One parishioner, who asked to remain anonymous due to fear of retaliation, told OSV News that Simeon-Aguinam said in a homily during a weekday Mass in Lent, "God comes first. You cannot be both an Apache and a Catholic. You have to choose. You cannot be both. ... You have to leave those ways and that way of life behind ... you have to choose."
and from the AP article on this:
Larry Gosselin, a Franciscan who served St. Joseph from 1984 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2003, said he sought the approval of 15 Mescalero leaders before Lentz began the painting that took three months to complete.
"He poured all of himself into that painting," said Gosselin, explaining that Lentz sprinkled gold dust on himself and skipped showering, using his body oils to adhere the gold to the canvas. Then he gave the painting to the humble church.
Albert Braun, the priest who helped construct the church building in the 1920s, respected Mescalero Apache traditions in his ministry and was so beloved that he is buried inside the church, near the altar.
Inculturation chads stay winning 
Especially in the wake of the blood libel thrown at the Church for its involvement in Canada (which I don't expect average laypeople to be aware was a lie) that homily quote is 
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In the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth they have a display of various different Madonna and Childs, my favorite was lil baby Jesus wearing bunny slippers. Hard to see in the pic though.
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Sir this is a Catholic Church
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I know, I'm a satanist. Don't misgender pls.
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These people, have just been crying for just too long. Too long they've been crying. And I decided that, ya know, I needed to teach them all a valuable life fricking lesson on crying. And if you cry too much, then this is what happens. Okay? You're going to cry too much and I'm fricking psychopath and yes I will fricking get 9 accounts and PvP the frick out of everyone on the server. So, you know Kenw wronged me. Kenw stole my Scarab Lord mount from me. Ort stole my Atiesh from me. So all these people wronged me. Manb from GIRTHFURY wronged me. All of GIRTHFURY wronged me. And, this is just me giving back to the community after I have been wronged by so many people. Now I have to PvP them.
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