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10-26-2010, 03:23 PM
A thoughtful piece on the popular comedian who still practices his Catholic faith.
Stephen Colbert’s Sunday School (http://www.headlinebistro.com/hb/en/columnists/lopez/102510.html)
by Kathryn Jean Lopez
An excerpt:
And with that, Colbert dropped the shtick and focused on something anyone who watches his show regularly has seen glimpses of: his faith. He’s a Catholic who unmistakably believes that should mean something. That there should be something different about you if you are. The one who has hope lives differently (http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html), after all.
And, so, on The View, he presented the Cross. He told Walters and the women around the interview couch about his mother and her “very strong faith.” “She taught us to still love life and not be bitter,” he said “And to realize that everybody suffers and if you can accept your suffering then you’ll just understand other people better. And, strangely enough, you have to be grateful for pain.”
It was a beautiful, faithful use of an opportunity given to him. That’s a beautiful habit of his.
He swims in an ocean of intellectuals and pop culture super stars who have largely abandoned faith, yet he still clings to his. Commendable.
Stephen Colbert’s Sunday School (http://www.headlinebistro.com/hb/en/columnists/lopez/102510.html)
by Kathryn Jean Lopez
An excerpt:
And with that, Colbert dropped the shtick and focused on something anyone who watches his show regularly has seen glimpses of: his faith. He’s a Catholic who unmistakably believes that should mean something. That there should be something different about you if you are. The one who has hope lives differently (http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi_en.html), after all.
And, so, on The View, he presented the Cross. He told Walters and the women around the interview couch about his mother and her “very strong faith.” “She taught us to still love life and not be bitter,” he said “And to realize that everybody suffers and if you can accept your suffering then you’ll just understand other people better. And, strangely enough, you have to be grateful for pain.”
It was a beautiful, faithful use of an opportunity given to him. That’s a beautiful habit of his.
He swims in an ocean of intellectuals and pop culture super stars who have largely abandoned faith, yet he still clings to his. Commendable.