{"id":50372,"date":"2014-05-08T20:30:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T20:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=50372"},"modified":"2015-03-13T00:26:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T00:26:09","slug":"heard-about-brouhaha-at-harvard-thank-the-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2014\/05\/08\/heard-about-brouhaha-at-harvard-thank-the-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Heard About Brouhaha at Harvard? Thank the Blogs UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Does Catholic blogging matter? Does it make a difference?<\/strong> That\u2019s more or less the question being debated at the Catholic Herald, UK<\/a>, in light of the \u201cProtect the Pope Blog\u201d brouhaha<\/a>, and I was pleased to be able to contribute to the conversation: <\/p>\n

Particularly in matters of evangelisation, the Church trusts that any field seeded for love of Christ and in service to others will \u2013 through the patient, expedient promptings of the Holy Spirit \u2013 bear good fruit at the time appropriate to God\u2019s purpose. The Church accepts that, by then, the worker may be long gone \u2013 a witness never meant to see the ripening. Most of her greatest missionaries, social workers and preachers have accepted it, too.<\/p>\n

With the advent of new media, things have changed\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read the whole thing, here<\/a>.
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\nI am particularly happy to see this article hit<\/strong> the day after Catholic blogs<\/a> broke and fleshed-out the Harvard-Hosted Black Mass story<\/a>, hopefully impacting the outcome in a positive way<\/a>. Today we are seeing portions<\/a> of the mainstream media<\/a> and Catholic news organizations<\/a> picking it up. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s not too shabby for folks who mostly write part-time while they\u2019re making their livings elsewhere.<\/p>\n

No new developments in that story<\/strong> since yesterday, by the way \u2014 but Simcha Fisher has used the opportunity to encourage discussion of \u201charmless\u201d occult games and children<\/a>, although Frank Weathers is wondering when Satan became so square and correct<\/a> \u2014 but we\u2019re watching.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Simcha, she has a piece over at the Register<\/a>, which in many ways strikes the same note as I do in this interview over at Breitbart<\/a>: Satan doesn\u2019t really care if you\u2019re offering historical context or calling it theater. You don\u2019t have to be sincere; he\u2019ll take the reasonable facsimile:<\/p>\n

Still, any time a black mass is performed \u2013 with or without the use of a Consecrated Host \u2013 one has to wonder whether opportunistic dark forces may come into play. Just as a demonstrated Catholic Mass still issues an kind of invitation to Christ, this black mass will issue a kind of invitation, too, but against Christ. I am fearful for these people\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n

And of course, as a believer, I see this as nothing but sacrilege. Believing as I do in the \u201cvisible and invisible,\u201d I don\u2019t see how one can entertain these rituals, even as an \u201cacademic exercise,\u201dwithout giving grave insult to the Creator, and potentially inviting in the destroyer. Again, I am fearful for these people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read all of that<\/strong> (and get a reminder of what the Pope says about Satan<\/a>) at the link here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:
\nOkay, the Harvard story is traveling up the food chain<\/strong> and the bigger fish are biting. Check out coverage from the Boston Globe<\/a>, perhaps less surprising, Fox News<\/a>, and it\u2019s also being picked up by the local CBS affiliate<\/a> and trumpeted on the Drudge Report.<\/p>\n

Do any of them give a nod to the blogs? No. But that\u2019s okay. What\u2019s important is getting the story seen, and hopefully some opportunity for the Diocese to teach the faith!<\/p>\n

As Instapundit\u2019s Glenn Reynolds<\/a><\/strong> would likely say: Heh. An Army of Davids<\/em>!<\/a>
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\nAnd, thanks to Dr. Gregory Popcak<\/strong>, let\u2019s end on a more playful note!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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