Oprah alert
Question from mary on 3/7/2008:

Dear Fr. Echert, Since I personally know Catholic people who think highly of Oprah Winfreys 'spirituality' I feel it my duty to warn people. Please read this short excerpt:

March 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This past Monday Oprah Winfrey, considered by many to be the world's most influential woman, began a ten-week long online course on the best-selling book, "A New Earth," by New Age guru, Eckhart Tolle. "A New Earth" has already sold some 3.5 million copies worldwide, thanks largely to the publicity given to it by Oprah. Also, since the beginning of this year Oprah has offered daily classes on her XM radio station on the book "A Course in Miracles." "A Course in Miracles" (or ACIM for short) was written by another major player in the New Age movement, Helen Schucman, who claims that the book was dictated to her by an interior voice, which she identifies with Jesus Christ. In that course, the listener is taught that there is no sin, is told not to make the "mistake" of "clinging to the old rugged cross," and that the name of "Jesus Christ as such is but a symbol." Oprah, who is a self-labeled "Christian", was recently named the "most dangerous woman in the world" by Bill Keller, considered by some to be the world's leading Internet evangelist. He accused Oprah of peddling the equivalent of "spiritual crack."

It always amazes me how so many will turn their backs on the good news of the bible to become attracted to this kind of rot. God Bless Mary

Answer by Fr. John Echert on 3/8/2008:
Thanks, Mary

Father Echert