Why I Love Religion, And Love Jesus || Spoken Word

A response to the video "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus". The purpose of this video is to do a response from a Catholic perspective, in a spirit of love, but also with a spirit of passion to defend our Mother the Church. The things that are said are not meant to offend, but we do have to be direct about what we believe and what we stand for. Join the discussion at http://phatmass.com

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Director & Editor: Rob Kaczmark
Lyricist: Fr. Claude (Dusty) Burns aka Fr. Pontifex
Producers: dUSt, Danny Hidalgo, Kyle Escamilla, Rob Kaczmark
Re-Recording Mixer: Manuel Lopez III

Special thank to Queen of all Saints Basilica and Monsignor John Pollard for allowing us to film in the church.

Lyrics:
What if I told you that Jesus loves religion
And that by his coming as man he brought his religion to fruition
See this had to be addressed, the use of illogical terms and definitions
You clearly have a heart for Jesus but its fueling atheistic opinions
See what makes his religion great is not errors of wars and inquisitions
It's that broken men and women to participate in his mission
Clearly Jesus says I have not come to abolish
I came to fulfill the law and I came to fulfill the prophets (Matthew 5:17)
And lines about building big churches and tending to the poor
Sounds a bit like Judas when the perfume was being poured (John 12:5)
See His religion is the largest worldwide source of relief
For the poor, the hungry, the sick and repentant thief
Oceans of compassion, opening wide the doors
For single mothers, widows and orphans, married and divorced (James 1:27)
We all detest hypocrisy, and empty show is just the worst
But blaming religion for contradiction
Is like staring at death, and blaming the hearse.
See the teacher will teach when the students are ready to listen
But those that choose to sit in the pews and refuse the good news
Is not the fault of religion.
And If I have the Jersey and I'm playing for the Bulls
There's going to be some boundaries, regulations and some rules.
You can't have Christ without his Church; you can't have the King without his Kingdom
Sins of the Body and internal treason will never ever make me leave him
And that Jesus said it is done, is absolutely true
But he also gave us a mission with many things to DO.
Jesus says if you love me, you will Do what I command. (JN 15:14)
Go and Baptize in the name of the Father, Son & Spirit in Every Land. (MT 28:19)
And on the night he was betrayed he took his men in the Upper Room
Take at eat this is my body take and drink my blood for you.
A New covenant you see, an act connected to the tree,
Do this time and time again in Memory of Me. (Mt 26:26-28)
And at last with crown of thorns beaten beyond comprehension
His eyes were looking for yours and mine; it was divine, no human invention.
So as for religion I love it, I have one because Jesus rose from the dead and won.
I believe When Jesus said IT IS FINISHED, His religion had just begun.

Fr. Claude (Dusty) Burns
Aka Pontifex
1/14/12

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[12timmyt]

Who do you think put the Bible together and decided which books belonged and which did not? It was the Catholic Church. Jesus didn't hand them out before he ascended to Heaven.

And to answer your question, Jesus is Truth himself, he is the way the truth and the life. That's why He established a church (Matt 16:18), and thats why that church is the pillar and foundation of truth (1 Timothy 3:15).

Don't take my word for it... It's all biblical. And it's the only reason you have a Bible today.

[12Ominous]

I'm very happy to see Catholicism defending itself in the mainstream sphere. I think it's about time.

[SuperPH34R]

Sorry, I'm not trying to put down your beliefs but I went to a catholic summer camp 8 years ago when I was ten. They used a wooden table to preach and it was outside. I'm saying we can do a lot more with that money now. I'm not saying churches are a bad thing. My church used to be all white and they raised a bunch of money and it could have gone to the community but they used it to make everything gold. How is gold supposed to help them preach?

[vettehead69]

What if i told you that this is the problem with religion, that everyone has their own interpretations of what religion and faith are. 

[Simmiebird]

Thanks for agreeing with me. No one can lay a foundation on top of the one already laid in Christ. Therefore a church that does not recognize Jesus as it's foundation cannot be a church of christ.

Furthermore, Christianity long existed before what was known as Catholicism. The content of the bible comprises of the old and the new testaments.The old given by the Jews and the new testament given by the authenticity of the Holy-spirit through the apostles. The word never originated from a sect.

[ChachiTelevision1979]

Also, let's say the Church didn't use any of the donations toward church buildings -- for those of us who live in the inner city, where are we to go? I used to be a protestant and my old churches used to rent out High Schools. That's an option, except would the priests and nuns have rectories? What if we want to go to confession? What if I want to go to my parish to reflect and pray not on a Sunday?

The building is used as a comfort to everyone throughout the week.

[ChachiTelevision1979]

The money used for the churches are only a fraction of what the church gets in donations. Most of the money goes toward hospitals, shelters, food, and other great uses that help those in need. When the collection plates go around, they aren't shy about saying "this is going toward maintenance for the building" if it's something needed. People are happy to give back. But most of it is to help the needy. The Catholic Church is biggest charitable group in the world and has been for centuries.

[SuperPH34R]

I just don't see why we can't use that money to help out the working class and poor.

[tk bryant]

Why is his face so small compared to his head?

[W Brown]

Broken men and women get to participate?

... What about queer people? from what i've seen, the majority of the catholic church seems to think that they do not deserve to participate (unless they renounce their sexuality.)

[ChachiTelevision1979]

My guess is most people have at some point asked "why not sell all of this to help the poor?" My priest mentioned that it was something he asked when he was younger from time to time. In Matthew 26:11, Jesus said, ""For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me." This is often the response to the more than fair concern.

[SuperPH34R]

Thanks, I don't count myself as religious but rather spiritual. I don't deny the holy spirit but I choose what to believe.