{"id":1721,"date":"2011-05-20T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2011-05-19T23:50:51","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T04:50:51","slug":"glee-gaga-and-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/glee-gaga-and-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Glee, Gaga and God"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hi my name is Jason and I watch too much trash TV.\u00a0 I know that I really should be spending more time in prayer and deepening my spiritual life. Unfortunately more often then not the spare time I do have usually consist of watching an hour or so of mindless TV. That being said I try to find God wherever I can, that\u2019s where Glee and Lady Gaga come in.<\/p>\n

Recently we\u2019ve been going through our DVR and catching up on all of our shows. A recent episode of Glee focused on each of the different character\u2019s flaws or things they wished that they could change about themselves.\u00a0 This all culminated in the kids singing Lady Gaga\u2019s anthem \u201cBorn This Way\u201d. Now you might be asking yourself what could this possible have to do with God or the Catholic Church? My answer is everything!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Now admittedly I\u2019m not the target audience for any of this, but I\u2019ve noticed that the underlying theme across almost every episode of Glee and most of Lady Gaga\u2019s songs is acceptance. I also remember what it was like being a teenager and that longing for acceptance.\u00a0 Pop culture today is filled with the message of self-love, but self-love in a selfish way. The following is a quote from The Guardian in a recent interview with Lady Gaga:<\/p>\n

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Lady Gaga refers to her recent Monster Ball tour as “a religious experience”, becoming for many, an alternative to organized faith. But she goes on to clarify, “it’s more like a pop cultural church”\u2026Yet she insists: “It’s more self-worship, I think, not of me. I’m teaching people to worship themselves.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Generation after generation we continue to fall into the same traps and we as a Church continue to fail to look at what \u201cthey\u201d are doing right. When people drink the message expounded by shows like Glee and artist like Lady Gaga, they may be satisfied for a little bit but ultimately remain thirsty. Our message, the message of Jesus Christ and his bride the Church can quench their thirst with the living water and they shall never thirst again, but we have to bring them to the well.\u00a0 Right now we are losing the battle and we will continue to do so until we are willing to step outside our comfort zone and meet them where they are.<\/p>\n

Blessed Pope John Paul II pray for us\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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