2008 Woodie Awards
Spiritual bases are important
These thoughts of mine...
Channing Barker
Issue date: 4/16/08 Section: Opinion
I grew up Catholic. Every Sunday my dad made us get up and go to Mass. And we had to get there at about 4:45 in the morning, because we wanted good seats.?
Dane Cook says it best when he satirically portrays the life of a cradle Catholic like myself.
I went to private Catholic schools my whole life and didn't think there was anything else out there. But, unlike most Catholic families, my parents divorced when I was really young. In the church we attended, this was somewhat frowned upon. Correction: this was a huge red "x" mark on my family.
Too bad the parishioners and church officials couldn't see that my family was even better from this divorce and the fact that we all still attended Mass. It's funny when I tell someone about my faith journey because it's not like most Catholics. My dad's father, my Papa Joe, is a Baptist deacon and my dad had only one brother.
On the other side are my mom and her huge family.
My mom is part of a Polish-Catholic family with six boys and girls. They are very religious. My grandma went to St. Mary of the Woods and we all have a really great bond because of our Catholic ?beliefs. And now that I'm away from my roots, I have met so many people from different backgrounds and religions.
Anyway, even ?though I was constantly surrounded by Catholic liturgy, I started to ?question what I was doing with all these motions.
Once again, Dane Cook explains it perfectly. There were so many ?things to remember too when you got there. You know there were like ?all these little moves.
Nobody knew the moves. Nobody looked at each other, ?like "what is this." You had to make it up as you went.
So, I traveled ?around to different churches, seeing what else was out there. After three years of jumping around to churches around Tulsa, I ?finally ended back up at the Catholic Church. Although I do wish for ?some more contemporary music and maybe a little less traditional service, I realized that I love Jesus and I so enjoy my community in the Catholic Church.
Dane Cook says it best when he satirically portrays the life of a cradle Catholic like myself.
I went to private Catholic schools my whole life and didn't think there was anything else out there. But, unlike most Catholic families, my parents divorced when I was really young. In the church we attended, this was somewhat frowned upon. Correction: this was a huge red "x" mark on my family.
Too bad the parishioners and church officials couldn't see that my family was even better from this divorce and the fact that we all still attended Mass. It's funny when I tell someone about my faith journey because it's not like most Catholics. My dad's father, my Papa Joe, is a Baptist deacon and my dad had only one brother.
On the other side are my mom and her huge family.
My mom is part of a Polish-Catholic family with six boys and girls. They are very religious. My grandma went to St. Mary of the Woods and we all have a really great bond because of our Catholic ?beliefs. And now that I'm away from my roots, I have met so many people from different backgrounds and religions.
Anyway, even ?though I was constantly surrounded by Catholic liturgy, I started to ?question what I was doing with all these motions.
Once again, Dane Cook explains it perfectly. There were so many ?things to remember too when you got there. You know there were like ?all these little moves.
Nobody knew the moves. Nobody looked at each other, ?like "what is this." You had to make it up as you went.
So, I traveled ?around to different churches, seeing what else was out there. After three years of jumping around to churches around Tulsa, I ?finally ended back up at the Catholic Church. Although I do wish for ?some more contemporary music and maybe a little less traditional service, I realized that I love Jesus and I so enjoy my community in the Catholic Church.
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Brian
posted 4/17/08 @ 9:04 PM CST
Hmmm. My dad grew up with a Polish-Catholic background. He got to listen to mass 3 times, once in latin, in English, and in Polish. I've been to St. (Continued…)
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