Sunday, March 26, 2006

heaven on their minds...

this morning i talked to my little sister. she's currently going through a period where she doesn't know how to situate herself with respect to catholicism and church and all that fun stuff. my dad, whom i love dearly, is a pretty staunch believer in the church (should i have capitalized that?), and his house rules are that if you're sleeping under his roof, you go to mass on sunday. well, caitlin isn't so keen on following this rule these days. and my "relationship" with god/catholicism/religion notwithstanding, i'm cast in the role of be-supportive-of-both-sides, because she'll listen to me when she won't listen to my dad, but my dad would probably disown me if i didn't at least try to represent where he stands on the issue. that's not to say that i tell her she should be going to mass or else -- it means that what i say is that sometimes it's easier to do what dad asks rather than to fight with him about it. she does say she believes in a higher power. so, i say why can't she just use that hour of mass-time to think about that? i dunno... i know her struggle all too well. i'm just trying to be a good big sister.

anyway, she goes to a catholic high school (the same one that i attended way back when), and every wednesday morning at 9:00 there's an all-school mass. and since this is the church season of lent, they have stations of the cross. when she mentioned this, i immediately got a mad mad mad craving to watch a certain DVD in my movie collection. you see, the literature nerd in me, that part of me that adores greek tragedy and allegory, fucking loves the story of the passion! it's really brilliant -- full of fragility, heartache, grief, sacrifice, suffering, catharsis! say what you will about its significance to christianity, but the story of the death of jesus is pretty amazing.

so, in honor of lent, currently appearing on the TV in my living room, is _jesus christ superstar_. and you better believe i'm singing every goddamn word along with those dirty hippies!

3 Comments:

At 11:17 PM, Blogger perpetual slacker said...

You know, another hilarious movie (though more disrespectful of Baptists and the like) is 'Saved.' I 'effin' loved that movie.

 
At 11:23 PM, Blogger emily said...

whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa WHOA!!!

jesus christ superstar is not a "hilarious movie" -- it's rock opera genius!!! have you seen it? there are parts that give me chills. it's amazing!

the tanks? the airplanes? the portrayal of judas?!?! amazing.

but i do agree with you -- _saved_ is great.

 
At 12:52 PM, Blogger tmb said...

i love jesus christ superstar...totally awesome show on stage that rocks the hell out of the movie. pun intended.

anyway, love it too and goooooo catholic school! funny stat - of the 49 people who graduated 8th grade with me from catholic school (k-8) only 17 that i know of currently continue to go to church. now you may wonder how i know all those people and what they are doing. well i don't. but thats why i'm also including the 12 people who i have no clue about in that 17.

gee, if that is the trend, maybe the catholic church should re-think the marketability of having schools with churches.

goooo catholicism. and lent. and all the good fish fries.

wotd: bnmnup

 

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