Britney Spears has had her Kabbalah tattoo removed.
The ‘Toxic’ star had a Hebrew tattoo on the back of her neck bearing one of the 72 words for ‘God’ found in the texts of Kabbalah, a mystical off-shoot of Judaism.
However, when the 26-year-old singer was spotted out shopping in Los Angeles earlier this week, it was clear she has had the tattoo removed. (SOURCE)
Don’t take this as a sign of the end times or a new direction for Per Christum. Britney watching will not become a sport here… Before today I wasn’t sure if she spelled her name with an “e” or an “a”… (And no worries, I can’t tell Lindsay Lohan and Hillary Duff apart… My roommate ran into Jessica Simpson today - in town for a wedding - and all I could say was “How did you know which one she was?” Apparently “She’s the hot one,” and she is “shorter than you would think,” I digress…)
At any rate, did it ever occur to Britney that when getting involved in Jewish spirituality and mysticism that getting a tattoo in Hebrew for the name of God is tacky to begin with… but the general Jewish consensus on tattoos since the forced tattooing of Holocaust victims in the Nazi Concentration Camps made it doubly inappropriate?
No, probably not. In Hollywood trendy is trendy.
Prayers for Miss Spears… May we hope this is that much less of the influence of the cult of the trendy? We are of course obligated to pray that she become involved with the religion of the original Madonna. Let’s do.
David Bennett
Jennifer
asimplesinner
Fr. J.
Chad Toney
Jorge Flores
Jonathan B
carmelbennett
nicenehobbit
Jason S
jaybird68
papaz
March 16, 2008 at 2:30 am
SS, you will do anything for hits ;)
March 16, 2008 at 3:07 am
That’s “Vaya Con Dios”.
March 16, 2008 at 3:14 am
Father J - Guilty! Now that I can see…
Rob - “Go with God” - my attempt at being clever, given the subject matter.
March 16, 2008 at 3:41 am
Who need Britney? Mariah is on SNL
March 16, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Dear Fr. J
Your keen observation on Simple Sinner’s post is quite on target? So how many hits did you get, S.S.? Maybe, I need to find some sort of Jesuit angle on Britney and the Kabbalah tattoo. This the kind of cutting edge intersection between faith and pop culture is the reason I love Per Christum.
JMJ
Joe
March 16, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Thank you Joe for the high praise. Its appreciated.
Plus it got us linked over at IsBrtineySpearsCrazy.com
Dare I suggest the folks linking from there might not be some of our regular 14 readers?
Mebbe
August 18, 2008 at 12:51 am
eu sou louca pro britney ela e linda ela e uma deusa, britney love you