William Shatner (Captain Kirk) | The Great Rosary Campaign: Star Trek Edition

Welcome to Eternal Christianum consecrated to our Lady for the glory of our Lord. I'm Joshua Charles

So for this week's Great Rozer campaign

It's going to be another Star Trek edition and the reason why frankly is because I love Star Trek

I have a great deal of affection love and care for the

Cast that played the various characters of the different ships different space stations whatever it may be and it had a

Big role in my life since I was a little kid

Star Trek is not a particularly Catholic show

But it's got many elements of it that are very constant with the Catholic faith great respect for life very pro life

very big on human dignity and

So I am just very very thankful to all the cast members for the wonderful characters that they brought into my life and

how those characters helped me think help me

Think about controversial topics

You know shoot higher in my own life shoot for greater degrees of excellence and just provided some good old-fashioned fun

So the famous saying in Star Trek from the Vulcans is Leblanc and Prosper well the ultimate living long and prospering is to spend

Eternal life with God in heaven and that's why I'm going to ask all of you to join me in praying the rosary for the conversion

of the cast that played the different Star Trek characters

So this week let's all pray for the conversion to the Catholic faith of William Shatner

We're doing it this week because March 22nd is his birthday and it also happens to be my birthday

I figured that out when I was a little boy and I always love that I had the same birthday as

Captain Kirk obviously wasn't the character Captain Kirk but the but the great man who played him

So William Shatner is obviously a giant

absolutely love the man

Very funny very engaging

Mr. Shatner if you see this please know how much of a positive effect Star Trek and and your role as Captain Kirk had on my life

You know, I did say to my father one time when I was a kid

You know, I said I you know dad. I really love Captain Kirk and Spock

But I think I'm more of a Spock than a Kirk and I was I was saying that with reference to Spock being very logical and rational

And Kirk Kirk struck me as a bit more of like the jock of Star Trek

You know, just kind of balsy and always going out there and and a lot of physical bravery and just kind of a bit rash

Perhaps in some of his judgment

So I I identified a little bit more with with Spock but just absolutely love Captain Kirk and actually I was introduced to Captain Kirk because

my uncle

New I loved whales I grew up in California

Born in San Diego and I just always loved the ocean love whales and he was trying to get me to watch Star Trek

well

Mr. Shatner if you're seeing this you can probably guess which movie he he asked me to watch and it was Star Trek 4 the journey home

Or voyage home or whatever it was and which is about whales

I or you know the whales play a central role and if people haven't seen it

I'm sure most of you have but if you haven't I'll leave the rest for you to figure out

I didn't get I was like how are whales and Star Trek involved well found out through

Star Trek 4 and got acquainted with Captain Kirk so mr. Shatner. Thank you so much for your role in my life through Star Trek

Your example of courage and and loyalty to your friends as Captain Kirk and

And frankly you're aging amazingly. I don't know how man of your age in your 90s ages as well as you have

But thank you for your life and know that out of love and true charity. We are praying for your conversion to the Catholic faith

Because there is an eternity on the other side and and we want you to

Enjoy what God has for for you and for me and for all of humanity

So this adjusted penance this week will be a holy hour before the blessed sacrament of the Holy Eucharist body blood soul

And divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ

So with that we wish them live long and prosper by which we mean heaven forever eternal life

And we'll close with our normal anthem verse Psalm 73 verses 25 through 26

Who have I in heaven but you and on earth I desire nothing besides you

My flesh and my heart may fail but the Lord is the strength of my heart and my portion forever

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