Irish Son - Brian McFadden

[Estefana]

Have any of you heard the song 'Irish Son' by former Westlife kiss: ) member Brian McFadden? It is a song attacking the Catholic Church and how he has left it because he is 'old enough to know his own mind....and break from the past'.

I think that music should always be an expression of self, but I think that this portrays the Church and even consitues hate speech. I mean, imagine if someone did a song saying that they have turned their back om the Pro-Gay society and believe it is a sin! It would be criticized by everyone, but writing an Anti Catholic song is fantastic, even praised by almsot everyone.




I was born in the heart of Dublin
To a holy book full of rules
Made get on our knees every Sunday with the other fools

We were warped by the Christian Brothers
In the cell blocks at our schools
Get a handprint on your skin
Before you break their rules

Go hit me now
That I'm twice your size
Brushed off the accusations
And bowed before your lies

This is the city that raised me
With the religion they gave me
Now I'm old enough to know my own mind
And it was leaving that saved me
I seen so much that has changed me
Just break with your past
Feed your own mind
This Irish son has moved with the times

Weddings deaths or baptizing children
That's my debt paid to the church
I don't need that kind of salvation
When I get hurt

Don't fill my head with sermons
And force me to believe

This is the city that raised me
With the religion they gave me
Now I'm old enough to know my own mind
And it was leaving that saved me
I seen so much that has changed me
Just break with your past
Feed your own mind
Cos' this Irish son has moved with the times

Our father who art in heaven
Come down here and make your presence known
We can't do it on our own
The lunatics let run the asylum
How can we find peace inside your home
When you can't trust your own

This is the city that raised me
With the religion they gave me
Now I'm old enough to know my own mind
But it was leaving that saved me
I've seen so much that has changed me
So just break with your past
Feed your own mind
Cos' this Irish son has moved with the times
Cos' this Irish son has moved with the times

 

[Ann M]

Some people have to leave. But focus not on the fact that they have left, but on why they left. For often it is only through stepping away from a situation that we can truly get a clear picture of the situation.

And pray for his soul, for so often they that leave do come back, find their way home, and it is through this journey that they truly feel the love that Our Lord has for them.

We hang a 'Home is where the heart is' sign in our house, but should we not also put on in the Lord's House?