tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post7766240067265513689..comments2024-01-29T08:39:40.754-05:00Comments on Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: Fr. Perrone on the commodification of human beings in porn and abortion, as reflected in the McDonaldization of deathUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-60608359813894204602016-02-10T18:25:15.140-05:002016-02-10T18:25:15.140-05:00The product of Waugh's visit to California, Th...The product of Waugh's visit to California, The Loved One, is amazing irony indeed -- a brilliant commentary on the original Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Appreciate the comment!Pertinacious Papisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213911570586726075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-37171584373115185802016-02-10T17:02:49.781-05:002016-02-10T17:02:49.781-05:00Well said. The rapid and efficient disposal of wh...Well said. The rapid and efficient disposal of what is euphemistically labeled “remains” is, in our contemporary fast action environment, a logical culmination of, or latest variation on, our non-believers determination to deny death. As Fr. Perrone wrote last year, no one dies, we are told that they”passed.” Read Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One, 1948. Visiting from England, Waugh saw how the wealthy residents of southern California were grooming their “loved ones” for burial prior to having them presented not in coffins but “doing” their favorite activities. So one lady was viewed making her leave-taking holding a telephone. A commonly accepted option was being viewed while “relaxing” in a chaise-lounge. A sub-plot delineating similar elaborate and expensive disposing of animals at a nearby pet cemetery highlighted the foolishness of contemporary non-believers. Waugh's firm Catholicism and his vicious sense of humor made the story one of the best Catholic novels of the 20th century. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049982711845616848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-28644747893130286682016-02-06T06:49:47.727-05:002016-02-06T06:49:47.727-05:00Certainly along with our lack of respect for the l...Certainly along with our lack of respect for the living which is endemic to Modernity, we often overlook the even more profound lack of respect for the dead. Signs of the end of the cycle, most certainly.Clear Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067495451323861530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-51264587018877581802016-02-05T18:11:13.784-05:002016-02-05T18:11:13.784-05:00Thank you for this beautiful essay. I refused to ...Thank you for this beautiful essay. I refused to go to a scattering of a Catholic family member's ashes in a park where dogs defacate. The deceased herself wanted a scattering. I tried to explain the proscription but she wouldn't hear of it. I did all in my power to have the ashes buried. Sandpiperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513538957439176850noreply@blogger.com