SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS

A LARGE PIECE OF MY DNA IS PROGRAMMED FOR DEPRESSION, BUT I SUSPECT THAT DISGUST IS SOMEHOW A RESIDENT PARASITE. PLEASE, FATHER, MY RESIDENT, LOCAL, STAND-IN POPE, EXPLAIN HOW OR WHY I SHOULD FERVENTLY PRAY FOR THE EXTANT SOUL OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO MARRIES TWO FAMOUS STARS, NICOLE KIDMAN AND KEITH URBAN (IN AUSTRALIA)? THE PRIEST WAS QUOTED, "I THINK THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE..." A GOOD CHANCE? WHAT CAN HE MEAN? WHAT AM I TO TAKE AWAY FROM SUCH BLASPHEMY?

HERE'S WHY MY DISGUST KICKS IN. IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS (MEANT BOTH WAYS) WHEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH CAN MARRY SINNERS, CAN MARRY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED AND DIVORCED WITH CHILDREN, THROUGHOUT FAME AND FORTUNE AND THE "PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS," WHICH BY DEFINITION IS A PURSUIT, NOT AN END IN ITSELF.

HOW AS A CATHOLIC CAN I PRAY FERVENTLY ENOUGH IN A SPIRIT OF FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE FOR MY FELLOW MEN AND WOMEN, REDEEMED BY THE SON OF GOD AND WATCHED OVER BY THE BLESSED TRINITY, TO WIPE AWAY MY DISGUST? IT'S BOTH DEPRESSING AND DISGUSTING TO FUNCTION COGNITIVELY WHEN EXPOSED TO A REALITY THAT BLASTS COMPREHENSION.

LORDY, IT'S DIFFICULT TO HOLD ONTO A GOD, SO "INCOMPREHENSIBLE ARE HIS WAYS."