The Message -- for Catholics of Southwestern Indiana
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Entertainment
May 22, 1992
On the Record
By CHARLIE
MARTIN
Catholic News
Service Columnist
MONEY DON'T MATTER
One more card and it's 22/Unlucky for him to make
it/He never had respect for money it s true/That's
why he never waitsht's why he never has enough
To treat his lady right/He just pushes her away in a
huffand says/Money don't matter tonight.
(REFRAIN) Money don't matter tonight/Sure didn't
matter yesterday/Just when you think
you got more than enough/That's when it
allup and flies away[that's when you
find that you are better offfMaking sure
your soul is all right/Because money
didn't matter yesterday/And it sure don't
matter tonight.
Look, here is a cool investment/They are telling him
that he just can't lose/So he goes out and tries to find
!a father/But all he finds are users/All he finds are
;)snakes in any color/And in any nationality and
sight/Seems like the only thing he can t do/Is iust
:roll his eyes .and say
,r .... {IEAT REFRAIN}
Where your treasure is
your heart will be also
(REPEAT REFRAIN}
Written and Sung by Prince
Copyright {c) 1992 by Warner Bros,
Some of Prince's music I like and some I
don't. One song that caught my attention is his re-
cent release off the "Diamonds and Pearls" disc.
"Money Don't Matter."
The song asks us to evaluate our lifestyle.
Should we follow society's emphasis on the im-
portance of material wealth? Beyond this, Prince
criticizes how government is w/'lling to risk young
lives in order to supply the resources necessary to
fuel our current lifestyle.
The song raises the question of spiritual well-
being. Whether it be one's personal use of money
or a country's decision about war and violence,
Prince suggests that "you are better off making
sure your soul is all right."
,, This line reminds me of Jesus' warning that
where your treasure is, there will your heart be
also. These words focus on the soul quality of
How generous are you with your personal fi- ,,
nonces? Do you set aside a certain percentage t°
he] p others in need? Do you volunteer to help
pay part of family expenses?
As for material possessions, each i,':[
needs to resist society's dogma that !!:!
ter. Possessions are meant to make our lives :"::|
more enjoyable. Yet we need to question what :'i.ii !
brings true and lasting joy Too often we are om,..i
couraged to fill up voids in our hearts by put- ::'i
chasing more stuff,
Before buying something, ask yourself if
you really neecl it. Even a new car won t make
up for a lack of friendship and emotional caring
from those most important in our lives, if: !:!]
Finally, you can be clear about resisting :!
any appeal to use violence. Jesus was one of .:
hist9ry's greatest teachers on the non-violent
way of life, To follow him is to uphold every
human being's dignity by practicing respect, ;:
tolerance and understanding.
This is one song where I ver.y nmch
personal integrity, with Prince, We can listen to
Hey, nowimaybe We co uuld-find afiood reasonJTo ...... integrity, We can make those choices ::::i!i
send a child on to war/be wna[ i[ we are controuing m jesus view. no possessmn, no ease or o.. s.,.o ... . :i:il
all the oil/Js it worth a child dying for?JIsit worth lifestyle, no victory over a so-called enemy is ever " *° u.. .... . . :.|
it?A long lffeis what we lilje forfrhen a.long life worth the price of one's spiritual integrity.. ,, . .......
will come to pass/An, ything is better than the picture Each of us can aspire to live in a way that { Your commems are mways welcome. 4
ofa child/Ina cmud of gas/And you think you got it promotes spiritual well-being. Please address: Charlie Matin, RR 3, Box:ii!4:il
bad.. . For example, consider your use of money. 182, Rockport, IN 47635,) .... .:_ i i ii
'America's Most Wanted' host still mourns murdered son
By SR. MARY ANN WALSH
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS)
"America's Most Wanted"
celebrated its 200th capture
in May.
But for John Walsh, host of
the Fox television series,
which airs Friday nights, 8-9
p.m. Eastern time, that cap-
ture couldn't lessen the pain
that led him to his work: the
murder of his 6-year-old son,
Adam, who was kidnapped
from a Florida shopping mall
in 1981.
"I still have as big a
wound," said Walsh. "I am
doing a life sentence for
Adam's murder."
Adam's killer wasn't
caught, but others have been
thanks to the series which
recreates crimes and urges
viewers to call in tips for po-
lice. Citizens average 3,000
calls per week to the show
using its toll-flee number, 1-
800-CRIME-92. and lhe pro-
gram has led to the capture of
42 percent of the criminals
profiled.
In an interview in Wash-
ington, Walsh recalled his
youth in a Catholic home,
where his father, also named
Adam, was active in the
Knights of Columbus and his
parish Holy Name Society.
Walsh himself attended St.
Mary's parish school and the
now-closed Our Lady of
Mount Carmel High School in
Auburn N.Y.
His wife, Reve, is Protes-
tant, he said, but their chil-
dren, Meghan and Callaghan,
are being raised Catholic.
