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Snipe
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.

DC Muskie
10-26-2010, 03:46 PM
I tried to get Colbert to be the special guest at a fundraiser I had for my program this past April. He politely declined through connections I had.

One of things that drives me nuts listening to people in pop culture who were Catholic in their youth is this:

I'm a recovering Catholic.

I heard this again while having a few beers on Saturday. I literally wanted to turn around and punch the guy who said it. Like Catholicism is something so horrible, something that you once chose freely in your life, and now it ruined it and you need to recover. By not saying a Hail Mary ever again or else you might find yourself at the communion rail or something.

Anyway, Colbert is a good example of living the faith and not "recovering" that seems to be so hip to say.

BandAid
10-26-2010, 03:52 PM
Colbert uses a Jesuit priest as his Colbert Report "chaplain" as he calls him. Perhaps we can nab Colbert as our celebrity fan!

Granted he's not as attractive to some of the ladies in the other thread...

DC Muskie
10-26-2010, 03:58 PM
Colbert uses a Jesuit priest as his Colbert Report "chaplain" as he calls him. Perhaps we can nab Colbert as our celebrity fan!

Granted he's not as attractive to some of the ladies in the other thread...

The priest's name is James Martin.

I just finished on of his books, My Life With the Saints. It was excellent.

Next up is The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life

I highly suggest people check out his books.

blobfan
10-26-2010, 04:02 PM
Thanks for sharing Snipe. That was an interesting article.