Saturday, December 19, 1998

Lasalette 's commercial religion

 " All those lights ! " is a rather childish reason for visiting

    the LaSalette shrine in nearby Attleboro. But around Christmas time

    those hundreds of gaudy lit trees attract crowds. The faithful ? The

    true believers in The Apparition of Mary ?

          Walking around the displays , sipping hot apple cider on a cold clear

    night, the visible stars above seemed to radiate more " spiritually "

      I thought . Does any still devout Catholic share my revulsion of this

    phony religious circus - the Lasalette shrine ?

            The " vibes " I get from the faithful here are about as spiritual

    as the " vibes " I get at the Warwick Mall.

        Is LaSalette a miniature version of Lourdes ? Jesus on sale here !

    Mary - A Coming Attraction ! Bring your plastic blue glow-in -the - dark -

    rosary beads to hail Her !

           For a reasonable fee here alcoholic Catholics and divorced Catholics

    and about to crack up Catholics can get spiritual counseling .

           But not much help for religious junkies !

        Quite honestly Lasalette makes me long for the old time religion of

    the Dark Age . Now that was the real thing !


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