{"id":2287,"date":"2006-05-08T12:26:29","date_gmt":"2006-05-08T12:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/a-reader-wonders.html"},"modified":"2006-05-08T12:26:29","modified_gmt":"2006-05-08T12:26:29","slug":"a-reader-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/a-reader-wonders.html","title":{"rendered":"A reader wonders…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Am I the only one that had the experience of hearing a
sermon on "The Good Shepherd" today based on
"Brokeback Mountain"?  I did not know that Jack and
Ennis were such good shepherds.  That most have been
from the movie, because it wasn’t in the short story.<\/p>\n

I had the thought to walk out of Mass.  Instead I just
tuned out the priest for the rest of the homily.
I should have kept him tuned out longers, as one of
his "intercessions" in the Prayer of the Faithful was
for those who call themselves "Successors of Peter,"
that they would re-evaluate their exclusive
understanding of "No other name but Jesus" from the
first reading in Acts.<\/p>\n

I must be getting the hang of being Catholic, because
I just stuck around and enjoyed the Eucharist.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Well, that’s unusual. Consider this your inspiration for "What Did You Hear?"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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