Posted on 05/29/2007 9:37:00 AM PDT by NYer
The Colombian daily, “El Tiempo,” published a column by a priest who said he has seen Madonna’s DVD of her latest concert tour and defends her “crucifixion” and nudity and calls the show a model of evangelization.
In a column entitled, “Madonna: A Suggestive Presentation of Jesus,” Father Carlos Novoa, SJ, ex-dean of the Department of Theology at the Javeriana University, said he was impressed by the “deep spirituality” of some of Madonna’s choreography and claimed her parody of the crucifixion “is not a mockery of the cross, but rather the complete opposite: An exaltation of the mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus” and a “creative and moving” work of art.
Father Novoa said the DVD recording of Madonna’s “The Confessions Tour” was something worth viewing for its “high aesthetic quality.” The song “Live to Tell,” in which Madonna is “crucified,” “is one of the best sermons I have witnessed in my life,” and he challenged Catholics to follow the example of the singer.
“In this postmodern, skeptic world in which so many people abhor or are simply uninterested in the faith, will ministers of the Church and Catholics in general have this audacity and this creativity to communicate a Jesus who truly shakes people up on the inside?” Novoa wondered.
The Jesuit priest also defended “masculine and feminine nudity,” expressed not through “cheap pornography” but through “erotic beauty.” He compared Madonna’s choreography and nudity with the works of Michelangelo, “who filled the walls of the Sistine Chapel, the sacrosanct place where the Holy Father is elected, with frescoes of nude men and women.”
Father Novoa said renowned artists and art critics consider Madonna to be “one of the best choreographers of our times.” “In her excellent stage presentations, she sometimes makes use of both male and female nudes, which scandalizes some, as in the case of Michelangelo,” he claimed.
Novoa acknowledged that some of Madonna’s antics are “ridiculous,” but, he claimed, “they said the same thing about Beethoven when he debuted some of his best compositions and about Picasso, one of the great guides posts of modern-day art, when he presented his master works in 1907: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
Holy moly!
Yes. And “Like a Virgin” is really promoting chastity, too!
There's must be a translation problem. He probably meant to say "derivative and puerile".
Yeah, and if you squint your eyes and look at a swastika from a distance, it might look like a cross. What the hell is wrong with these people?
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I think you've answered your own question. ;O)
Fifty years ago the Jesuits were intellectual giants, although a bit arrogant from time to time.
What happened to them?
Considering she is a cabbalist, I don’t see where she can make any sermon at all.
Oh man, this sort of thing just makes me want to crawl up into a fetal position and weep.
Why am I not surprised this is a Jesuit?
It's a head scratcher. One can only conclude they have accepted the wrong candidates into their program. Time for concerted prayer for the Jesuits.
What a complete idiot. Meditating on the Word of the Lord is all you need to "shake people up on the inside." Running around on a stage with your cloths half-off, with the singing voice of jackel for a cheap thrill will certainly lead no one to Jesus.
I have a friend who will be ordained in 3 weeks through the Diocese of Baltimore. His name is Jesse and he will undoubtedly be an excellent and faithful servant of Christ.
Please pray for him during these next few weeks.
It’s all up to interpretation. A few years ago I gave a second listen to “Lovesong” by The Cure and thought it was about Eucharistic Adoration. Now I can never go back to the figure ground this simple love song, and I like the tune even more to boot.
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am young again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am fun again
However far away I will always love you
However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you
I will always love you
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again
However far away I will always love you
However long I stay I will always love you
Whatever words I say I will always love you
I will always love you
A Jesuit groupie! Over 10 years of priestly formation and this is what you get.
The impressive riches of Jesuit academia evident for all to see.
Reminds me of the priest who called for the “snuff(ing)” of the gun shop owner “rat”. From Chi-town, I think.
The priest’s name: St. Sabina’s Rev. Michael L. Pfleger.
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