Being a fool for Christ.

Midwest Conservative Journal has a post on a "Clown Mass" at the historic Trinity Episcopalian Church.

This is not going to be yet another one of those "piling on the ECUSA" posts. Rather, MCJ makes a point about what is so very mistaken in the idea of a "Clown Mass", which is worth some reflection:

Tell the guys that you're not going to stay out drinking until 3:30 AM because you really want to make Mass in the morning. Tell your friends that you're not going to see that new Tarantino flick everyone's talking about because you no longer find violence, murder, obscenity and profanity particularly entertaining. Tell the liberals in your family or your social circle that you won't be voting for the liberal candidate because he/she is pro-choice and you think that abortion is murder.

If any of your friends or family asks for an explanation for your behavior, give them the Reason and suggest that they might want to avail themselves of It. And then stand there while they laugh at you or call you a "holy roller," a "fundamentalist" or a "theocrat" and start going on about the "Christian right." Or be prepared to spend your weekends completely alone when they shun you entirely.

But you can't be a fool for Christ simply by declaring yourself one and troweling on the white face. So whatever you do, don't participate in self-indulgent tripe like clown eucharists. Because ridiculous displays like Trinity's impress nobody at all and do nothing to advance the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Yea, that makes sense.