This Dad should get very little for Father’s Day this year. I’m not saying he should get nothing because he does eventually stop the stroller but…come on.
Update: It looks like MLB won’t let folks embed it. Don’t know why but it probably has something to do with lawyers. So here’s the link.
http://larrybrownsports.com/youtubeage/dad-baseball-kid-baby-stroller-video/222214
In the end, he can always point to this Dad and say at least he’s not as bad as him.
March 11, 2014 at 7:44 pm
How stupid does he think we are? Sheesh.
March 11, 2014 at 7:52 pm
Just in time to pray to St. Joseph for all fathers!
March 11, 2014 at 7:54 pm
I believe the term we are looking for here is "duplicitous."
March 11, 2014 at 8:07 pm
The Internets can be so cruel sometimes. There are two ways to avoid harsh critiques of liturgical abuse. 1) Don't record your liturgies if you plan to do something offensive or, even better, 2) Don't do offensive things in your liturgies.
March 11, 2014 at 8:15 pm
For number 2, there should be a rule or something that forbids that.
March 11, 2014 at 8:36 pm
As a permanent deacon, I'm angry, and embarrassed that one of my brethren is being this disingenuous. Did he not pay any attention to the promises at ordination ? Don't like Benedict? Don't like Francis? Fine, that's between you, your confessor and God. When you are at the ambo, you speak for THE CHURCH. We don't trash the Pope from the pulpit. Any Pope. Goes with the gig. Don't like it? Poor discernment on your part, and poor judgement on the part of those responsible for putting you in the position. If you're unclear on that, check with your diocesan Vicar for Clergy. Or the bishop to whom you swore respect and obedience.
March 11, 2014 at 9:39 pm
He/She's baaaaack…
March 11, 2014 at 9:45 pm
I'm confused by this other homily of Deacon Sandy's: http://youtu.be/UIQL-yjekBI
Start at 7:30 and pay attention at 7:50 to the image he displays in his power point presentation of the cardinals. It is unclear whether the image is supposed to correspond with his commentary about "gays and lesbians" who are "hated in many places" or the "women in our church who are rejected and kept out of the pasture."
He is either unabashedly and purposefully insinuating that cardinals hate women and/or reject women, or he is so steeped in "the spirit of Vatican II" that he is unaware that he should be sensitive to being interpreted as being rebellious against the authority of those in the hierarchy. Worse, I think many will watch this thinking that he's advocating for women in the priesthood.
Or, could it be possible that he is not as "up" on current events as a shepherd of a flock ought to be (despite demonstrating his technological aptitude and habit of keeping up on current events in this very homily).
Perhaps he intended the image of the cardinals to be an image of the shepherds he was speaking of, but he was in control of the slide changes. Even if it was a faux pas, he should have apologized and clarified immediately.
At the very least, he was unclear and irresponsible in his presentation. Why was this video posted? He must think his homily and PP presentation were an example of effective communications. Should we be blamed for misinterpreting his homily when we are taking it at face value?
If he had not intended the picture of the cardinals to be on display while saying that "gays are hated" and "women are rejected," but messed up the timing in such a way as this, he should never had posted it, especially without clarification.
March 11, 2014 at 9:54 pm
I'm calling a big bravo Sierra on this guy. I tried his search, no image like that… sorry.
He should also know why the pope is supposed to wear red shoes (blood of the martyrs).
What a clown. I hope their bishop forbids the novus ordo and forces them to implement the TLM only.
I bet Karl Keating is running to deacon sandys defenses now
March 11, 2014 at 9:55 pm
Sadly, rules are no obstacle for those who lack common sense and good taste.
March 11, 2014 at 10:00 pm
Hang in there, Dan. I'm a revert myself. I now travel an hour every sunday (early) for the sacrifice of the TLM.
Go more than a few months, and ignore the few crabby people there.
The TLM will help I think, like it did me
March 11, 2014 at 10:03 pm
A fruit of Paul VI (among other things)…
March 11, 2014 at 10:07 pm
I think its fair to say that Deacon Sandy is having a bad week.
Hey deacon sandy…., confiteor deo… (I bet you never recite this one during mass)
March 11, 2014 at 10:23 pm
another commenter noted, but it bears repeating:
The pope's red shoes represent the blood of martyrs.
He's standing on the blood of martyrs, who died for the true Church, for which he is also called to give his own life.
March 11, 2014 at 10:29 pm
It didn't have to be ANY particular pope, but it was a pope. And that was the point.
But the issue began when he stated “here’s how bad it gets. In our church” while the graphic shows the red shoes of the Pope and the
congregation snickers and laughs without a single response from him or the priest.
But he went even further, stating, after the transcript he references, "And some, unlike us secular folks, need to wear the red shoes and flowing white linen, have the lace and have the gold threaded vestments because it’s an issue of self-esteem and lifting themselves up as well.”
So his response simply was not acceptable.
March 11, 2014 at 10:31 pm
He needs to preach and apology and retraction for what was shown and said about others wearing vestments. It was not germane to his sermon and should not have been said. It was obviously a slight to hierarchy in my view.
March 11, 2014 at 10:58 pm
Well, we know there is no greater sin in these United States than to be "judgmental" – that is calling someone out when you disagree with them and suggest they are wrong.
That said, Deacon Sandy did not ask for this level of hostility (and you know who piles on, Pat). AND there are far more powerful people doing far more dangerous things. SO, in the name of Christian charity, I would cut him some slack.
I am pretty sure that would be the Christian thing to do.
March 11, 2014 at 11:02 pm
As a Navy Chief Petty Officer was once quoted as saying: "I can't stop stupid, sir. I can only slow it down."
March 11, 2014 at 11:15 pm
Rob,
I am not being hostile. I am calling out something he publicly did in an effort to put a stop to it.
March 11, 2014 at 11:19 pm
Can I have some of what you are smoking?