Killing the Buddha

deadline theology

 
 

¡Hola, Santa Muerte!

Shameful! Ridiculous!
It’s a cult, a made-up thing!
And those statues. Grotesque!
Hey, are they huffing? During Mass?

Mexico really is nice this time of year….

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Mary Valle lives in Baltimore and, in the latest KtB book, Believer, Beware, wrote about her adventures in sex ed at Catholic school. She blogs on KtB as The Communicant. For more Mary, check out her blog or follow her on Twitter. She is currently working on a novel called The Hexagon, which is, roughly, Rosemary's Baby set in a Waldorf-type school.

3 Responses to “¡Hola, Santa Muerte!”

  1. Quentin Kirk

    I live there. It is not for everybody. I love it.

  2. melissa

    of course shes a woman. the womb and the tomb, we are. “she takes but she also gives.”

  3. Mary Valle

    Party at Quentin’s esta Navidad!

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