Comments | a_waffling: Harry Potter in a Munich sermon

a_waffling

Harry Potter in a Munich sermon

Jan 19, 2010 09:19

Last Sunday the parish priest used in his sermon Harry's entry into Hogwarts as a simile of the start of a spiritual journey transforming both the person on that voyage and his environment ( Read more... )

sacraments, catholics, magic, hp, markus gottswinter, ps

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lunas_ceiling January 19 2010, 09:25:37 UTC

When I was a Catechist I used "The Lion King" because the movie was very familiar and there are many scenes that are very spiritual. The scene where Simba is presented to the den is quite obviously symbolic and was a perfect intro to the path to adulthood when he is prepared to assume his role. Since I taught during the year the children received Confirmation, the movie lent itself perfectly to the lesson ( ... )

aredwitch January 19 2010, 13:52:23 UTC

It is interesting that a minister would use the texts in a sermon.
I am not sure it is so much the Weasley family that is special as much as any family that is close and social like the Weasley's would be fun to belong to. I think many people wish they had a family that loved each other as much as this and Harry never had a family at all.

a_waffling January 19 2010, 15:13:37 UTC

Well, Hermione did have a family and she also married a Weasley.

I'm not sure how to answer. Tentative something:
a) it's probably a question of personal preferences whether one considers living in a Weasley-like family fun or a nightmare (I myself would tend to opt for "nightmare" - far too close and social a family for my taste); but that's my objection to the "marrying into the Weasley family is highest bliss you can achieve".
b) My objection to the "marrying into the Weasley family is highest bliss you can achieve" is that it says not only "do marry into a good family", but also - probably more important even - says that humans are or at least should be primarily family animals, not social/political animals, nor seekers of knowledge, enlightenment, truth (Luna knows about this, the end of DH doesn't).

It is interesting that a minister would use the texts in a sermon.

I was not surprised: Markus Gottswinter is not Joseph Ratzinger, and the Obre Au is not a pious part of the USA [:-)] .

aredwitch January 20 2010, 00:40:10 UTC

I haven't stepped inside a church in years. I have always thought they stuck to the straight and narrow but then my cousin who is a minister doesn't strike me as a fire and brimstone kind of gal.
I am not sure it is family as much as a tribal connection. After all, the Weasleys have a very large extended family too.

a_waffling January 20 2010, 07:57:35 UTC

I am not sure it is family as much as a tribal connection. After all, the Weasleys have a very large extended family too.

Yes, they are that type of a family. (I married into such a family, and am extremely reluctant to participate in most of their tribal activities; it's just not my thing. Maybe it's just me who is strange here.)