"We all go to Sunday Mass,
even Reve goes," said Walsh.
who cited her "deep-seated
faith."
Their faith was tried when
Adam was kidnapped and de-
capitated in the summer of
'81..
"It shook us to the roots of
our religious beliefs," said
Walsh, who wondered how
God could allow this evil to
exist.
"I went through a terrible
grieving process," he said.
Comfort came from the
coroner he went to see about
burying Adam's remains.
Walsh recalled him saying,
"You can either choose to let
this take you down and evil
will have won, or you can try
to make sure it doesn't."
Walsh and his wife began
lobbying, successfully, for a
measure passed in 1982 that
allowed names of missing
children to be entered into
the FBI's National Crime In-
formation Computer as well
as 1984 legislation that estab-
lished the National Center tar
Missing and Exploited Chil-
d ran.
The couple also founded
the Adam Walsh Child Re-
source Center for public edu-
cation on child safely and
legislative reform.
The 1983 NBC television
movie "Adam" and its 1986
sequel, "Adam: His Song
Continues," led to Walsh's
hosting "America's Most
Wanted."
Walsh said his work helps
him feel Adam "didn't die in
vain" and that maybe he can
"prevent another Adam
somewhere from dying."
1,500 pack church for Marlene Dietrich's funeral
PARIS (CNS) -- Nearly
1,500 friends, family mem-
bers and admirers gathered in
Paris to bid a tearful farewell
to cinema's ultimate femme
fatale, Marlene Dietrich, at a
traditional Catholic funeral.
The seductive German-born
blonde, whose husky voice,
high cheekbones and long
legs fascinated screen audi-
ences for 60 years, died May
7 at her Paris apartment,
i.:.'%:whge, she had spent her twi-
;:.,: liar:years as adiSabled and
cash-strapped recluse. Miss
Dietrich was 90 years old.
"Everyone knew her life as
an artist of film and song, and
her strong and tough stands,"
said the priest officiating at
the May 14 funeral at
Madeleine Church. "She
lived like a soldier and would
have liked to be buried like a
soldier."
Four pallbearers carried
Miss Dietrich's coffin, draped
in a Frehch flag, to the,fr"
', " " i "
in the church.
A wreath of white lilies
and pink and yellow roses
from President Francois Mit-
terrand was laid at the altar.
The German and Russian am-
bassadors and envoys from
the United States and Britain
were present.
Miss Dietrich's body was to
be flown in a regularly sched-
uled Lufthansa flight to
Berlin, where she was to be
buried alongside her mother
in a private ceremony. " . . .:;::
The work "breaks my
heart," and "it makes me
angry," he said.
"There are certain people
who hunt women and chil-
dren," he said. "Men and
women must hunt them and
stop them from hurting other
people."
He struggles with the
Gospel admonition to turn
the other cheek, he said.
"All the principles of the
Catholic religion are abso-
lutely right," said Walsh. But
"it's hard to subscribe to the
gentle nature of the Catholic
religion when tlie reality is
you almost have to be a war-
rior of sorts to survive."
Walsh said the series has
comforted people, citing in
particular its showing a photo
of a girl murdered by James
Charles Stark and buried in
an unmarked grave. Tips
from the series led police to
Stark.
"I knew somebody was
looking for this little girl,"
Walsh said.
After the series showed a
morgue photo of the 19-year-
old, he said, there were calls
from 20{} sets of parents
whose daughters were miss-
ing. The girl was identified
and her family no longer had
to search for her. "It ended
their torture," said Walsh.
The show also has led to
recovering missing children,
including 5-year-old Nicole
o veils
Ravesi in 1990, wh '-od
found along with her a lle°
kidnapper.
Walsh said he doesn't lorlg
to catch Adam's killer.
'There just never vas
enough evidence "he said, rl
"I don't lust ,,, be"
vengeance," he added, l.bS:
lieve ou work through [,,I
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svstem lie sale. - e::
" , ,"let "'
like to see Adam s 1<I1 , b0<.
bought to justice, bu! t iic 8
lieve if he doesn't get l.uthe:
in this life, he'll get it Vl ,
next."
The death of their child Pe t::
pressure on the WalsheS z"
year marriag..e . ,ali ve
For a while, "all you,, said:
in common is the griel: ,, b0
Walsh "It was a struggl; tho
said, "but we believ.a e, vg°
institution of marriag .,.
loved each other, tried t°t:d
ture each other." He au, 0
that "we still battle" to ' "
together, who
Adam's siblings,
born after he died, ,,knOV/°'
about him," Walsh said. had
"Callaghan wishes he id.
an older brother," Wals,h s'io
"They know her.ha0
heaven," he added. ".IVleaid
was the first one wt}.o;o
Adam was a star in le_. s to
and Callaghan always sly r os,
me "He's looking out w
Dad."'
"I believe it," said
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