Great post … Friends and so much entertainment from the ‘60s to present has filled our collective imagination so much pride, envy, wrath, sloth, lasciviousness, avarice, and gluttony that those sins have become our “friends” …. both in media and real life… RIP Matthew Perry
Brilliant; just brilliant. The truth written about with total conviction, passion and urgency. Thank you and God bless you. (I would just add that weak clergy are not solely to blame; some who enjoyed ‘Friends’, should have known better, but decided to set aside what they knew was not good. They turned a deaf ear and excused themselves by not allowing their minds to dwell on the issues too much).
Thankyou so much for this apocalyptic, timely reflection Katherine. You have expressed many of the observations I have been pondering on. If I could wind back the clock I would never have naively consented to let my teenage daughter become obsessed with the ‘Friends’ sit com. I’m praying that after contemplating on your article, I will be granted the grace and wisdom to turn the cultural/spiritual phenomena of this ‘sit con’ into an opportunity for informal Catechesis with my adult children who no longer practice their Catholic faith.
Thank you Katherine. I read your former colleague’s piece on this program and even if there is some truth in his perspective, it does not account for the destruction of the lives of young people influenced by this hedonism. A destruction you have highlighted admirably. I doubt many young viewers were looking at it from a theological or philosophical standpoint.
Great post … Friends and so much entertainment from the ‘60s to present has filled our collective imagination so much pride, envy, wrath, sloth, lasciviousness, avarice, and gluttony that those sins have become our “friends” …. both in media and real life… RIP Matthew Perry
Brilliant; just brilliant. The truth written about with total conviction, passion and urgency. Thank you and God bless you. (I would just add that weak clergy are not solely to blame; some who enjoyed ‘Friends’, should have known better, but decided to set aside what they knew was not good. They turned a deaf ear and excused themselves by not allowing their minds to dwell on the issues too much).
True, all true.
Thankyou so much for this apocalyptic, timely reflection Katherine. You have expressed many of the observations I have been pondering on. If I could wind back the clock I would never have naively consented to let my teenage daughter become obsessed with the ‘Friends’ sit com. I’m praying that after contemplating on your article, I will be granted the grace and wisdom to turn the cultural/spiritual phenomena of this ‘sit con’ into an opportunity for informal Catechesis with my adult children who no longer practice their Catholic faith.
Wow you are on fire.
I knew ‘Friends’ was off, now I know why.
Thank you . On All Saints , in Canberra
Thank you Katherine. I read your former colleague’s piece on this program and even if there is some truth in his perspective, it does not account for the destruction of the lives of young people influenced by this hedonism. A destruction you have highlighted admirably. I doubt many young viewers were looking at it from a theological or philosophical standpoint.