It is so directly the product or reflex of evil that, though it can never be used – nay, can hardly exist – save in the chastisement of evil, yet irony always carries with it some reflections of the bad spirit against which it was directed. “To the young, the pure, and the ingenuous, irony must always appear to have a quality of something evil, and so it has, for it is a sword to wound.When you read this – as some of you have done many times – remember to keep Jesus and Him crucified front and center, or else you won’t understand in the least what Hilaire is saying. The humor that he’s smiling about so enthusiastically is this bit he wrote about irony, specifically Christian Irony. This joy is seen in this great smile of Hilaire Belloc: Did I say truth? Did I mention how it’s ironic to us because of our fallen human nature that we find it odd that justice and mercy are but one in God? When we get a hold of this even just a little bit in our lives it is an occasion for great joy in the Holy Spirit. What is better than all mere levity is true humor, which necessitates a sense of irony before the Sacred Mysteries: God would use the likes of us specifically in our fallen human nature to evangelize His goodness and His truth, His kindness and His truth, His respect for others and His truth. It is better to be built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit (see Ephesians 2:22).It is better to hidden with Christ in God (see Colossians 3:3).Even if people are way the other way, so that they are so jaded by the horror of the aggression of the world in these matters that they make a joke so as to be sarcastic with the stupid ways of the world, still, even then, it is better to concentrate on the things that are above, not on those below. So, no, I don’t find that kind of thing humorous. More than that, personally, I’ve already written about how I was unwittingly made into the kiddie-porn star when I was a little kid. But, as a priest, I do come across situations which are truly evil – straight out of hell – and those almost always involve abuse of the sex, and abuse of others, including minors by way of sex. Meanwhile, anyone plying any sexual innuendo trying to be comical I also surmise to be depressed, desperate, lost, expert in all that which is truly evil and bad and therefore deathly boring. That has always been my opinion, since it came on the air until now. They all seem depressed, desperate, lost, expert in all that which is truly evil and bad and therefore deathly boring. I’ve never in my life ever found anything on SNL funny, just terribly sad. Meanwhile, there are those who send me bits and pieces from SNL. I laughed out loud when I heard the pencil neck comment.
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