The website/blog Eye of the Tiber is, for want of a better description, a Catholic satire site. From a Catholic perspective it satirizes topical issues and events in the life of the Church and beyond. Occasionally it keeps such a straight face that one takes a second or two to realize it is not wholly serious.
Today’s post there made me laugh, though it was a wry laugh. I have never preached such a miraculous homily. What am I talking about? Better go and read it there: it is not long.
Without spoiling the punchline, the post ends with this gem:
Although the parish where the homily was given has since lost more than 50% of their parishioners, for some, it has become a pilgrimage site, with hundreds flocking to the site every year to kiss the lectern where the homily was given.
Of course, like all good satire, it has a serious point. You’ll know what it is.
Eccles and Bosco do a similarly satirical treatment of a BBC man who dared to use the S-word (it rhymes with “dinner”).
Pax.
Dominus Mihi Adjutor 
Sometimes satire has to work quite hard to maintain the interest of its public when reality constantly out-parodies parody. Even EOTT might hesitate to invent headlines such as: ‘Pope Offers to Baptize Martians – If They Come’, or ‘ “Half of Married People Not Really Married At All” claims Cardinal.’
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Touché!
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