suppose to incense a book of the Gospel before reading it. He started incensing the book and then he went around the pulpit incensing it like an altar 😀 I laughed so sincerely (not like a bishop, who was also present there).
March 11, 2014 at 12:39 pm
Please God, help us. Holly Immaculate Mother, the Mediatrix of ALL Graces, give us the graces that were bought for us through the death of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I beg you most Holly Mother of God, pray for us and our shepherds.
March 11, 2014 at 1:44 pm
So God makes alcohols and cleptomaniacs? How about people with psycosis? God permits disorders in our fallen world, and we should accept people. But to celebrate a disorder, especially when forces of evil want to reclassify and disorder as "normal" and force every one to say it is "normal" is folly.
March 11, 2014 at 3:44 pm
I agree with you to a point, that unchastity in all its forms needs to be brought to light for the sin that it is. The danger of ignoring sodomy is not limited to those who practice it, though. Our entire culture is being pushed to recognize "gay marriage" as valid and acceptable. The Church needs to firmly and clearly teach that a "union" of two people of the same sex is not and cannot ever be a marriage and that it is sinful. A healthy society cannot tolerate sodomy. Period.
March 11, 2014 at 4:15 pm
I agree with you as well. I was just pointing out that heterosexual sodomy is a much more pervasive problem in this sick sex-obsessed society.