{"id":1605,"date":"2006-03-15T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/03\/the-mcpassion.html"},"modified":"2006-03-15T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-15T10:25:00","slug":"the-mcpassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/03\/the-mcpassion.html","title":{"rendered":"The McPassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themcpassion.com\/photos\/mcp_photo_thumb_quote.gif\" align=\"left\"> <em>\u2026 a 4-minute blast that opens with chipper children scarfing down their McPassion meals, complete with a crown of thorns and round fries that the announcer notes are \u201cshaped just like the Eucharist.\u201d Then there\u2019s the McLast Supper from Burger King of Kings or the McLoaves and Fish Sticks dinner (all you can eat, while supplies last). The meals come with toys, like the pretend stigmata tattoos, a simulated leather cat of nine tails, Shroud of Turin towelettes, a kid-sized crucifix and the \u201ccool McPassion hammer.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The pitch ends with this call to commerce: \u201cBuy one today! Make Jesus happy! \u2026 Alleluia, God\u2019s lovin\u2019 it!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>You ready?  <\/p>\n<p>Okay.  <\/p>\n<p>But, you really ought to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shns.com\/shns\/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&amp;pk=RELIGION-FAITH-03-15-06\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tmatt\u2019s article<\/a> first for it all to make [Christian] sense.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Don\u2019t shoot me, I\u2019m just the messenger \u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here it is:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themcpassion.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The McPassion<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 a 4-minute blast that opens with chipper children scarfing down their McPassion meals, complete with a crown of thorns and round fries that the announcer notes are \u201cshaped just like the Eucharist.\u201d Then there\u2019s the McLast Supper from Burger King of Kings or the McLoaves and Fish Sticks dinner (all you can eat, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1691,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The McPassion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"... a 4-minute blast that opens with chipper children scarfing down their McPassion meals, complete with a crown of thorns and round fries that the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/03\/the-mcpassion.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The McPassion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"... a 4-minute blast that opens with chipper children scarfing down their McPassion meals, complete with a crown of thorns and round fries that the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/03\/the-mcpassion.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Orthodixie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-03-15T10:25:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.themcpassion.com\/photos\/mcp_photo_thumb_quote.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fr. 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