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WHEN WE AND STARS OF OUR NEW DARK AGE TOUCH EVIL, SOMETIMES STRANGE ACCIDENTS AND STUMBLES FOLLOW

Is it a coincidence that a famous fellow who has been in the news because he is turning into a woman finds himself in a terrible car accident? (He was ready to "star" in a reality show based on his sex-change.) Or that a week later his step-daughter, who already stars in a lurid reality show, found herself in an accident (right before her mother inked a new mega-million contract to continue this show)? Maybe there is no connection. Maybe God taps us all on the shoulder (and head). Bad things happen to good people, if you recall the famous book of that title, but also bad things happen to folks -- bad "luck" -- who are involved in the wrong things. Let us all pray that we do not stray -- and fall prone. There but for the Grace of God...

Last week, the most famous of them all, the singer Madonna (her daughter is named Lourdes), tumbled down a short flight of steps during a performance when her black cape got snagged as her retinue, bedecked in demonic costumes (yes, with horns and red, while she wore what one can only call be a witchy costume) looked on. Again, let us pray -- for her and that we do no ourselves stumble. How the devil mocks. At a music-awards show days before, the same androgynous performers with twisted horns and demonic masks appeared with her, dressed in black leather, as if in worship. Just a "matador" routine (which is how it was presented on the surface)?

The devil appears to everyone at one time or another; sometimes many times; he offers the world. A dark anointing comes. But he is left to pay. The pantheon of rock stars who have died in their twenties is a long one. When we touch darkness, when we touch the occult, even if we don't believe in it, even if it is just a prop, it haunts us until it is purged. This includes the sin in all our lives (reminding us of Confession). There are accounts of bizarre injuries and death during the filming of "exorcist" and "omen" stories. There is the actor who was killed in a freak accident while portraying an evil night bird. Back in older times, the actress who played the wicked witch witch of the west in the Oz classic was seriously injured when her costume caught fire during a scene in which she was departing in a cloud of smoke (the trap door didn't open on time). We are not to judge people as individuals but we can judge fruits and a public persona. In Christian charity, we can admonish. It's just incredible these days. We need to pray for folks and our own sinfulness during Lent as we also pray for those with unknown names who follow the same path and those affected by the "celebrities" and will take more serious falls. Let us all pray for the protection of ourselves and our families and begin that protection with a purge. Confession. Recollection. Head for the desert. Fast, which cleanses. We all have certain problems. That doesn't define a person as "bad." But sometimes it's a bit obvious that there is a connection. For example, "Madonna" had been singing a new song with lyrics that included the words, "Lifted me up and watched me stumble," as well as "Took me to Heaven and let me fall down," before she fell. If it wasn't staged, that's a fairly interesting "coincidence." And if so, it shows a couple things: That playing with evil brings misfortune. It is no game. It is no stage prop. And that however much these folks may think he helps their careers, the devil has no loyalty and mocks everyone. No exceptions. No loyalty whatsoever. 

[Footnote: Said the singer afterward: "I'm never writing lyrics like that again!" she said. "The universe was trying to teach me a lesson I guess."]

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