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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)MONDAY HOMILY: Learning to Praise God for His Glory
By Fr. Stephen B. Reynolds
October 29th, 2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) How do we avoid developing a critical spirit? The first step is to cultivate an interior attitude of thankfulness for the graces God has given us. SUGAR LAND, TX (Catholic Online) The faithful observance of the sabbath is at the heart of Jewish religious and cultural identity. The holiness of that day derives from the sanctification of time through God's creative activity. In the first creation account, the sacred author characterizes the seventh day of the week as especially holy to God, "because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation" (Genesis 2:3). As a devout Jew, Jesus observed the sabbath conscientiously. Describing the usual practice of Jesus, St. Luke writes, "He went to the synagogue, as his custom was, on the sabbath day (Luke 4:16). As the eternal Son of the Father, the Lord must have felt especially at home in the synagogue and the Temple, the places in ancient Israel where his divine Father was worshipped and glorified (cf. Luke 2:49). One sabbath, while teaching in a synagogue, Jesus heals a woman who had suffered for eighteen years (cf. Luke 13:10ff). The fact that this miraculous work took place on this particular day stirs the ire of the synagogue leader. "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the sabbath day," he says (Luke 13:14). This official, though misguided in his application of Scriptural principles, had a point. In the Decalogue, God commands his Chosen People to respect the special character of the sabbath. \"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. in it you shall not do any work" (Exodus 20:8,10). While trying to uphold the dignity of the sabbath, however, the synagogue official mistakenly presumes that God's sabbath commandment prohibited even works of charity and mercy. How could the leader of the synagogue fall into this error? Perhaps there are two reasons. First, his respect for the Divine Law may have led him to regard the Commandments as petrified, lifeless constraints rather than as a path to authentic flourishing. His diligence for upholding the integrity of the Law blinded him to the virtue of charity to which the Commandments are ordered and from which they draw their meaning (cf. Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Luke 10:27). Second, it seems as though this synagogue official suffered from an overly critical outlook. Someone with a critical spirit tends to look for what is evil, while ignoring what is good. They also tend to elevate their private judgment to the level of absolute truth, without considering that they could be wrong in their point-of-view. Because this man was too ready to see a supposed transgression, he was blind the grace of God at work. St. Josemaría Escrivá wrote, "To criticize, to destroy, is not difficult; the clumsiest laborer knows how to drive his pick into the noble and finely-hewn stone of a cathedral. To construct - that is what requires the skill of a master" (The Way, no. 456). How do we avoid developing a critical spirit? The first step is to cultivate an interior attitude of thankfulness for the graces God has given us. A humble spirit of gratitude for God's blessings will help us to be conscious of our total dependence upon God, seeing the good in our lives as a pure gift from our Heavenly Father. Next, we must strive to acknowledge the blessings that God has given others and to delight in them. Rather than complaining that Jesus had not healed them, those who witnessed the miraculous cure of the crippled woman "rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by" Jesus (Luke 13:17). We want to do the same. Finally, a critical spirit can be tempered by always contributing to the weight of good in the world, with regard to every person and situation. This doesn't mean ignoring real instances of evil or injustice, but in striving to conquer them, with God's help. "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21). We exist "for the praise of God's glory" (cf. Ephesians 1:6). May the Blessed Mother intercede for us, and lead us in glorifying God in every moment of our lives. Fr. Stephen B. Reynolds is pastor of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Sugar Land, TX, a suburb of Houston. You may visit the parish website at: www.SugarLandCatholic.com. Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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"I Can Count to Potato" is a controversial catchphrase that is meant to indicate a lack of intelligence and usually paired with photographs of people who appear to have been diagnosed with learning disabilities. The phrase is sometimes used in image boards and forums in reacting to comments that are deemed unintelligent. Due to the insensitive nature of the meme, it has been criticized for perpetuating ableism[7], a type of discrimination against people with disabilities.
