THERE ARE FEW ACTORS TODAY WHO WITNESS TO THEIR CATHOLIC FAITH, BUT THIS ONE IS TRYING TO DO SO!
I also saw him on the CBS Morning Show and he spoke about going to Mass regularly and doing his homework to prepare for the new translation of the English Mass!
He was also on 60 Minutes a while back. Promoting the Fighter, giving his story, etc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRR8T1eyXi4&feature=player_embedded#!
Unfortunately, it's hard for me to take Mark Wahlberg seriously when it comes to his Catholic faith. For starters, he cohabitated with his now-wife for several years before they married, and most of their children were born before then too. I remember reading a magazine article about him a few years back -- while he was still cohabitating with his girlfriend -- in which he openly shares his faith, making the Sign of the Cross when passing a Catholic Church and talking about God and whatnot, yet not hiding the fact that he was living with his girlfriend outside of marriage. Maybe he's repented of that since then (I hope so), but if so, he hasn't said anything about it publicly (and doesn't public scandal necessarily merit public reparation?).
Second, Wahlberg openly endorsed Obama, a virulent pro-abortion politician, in the last presidential election (of course, he could have repented of that too, for all I know).
But to me the smoking gun in all this is the following quote from him regarding the Church's teachings against -- ahem -- self-abuse (which I've edited for content): "I don't get down with [doing that], dude. Look. I don't believe in everything that the church says. I try to do the right thing. I lead a clean and pure life. I'm a married guy. I have a beautiful wife. Sex is not the most important thing to me, being horny all the time . . . I mean, it's not against the law. You can do whatever you want. And it's not like, 'I shouldn't do it because of my faith. I'm just not really that into it that much anyway." The full, uncensored article may be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/18/mark-wahlberg-on-911-plane_n_1213029.html
It's laudable that Wahlberg tries to live a pure life. But the fact that he said he doesn't believe everything the Church says is cause for concern in my book (of course, we Catholics know that not every word that comes out of the Holy Father's mouth is Gospel truth, but somehow I fear that Wahlberg may actually be referring to Church teachings). He needs prayers.
He did mention considering having a vasectomy on late night t.v. this week too. So yes, he is not perfect by any means.
I hope his candor can lead people to Christ. He does not claim to be perfect or even a good Catholic. However, if God can use him, God will, even in his misguidedness.
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He was also on 60 Minutes a while back. Promoting the Fighter, giving his story, etc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRR8T1eyXi4&feature=player_embedded#!
Unfortunately, it's hard for me to take Mark Wahlberg seriously when it comes to his Catholic faith. For starters, he cohabitated with his now-wife for several years before they married, and most of their children were born before then too. I remember reading a magazine article about him a few years back -- while he was still cohabitating with his girlfriend -- in which he openly shares his faith, making the Sign of the Cross when passing a Catholic Church and talking about God and whatnot, yet not hiding the fact that he was living with his girlfriend outside of marriage. Maybe he's repented of that since then (I hope so), but if so, he hasn't said anything about it publicly (and doesn't public scandal necessarily merit public reparation?).
Second, Wahlberg openly endorsed Obama, a virulent pro-abortion politician, in the last presidential election (of course, he could have repented of that too, for all I know).
But to me the smoking gun in all this is the following quote from him regarding the Church's teachings against -- ahem -- self-abuse (which I've edited for content): "I don't get down with [doing that], dude. Look. I don't believe in everything that the church says. I try to do the right thing. I lead a clean and pure life. I'm a married guy. I have a beautiful wife. Sex is not the most important thing to me, being horny all the time . . . I mean, it's not against the law. You can do whatever you want. And it's not like, 'I shouldn't do it because of my faith. I'm just not really that into it that much anyway." The full, uncensored article may be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/18/mark-wahlberg-on-911-plane_n_1213029.html
It's laudable that Wahlberg tries to live a pure life. But the fact that he said he doesn't believe everything the Church says is cause for concern in my book (of course, we Catholics know that not every word that comes out of the Holy Father's mouth is Gospel truth, but somehow I fear that Wahlberg may actually be referring to Church teachings). He needs prayers.
He did mention considering having a vasectomy on late night t.v. this week too. So yes, he is not perfect by any means.
I hope his candor can lead people to Christ. He does not claim to be perfect or even a good Catholic. However, if God can use him, God will, even in his misguidedness.
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