I feel like this blog post will resemble the back cover of one of those Highlights magazines from the pediatrician’s office when I was a kid. If you know, you know.
First a clip I am sure many of you have seen… In fact the older among us probably lived through this. I came of age in the 1980’s and early 1990’s but believe me, we had one SSJ nun in particular at our parish who delighted in crap like this. So without further ado, the late Sr. Janet Mead:
Why did I just share that? Well, I believe laughter is a great medicine for the soul. And what’s not to laugh about with this? Apart from the cankle tapping at 1:49, there’s the outstretched arms supposedly of Our Lord in some kind of “Resurrecifix” that resembles an alligator at 1:38 (you cannot ever see it differently now and you’re welcome). And I didn’t even mention the groovy, infectious (like an ivermectin-resistant fungus) melody!
Why do we need laughter?
Have you seen the state of the Church lately? I leaned as a young boy when my twin sister died that Our Lord offers us a share in His suffering. But I also learned that He affords us moments of sheer uproarious laughter to help us through the darkness of this vale of tears from time to time. Make use of both. this is the laughter of the “it’s so bad it’s hysterical” variety. It’s also a good laugh at the train wreck that is the post-V2 Church.
Final note: I am currently with my sister and her family in New Jersey. My 30 year-old nephew saw this clip as I was “researching” for this post. His only comment:
“Who let this happen?”
Indeed. but I needn’t worry about him. Like all the others in the younger set, he’s discovered tradition and will never go back.
On a more serious note, why not offer an Ave for Sr. Janet… She died in the past year. It is never a bad idea to pray for the dead.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
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