Re: (TV) This Catholic thing. I don't get it.

["Joe Thornton" <joe.thornton@gmx.net>]

Very amusing!

Emilie wrote:
> I was raised Catholic.  I live in NYC, and am not quite a "rabid atheist."
> If a gun were put to my head, I'd probably admit to Pascal's brand of
> Jansenist faith.

Wonderful! Though I'm not sure that a NY mugger would be impressed...

Michael wrote:
> further insight into the Irish Catholic experience, read Frank McCourt's
> "Angela's Ashes," followed by a viewing of Ken Russel's "The Devils."

Aldous Huxley's original, "The Devils of Loudun" is really powerful, like 
the late Arthur Miller's "The Crucible".

For all of us raised English-speaking Catholics, Tom's words at the 
beginning of "Bomb" have a special resonance:
"Hail Mary, full of grace..."
That's the most common Catholic prayer. What a powerful song!

--Joe




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