I generally do not serve as an "aggregator" which is an internet term for the sort of blogger who culls through the vast internet to find interesting things for a local or specialized audience that they might otherwise not see them, BUT---this one time I feel compelled to share this video with those of you who might not have otherwise seen it.
What impressed me about this was that it is DEAD ON TARGET for the type of marketing/recuitment campaigns we probably need to be running right now to do two critical things in our Church in this techno-marketing age: 1) recruiting young men to the priesthood, and 2) changing the perception of the sacred mystery of the Eucharist in a culture where perception and marketing rule the day. This video does an excellent job of cheapening neither goal while utilizing the powerful emotional iconography of the "questing story" to connect becoming/serving as a priest to a heroic endeavor, and young men on that endeavor as heroes in a world that needs them desperately.
It also in a more subtle way demonstrates the nature of the descendency from Peter by clearly showing HOW a priest becomes a man with sacred ancient powers direct from God...
The iconography is clear, and the message is unmistakable. I hope vocation directors everywhere pay attention to this, because there is something useful here:
BIG GIANT HAT TIP TO Fr. Zuhlsdorf at What Does the Prayer Really Say?
The beginning looks like a commercial for a Zelda game.
ReplyDeleteThis is good. Too bad I don't have any boys.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing that makes it great is that it is from my Archdiocese :)
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