Fr. Barron comments on "Eat Pray Love"

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[MightyCarnac]

Thanks for the review. Who's better qualified to critique a story about superstition than a guy who worships wheat wafers?

[wordonfirevideo]

@MightyCarnac Boy, I can't tell you how funny that is. This sort of response is, sadly, typical of the "new" atheism.

[maaaaaaatt1]

@wordonfirevideo but you do in fact worship wheat wafers, right? How any Catholic could criticize superstition is beyond me.

[wordonfirevideo]

@maaaaaaatt1 It might be helpful if you read even the most elementary book of Catholic theology before you start pontificating on Catholic doctrine. The answer is no: Catholics do not worship wheat wafers.

[C0mm0nS3ns3]

What cracks me up about preachers priests and fathers, they have never had sex been married etc. But yet know so much about relationships when they themselves have never had. Hypocrites 

[wordonfirevideo]

@C0mm0nS3ns3 Has it occured to you that someone who is not married has an objectivity that a married person could never have? Many, many people testify that they would rather go to a priest for advice about marriage than to a married man. Moreover, there are lots of priests who, in a previous life, were married. I don't think things are as simple as you suggest here.

[rhlogic]

I must say, finally found in Fr. Barron a minefield of Intelligent commentary in the midst of the stupidity and arrogance of this time.

[Cristinact]

Father, there are quite too many things you say that I really need to pause and reflect upon. Thanks for helping us to "chew the cud" on our faith ;)

[TheZombieGirrrl]

Yeah, that "in me as me" thing is where I lost interest. I just found it kind of sad that she went on this great journey only to end up empty--or rather, full of herself.

[5355vbxjbj76rvn]

It sounds as though - to use Gnostic terminology - Catholicism is for the sarkikoi, "the fleshly"; Hinduism for the hylikoi, "those who are [still impeded by] matter", & the last stage for the pneumatikoi, "the spiritual". IOW, Christianity has no positive value but is something to grow out of. She has her fix of spirituality, not by belonging to one religion, but by taking the "best bits" that suit her. This is a totally anti-Christian attitude, & not a religious one. Atheism is preferable.

[CoryTheRaven]

Of course she never darkens the door of a church. That's boooooooriiiingg... "Eat Pray Love" is the classic story of Western material disenfranchisement. Julia Roberts is bummed out by having all her Western luxuries but not being happy, so she has to go travel the world to find out what makes the quaint ethnic stereotypes happy. She finds her inner "authenticity" so that she can go back to resume her comfortable, freshly reenfranchised Western lifestyle, supplemented with some yoga once a week

[quantumystery]

@maratom34 Not since the Beatles were making records. East end of a westbound horse was considered hysterically funny in 4th grade. Thanks for the memories.

[maratom34]

@C0mm0nS3ns3

 Can you provide me with some kind of documentation about priests never having sex? Tell me, did the scientist who developed the serum to cure VD, have to go out and get a dose of VD ?

[maratom34]

@C0mm0nS3ns3 We have over thirty married Catholic priests in the western rite, and the Eastern rite Catholic Priests can marry.