The Practical Parson

  Today, the LA Dodgers baseball team made headlines, re-inviting an LGBTQ(etc) organization to their pride night after having previously un-inviting them due to the fact that the group in question has made a name for itself (since 1979) by openly mocking and defaming the Christian faith, Catholicism in particular.   That group, the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence", is a group of mainly men who dress in drag-inspired parodies of Nun habits, with white caked-on makeup and the like.   They are known for social activism, but also for never missing an opportunity to insult, defame, or otherwise lambaste and persecute people of sincere faith; while claiming, all the while, that they do not hate people or hate Catholics.   No, their website even states that they do not hate Catholics; but they go to great lengths to essentially explain that they hate everything the church stands for and teaches, but no... they don't "hate Catholics".   That w...

  In light of the current President's administration and their ongoing insistence that sanctuary lamps in chapels of Catholic Hospitals are a "Fire danger" and need to be extinguished and removed; I have designed and hereby Christen the new Resistance Flag for Sacramental Churches:  

  Recently, the Saint Francis healthcare system in Oklahoma was the subject of visitation from a representative of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS), in order to make sure they are in compliance with current Presidential administration policies.  The Catholic Hospital system which comprises 2 hospitals, also has 2 chapels; where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved, which means there are also two sanctuary lamps that herald the presence of Christ in the tabernacle. Following the inspection, the CMS representative sent letters to the hospital demanding they extinguish the sanctuary lamps, which he claimed were a "naked flame" which was a threat to fire safety at the hospitals.  A Sanctuary lamp.  Lest the imagery be lost on you, know that the aforementioned lamps consist of a candle inside a glass shell, which is placed inside a red glass candle shade, which is attached to a solid metal base, the shade is then enclosed with a metal lid; to prevent the f...