Comments for People v. Mel Gibson at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 25 out of 20 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 25 May 2013 09:35:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-4088 Well....."we are all but filthy rags" and therefore, to think otherwise would indicate a very obvious fall is ahead...and that brings scripture that "Pride goes before disaster and a haughty spirit before a fall"...a full circle warning. I think you should be careful about such condemnation of another human being. Forget the success, the eyes, the weak character, pray for him and encourage him to get back to God...leave the woman, support the child and return to his Savior. Where hope abounds. - Diana Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:09:33 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2134 At Mass today I noticed it's Jesus on the cross, not Mel Gibson. My trust is in Christ, who died for me, Mel, and everyone else. We have to look at Christ as our example - human beings are fragile and imperfect, even the rich and famous who are so easily admired for the wrong reasons. Passion of the Christ is an awesome film, Mel's failings don\'t change that. Keep him and his family in your prayers, they have a lot to work through. - rosebud51 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:06:17 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2118 Among all the responses so far, I find the solicitousness for Gibson preposterous. Does anyone give a hoot about Gibson's wife and seven children? Christians are called to a particularly difficult juggling act: we dare not judge the person, but we dare not fail to judge the person's actions. What Gibson has done is objectively and unspeakably vile, and Gibson himself will be long dead when others are still suffering the consequences. - John R. Dunlap Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:36:00 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2113 Mr. Miner should be ashamed of himself for authoring such an uncharitable article. I agree very much with Lee Gilbert's comment: Mr. Gibson is under attack from satan and his legions of all-too-willing servants. How would Mr. Miner fare should he incur the evil one's wrath? I will pray for Mr. Gibson, as should all Christians. Sed libera nos a malo. - Darragh J. Gibbons Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:22:56 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2110 Having been married to an alcholic for 15 years until he died at the age of 53, I would conclude that Mel's "juggernaut" is not his ego but his addiiction. Mr. Gibson's work reveals his profound understanding of the human heart and also clearly exhibits a deep spiritual kowledge. Alcoholism is both a choice and a disease, a life long struggle and cross for the one who bares it. Mel is a confused man looking for truth. People have judged his actions, but only God can judge his motives. - Irene Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:40:41 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2109 With great power (wealth, notoriety, or access to the media) comes great responsibility. I understand that I can never know how hard it is for someone else to quit smoking, stop yelling, or stop coveting, but how hard can it be for the multi-millionaire actor to avoid keeping a mistress and fathering children outside of his marriage? When you are the most recognizable lay Catholic on the planet and at least a fair actor, you ought be able to play the part better than that. - Tom Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:40:07 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2097 no matter what his actions are....is it those same eyes? how hard must he be to live with? the Passion was amazing, but 1 Corinth 13 says you can give your body to be burned but w/out love, it profits you nothing. do we love him becuz he's a beautiful manly man? what if he were ugly & soft? would we care so much? lets all pray for his repentance. he's never been a Saint. he's an actor we gush over for the wrong reasons. his wife & now 8 eternal souls deserve our prayers. think of their pain. - debby Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:39:23 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2094 1. Stop laughing. In"Signs" is is an Anglican collar. 2. Maybe the marriage has lasted because of the wife refusing to let go until faced with a pregnancy of a girlfriend. Who knows? 3. King David did much worse and we have The Psalms. - joe Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:16:12 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2093 "Former Catholic"? How about willfully sinning Catholic? While Gibson is obv. guilty, "People" is hardly a credible source from which to quote other parishoners. This piece has lots truth to it, but writes off MG with too much finality. - joe Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:15:19 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2091 Hmmmm... "A child is not considered at fault for the circumstances of his or her birth." I wonder if People Magazine would ever apply this same logic to abortion... I think not. - Fenton Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:16:32 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2090 With the release of The Passion of Christ, Mel Gibson involved himself in spiritual warfare all unwittingly. He heeded to be living the life of a saint- a great saint- to sustain the hellish backlash from that movie, but he wasn't. Free will, sure. But there is such a thing as the wickedness and snares of the enemy. And besides, how free is a will in the throes of addiction? We owe him a great deal and should be praying down his conversion and the healing and reconciliation of his famiily. - Lee Gilbert Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:38:25 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2089 I think basically Mel is a good guy. Look at the film Passion of Christ he made. There was a lot of ugly things that were said about him and the film but he did anyway. That took guts in Hollywood now days. He's human and the devil is really after him. Does he have faults....yes, but don't we all. I think he & his family needs our prayers & privacy now. Sometimes when I see pictures of him I see saddness in his eyes. I'm sure he wants to do what is right but we all fall sometimes. - Randy Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:37:59 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2088 The closer you come to Jesus, the greater the attack by Satan. I believe that Mel Gibson when he made that movie the passion was filled with the Holy Spirit. I don't know him but I believe he had a strong prayer life.The devil always hits you in your weakest point. Family was important to him, and so was love. If love wains in the family life the devil attacks and on the scene comes the achillies heal. I will pray for him Yes I see in his eyes a twinkle of God . - Charles Lisa Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:37:20 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2087 I guess you haven't followed Mel Gibson. His marriage has been plagued by tabloid divorce rumors for years, partially because he and his wife were rarely seen together. Clearly it was his Catholic belief in the indissolvability of marriage plus the 7 kids that helped to keep them married for so long. While Mel has committed adultery, it's worth noting that he and his wife have been separated for 3 years. And he’s still going to mass, so he’s not a FORMER Catholic. - Beth Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:36:57 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2086 Actually, I'm young only at heart. I appreciate the Christian sentiment of course, and Mr. Gibson is certainly in my prayers. But the Flip Wilson, the-devil-made-me-do-it assertion is pure speculation. Let me repeat one phrase: "his wife of twenty-nine years . . ." Seems to me Mr. Gibson's actions arise from his free will. - Brad Miner Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:46:36 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2085 Well, Brad, I would guess you are a fairly young man, since a similar scene in the gospels has the crowd melting away, beginning with the eldest. I realize that The Catholic Thing is intended as an intellectual endeavor of the first water, but is it considered bad form in this and similar situations to actually do the Catholic thing and beg prayers for a fallen brother and his family? After The Passion, what did you think, that Satan wouldn't bother him? Have mercy on him Lord, and on us all! - Lee Gilbert Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:39:59 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2083 I always thought The Passion of the Christ was the finest film ever made! It sounds like Mel suffers from a pneumpathology...and needs prayer. - Bob Cheeks Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:02:22 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2082 One thing we can be grateful for is Mel Gibson's film on the Passion of the Christ, the best to date! - Bert Queen Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:08:32 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2079 It is amazing reading this; both in vile hateful word and stupid deed Mel Gibson is engaging in behavior that should bring the wrath of William Donahue. However, Donahue choses to focus on a film which in the end, portrays with reverence the conclave of Cardinals and the struggle to address sede vacante, vacant by death of the pontif, not a plot by Jews and Masons. Give me a break, Mel and Hunter. - Daniel Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:07:03 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/people-v-mel-gibson.html#comment-2075 I can't answer your question, of course--not anyway on the evidence at hand. But I think you know what I meant. And, in any case, "apostate" (your word) is defined as "one who has renounced or forsaken his religious faith or given up his moral allegiance." I'd say that that last part qualifies Gibson as an apostate, no? Of course, I'm with Debby and hope he finds a way (how I don't know) to return to Communion. - Brad Miner Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:57:02 +0100