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<DIV></DIV><SPAN>June 15, 2010</SPAN></DIV>
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<H3 class="post-title entry-title"><A href="http://patrickmadrid.blogspot.com/2010/06/did-you-hear-one-about-how-catholics.html" rel=nofollow target=_blank>Did you hear the one about how Catholics "worship" statues?</A> </H3>
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<DIV class="post-body entry-content"><A href="http://patrickmadrid.blogspot.com/2010/06/did-you-hear-one-about-how-catholics.html" rel=nofollow target=_blank><IMG style="WIDTH: 315px; HEIGHT: 397px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483079647804206514 border=0 alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NzM2oX8JzJY/TBfP45qLLbI/AAAAAAAACVc/kvo_1OO5qgY/s400/fatima_statue.jpg"></A><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms'" class=Apple-style-span>When I arrived one evening at a suburban Chicago parish to conduct an apologetics seminar, I noticed a life-sized statue of Our Lady of Fatima on the rectory lawn. Kneeling before that statue were three smaller statues of Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta – the children to whom Our Lady appeared. Their statues were kneeling in prayer, heads bowed before the larger statue.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms'" class=Apple-style-span>Turning to my colleague in the car, I joked, “What a great religion Catholicism is. Not only can we worship statues, but our </SPAN></SPAN><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms'" class=Apple-style-span>statues </SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms'" class=Apple-style-span>can worship statues.” ....</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms'" class=Apple-style-span></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms'" class=Apple-style-span></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms'"
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<P><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms'" class=Apple-style-span>I thought the joke was GREAT! But if you want to read the </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'trebuchet ms'" class=Apple-style-span>rest of the article go to http://www.patrickmadrid.com/Madrid_Do_Statues_Equal_Idolatry.pdf</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<DIV><EM><FONT color=#0000bf face="Comic Sans MS">Like a deer that longs for running waters so my soul longs for you, O God.</FONT></EM></DIV></FONT></EM></FONT></DIV>
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