The phrase "I can count to potato" was first used in the 2005 comedy film The Ringer in which con man Steve Barker (played by Johnny Knoxville) pretends to be mentally disabled in order to compete in the Special Olympics. The phrase can be heard at 1:14 in the following clip where Barker rehearses his performance in the mirror:
A "count to potato" t-shirt was submitted to CafePress[8] on January 10th, 2006. The earliest known image macro featuring a photo of reality television star Heidi Montag was posted on the celebrity meme blog ROFL Razzi[1] on November 8th, 2008.
An image macro of a young boy with down syndrome was submitted to The Chive[15] on February 24th, 2009. Another photograph of a smiling young girl set to an Advice Dog color wheel background was submitted to FunnyJunk[3] on September 20th. Redditor Hipll[2] claimed that the photo of the girl spread across the Internet after her parents published it in their book Surprise Package: When God Turns Your Life Upside Down's.[4]
On February 9th, 2010, a post titled "Ching Chong Potato" was submitted to FunnyJunk with a photo of an asian male with down-syndrome appearing to be conducting an orchestra accompanied by the caption "and-a one and-a four and a ching chong potato." The image was subsequently posted on Tumblr[11], deviantArt[12] and inspired the creation of a Facebook[10] page. On 4chan, "count to potato" images are often used as a combo breaker in "count to X" threads, as seen in an archived thread[17] from May 28th, 2010.
On December 19th, 2011, a Scumbag Steve derivative was submitted to the /r/adviceanimals subreddit and reached the front page accumulating over 8,500 upvotes within a month. The post was subsequently criticized for being ableist in the /r/ShitRedditSays[6] subreddit the same day. As of February 15th, 2011, an "I can count to potato" Facebook[14] page has 459 likes, a Quickmeme[16] page for "U are so potato" has 29 submissions and there are 30 Yahoo Answers[13] questions mentioning "count to potato".
Notable Examples
On April 13th 2012, BBC News program Midlands Today[18] aired a segment on the controversial meme, revealing the identity of the subject of the image macro series as a 16-year-old British teenager Heidi Crowter.
On April 25th 2012, U.K. daily paper The Sun[19] published an article titled "Web trolls put picture of Down's girl on Facebook with vile caption." According to the article, the photos of Heidi as a toddler were originally uploaded to a support group website for parents with children who had been diagnosed with Down's syndrome. Heidi's mother, Liz Crowter, first found the photo of her daughter in September 2011 on a Facebook page insulting people with learning disabilities.
The Sun article also reported that Crowter contacted the police and Facebook to seek removal of the photos of her daughter, but the verbal abuse by Facebook trolls continued to resurface despite her complaints. Regarding her correspondence with Facebook employees, she complained that they have so far failed to respond in a timely fashion:
"It's almost like Faceless rather than Facebook, we have been repeatedly trying to take these distressing sites down and I have not once had a direct response." … "These trolls are cowardly, nasty people who should be punished for the damage they are doing to people with their comments." … "Heidi has told me she is very upset by the sites and she turns her head away when we have them on the computer screen."
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[1]ROFL Razzi – i can count to potato…
[3]FunnyJunk – I can count to potato
[4]Parable – Surprise Package – When God Turns Your Life Upside Down's#
[5]Reddit – I'm going to hell for this
[6]Reddit – (on a picture of a kid with Down's syndrome) I can count to potato! Only counts to firetruck. [+955]
[8]Cafe Press – I can count to potato black shirt
[9]FunnyJunk – ching chong potato
[10]Facebook – Ching Chong Potato
[11]Tumblr – #ching chong potato
[12]deviantArt – he can count to potato
[13]Yahoo Answers – count to potato
[14]Facebook – I Can Count to Potato
[15]The Chive – this is not funny
[16]Quickmeme – U are so potato
[17]Chanarchive – Count to 99
[18]YouTube – Heidi Crowter
[19]The Sun – Web trolls put picture of Down's girl on Facebook with vile caption