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Here are some spoof excerpts from a recent politically correct Stations of the Cross.<\/p>\n

Actually, one of the paragraphs below is the real thing. A prize for the readers who can spot the authentic eco station.<\/p>\n

In the station \u2018Veronica Meets Jesus on the Way to the Cross\u2019 Isobel Florsheim portrayed Veronica as a native Amazonian woman emerging from a hardwood tree. Veronica\u2019s face is seen within one part of the tree trunk and it then merges into the image of Christ. Isobel\u2019s caption reads, \u201cThe suffering Christ is one with the sufferings of the native Amazonian tribes as their ecosystem is destroyed by the forces of unrestrained greed. Christ\u2019s image is merged with the hardwood tree in identification with the \u2018crucifixion\u2019 of the Amazon rain forest, the destruction of mankind\u2019s last Eden.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the station \u201cJesus Is Removed from the Cross,\u201d Catherine Symens-Bucher, Anne\u2019s daughter who is now a junior at Bishop O\u2019Dowd High School, painted Earth as a broken eggshell, with brilliant green butterflies emerging. The commentary reads: \u201cA new paradigm is emerging. Our focus turns now to seeing ourselves differently. We see ourselves now as part of an integral natural world and no longer as the masters of nature. May we gently lift Earth off the cross of human domination and unreflective greed. May we know the joy and freedom of a world community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the station, \u201cJesus falls for the Third Time,\u201d Bryce O\u2019Reilly, a high school sophomore, created a three dimensional model of a nuclear power plant in meltdown. Behind the mythical power plant was a photograph of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl representing the first two times Jesus fell. Bryce wrote his own commentary for his station which reads, \u201cI think when the nuclear power plants blow up it is kind of like Jesus falling down. When he falls down its like the whole world is crashing in and it makes everyone very sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the station, \u201cJesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem\u201d Nadine Swahala, a junior at Bishop O\u2019Flanagan High, created a liturgical dance with four of her friends. Jesus, played by Jeanette Dworkin, is surrounded by three dancers dressed in leotards\u2013 one brown, one blue and one green. The dancers uphold \u2018Jesus\u2019 on his way of suffering. Nadine explains, \u201cThe three dancers represent the Holy Trinity of earth, water and growing things. As they go with Jesus, they share his grief and sadness. Eventually they die with him. Then they all rise gently together and Jesus is brought back to life by his three friends.\u201d Nadine said, \u201cMy family is Hindu, and I don\u2019t see any difference between what we are taught at Bishop O\u2019Flanagan and our Hindu faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fr Z has more about it here. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

and Curt Jester and Carl Olson link to more of such things here<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATE: The authentic eco station is number two. Brad, Bernadette, and Niggle your prize of $10,000.00 will be sent as soon as I receive a royalty check in that amount.<\/span>
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