Posted on 04/14/2009 2:02:56 PM PDT by Pyro7480
At Georgetown University today, while sitting in the press section at Gaston Hall awaiting the arrival of President Obama for a "major address" on economics, I overheard a reporter discussing the advance text of the speech.
The reporter said that senior presidential adviser David Axelrod had compared Obama during his European trip to one planting seeds for a harvest. Along the same lines, he noted, in today's speech, Obama was set to use another Gospel analogy: that of the "house built upon a rock."
And so it came to pass, beneath Gaston Hall's beautiful painting of Morality, Faith, and Patriotism, with gold letters on the wall behind him spelling the Jesuit motto "Ad majorem Dei gloriam"—"To the greater glory of God"—Obama shared his prosperity gospel at the nation's oldest Catholic university.
But there was one thing missing: Jesus' name.
I'm not just talking about Obama's failing to mention Jesus—though he did pointedly fail to mention the name of the One—that is, for him, the other "One"—who first told the "parable" he shared.
No, Jesus' very name, in the form of the ancient monogram IHS, which had been in gold lettering on the wooden archway above Gaston Hall's dais, was painted over prior to Obama's arrival. Apparently, the Name that is above every other name is not permitted to be above Obama.
The photo [above] shows the archway "before." You can see the "after" clearly in C-SPAN's video, as Georgetown President John DeGioia emerges to give his fawning introduction....
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I remember when they were called "the Marines of the Catholic Church."
“God help us.”
and that is ALL that will save us.
(at least that would be a marked improvement in their class, style, and taste.)
However, I do wonder, in this instance...if taking the IHS from the structure that peers above the blue backdrop might have been a good idea. Had it not been done it might have looked as though it was placed over Obama's head and so that it would not offend the Catholics had it seemed to refer to Obama under it, the college decided to remove it for his speech.
But why he gave that speech there in the first place is my gripe. Why not from his own darn office? Does he know where that is yet?
I’m still aghast, but you have a posted a great remedy for this travesty, in Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus. Thanks.
This guy gets creepier by the day. I can hardly stand to see his face. I’d rather have Biden!
The Jesuits are reforming themselves. Please pray for them.
Georgetown, like Notre Dame, was “liberated” from control of the Church after Vatican II. It is no longer a “Jesuit institution” but rather a University “in the Jesuit tradition.” Which is to say, nothing Catholic about it anymore. Obviously, since they are ashamed of the Name of Jesus.
I’m still aghast, but you have a posted a great remedy for this travesty, in Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus. Thanks.
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Amen to that — literally.
The Jesuits are reforming themselves.
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One can only hope. Evil seedlings sprang up in the Jebbie garden about 40 years ago. May they be cut down soon.
“No, Jesus’ very name, in the form of the ancient monogram IHS, which had been in gold lettering on the wooden archway above Gaston Hall’s dais, was painted over prior to Obama’s arrival. Apparently, the Name that is above every other name is not permitted to be above Obama.”
Georgetown is about as Catholic as Notre Dame!
And why not? The first lay president of the University, John deGioia, apologized to offended feminist faculty who flounced off the stage during a recent graduation because the speaker, an African bishop, dared to speak in favor of traditional sexual morality. Georgetown accepted millions in Saudi money to build its "Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding" -- in other words, "We Own You Now, dhimmies!" The director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, John Voll, has been an outspoken supporter of that Muslim broadcaster dude in New York who recently beheaded his wife. During Lent of this year, Georgetown had a "Sex Positive" festival on campus, during which experts in such subjects as anal sex had a teach-in. Georgetown's freshman dorms are co-ed -- girls and boys away from home for the first time not only in the same dorm, but on the same floor. What's left for Georgetown to mock other than Jesus himself?
Georgetown University needs an exorcism.
One of the strangest things about Georgetown, which was built in an area of Washington that was once virtually farmland, is the Jesuit cemetery smack in the middle of all the huge buildings that have sprung u on the campus -- a gigantic parking garage near the hospital and medical school, a huge student center, an enormous dormitory, etc. It looks so out of place. One can only hope that some of those heathens in the administration will be haunted by the bones spinning in those graves.
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