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1. David Smith 07/25/2011 - 3:58 pm  subscriber

   Pretty snotty, Grant.

2. Cathleen Kaveny 07/25/2011 - 4:05 pm  contributor

   Grant, do you think the real pastor was riffing on Ricky Bobby?

3. Mark 07/25/2011 - 4:09 pm

   What’s funny – well – one of the things that’s funny – is that if you are familiar at all with Protestant Megachurch culture – you know that the pastor alluding to his “smokin’ hot wife” has become almost a meme of sorts – a cliche.

   http://therproject.org/wp/about-2/

   http://www.mypinnaclechurch.com/NewHere/Staff/tabid/42/Default.aspx (The Creative Pastor)

   etc…just do a search.

   It’s almost as if the prayer was a purposeful parody.

4. David Nickol 07/25/2011 - 4:14 pm  subscriber

   Pretty snotty, Grant.

   David Smith:

   You better go over and chastise David Mills, executive editor of First Things. He posted this, too, with the comment, “Words fail me.”

5. Grant Gallicho 07/25/2011 - 4:20 pm  contributor

   David Smith: Lighten up.

6. ed gleason 07/25/2011 - 4:25 pm

   David wants snotty ? I say as the Anglican married priests come to Rome , I pray that the ‘smokin hot wife ‘ part stays on the Reformers side. (-:

7. David Gibson 07/25/2011 - 4:39 pm  subscriber  contributor

   The hilarious thing to me is that so many commenters and posters around the Interwebs don’t seem to recognize the reference — then again, maybe this guy didn’t either.

   In any case, I’d better go wipe my nose on David Smith’s sleeve.

8. David Gibson 07/25/2011 - 4:42 pm  subscriber  contributor

   BTW, the relationship between stock car racing and Christianity is a longstanding one, and not far off Will Ferrell’s send up.

   Indeed, Mel Gibson had a huge decal of Jesus from “Passion of the Christ” plastered on a race car when he was promoting his movie.

9. George D 07/25/2011 - 5:54 pm  subscriber

   Wow. That is just unbelievable and I think actually sacrilegious.

   Something to be said for the Catholic tradition of the missal and prescribed prayers.

   Lets just be thankful that our debates on the new translation does not include debating whether to day boogety boogety, boogety.

   Give me the “pro multis” controversy any day!

10. Gerelyn 07/25/2011 - 7:58 pm

    Cute.

    No different from basketball players making the sign of the cross before a free shot. Or jockeys making a cross with their thumb and forefinger and kissing it.

    God is not a snob.

11. Grant Gallicho 07/25/2011 - 8:14 pm  contributor

    So true. God is totally into sponsored prayer.

12. Gerelyn 07/26/2011 - 9:44 am

    “Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me
    a Mercedes Benz!”

    –Janis Joplin

13. Gerelyn 07/26/2011 - 10:26 am

    The ads on this page for “Catholic Match”, using the Chi Rho at the end of the word “deep” are . . . . .

14. Andy Kowalczyk 07/28/2011 - 5:54 pm

    I don’t know, Indianapolis (nee Boston) Bishop Chris Coyne managed to get in the track owners names and race series sponsors in his prayer before the Indy 500.

    And I am certainly praying that some day a Catholic bishop will be able to refer to his smokin’ hot wife!

    And I think it is entirely appropriate to ask for God’s attention to the men and women that built the cars and tires that I was entrusting my life to.

15. Andy Kowalczyk 07/28/2011 - 5:55 pm

    oops – text of Bishop Coyne’s prayer is here:

    http://thoughtsofacatholicbishop.blogspot.com/2011/05/greatest-spectacle-in-racing.html

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