A “Saturday Night Live” skit told the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and featured a Bible verse, leaving one former cast member to wonder if this is the first time the popular comedy show has shared the “Gospel” message.
A 4-minute skit titled “Church on Vacation” features\d a family of four Catholics from Ohio — two parents and two children — attending mass while on vacation in Jamaica.
As of early this week, the skit amassed more than 1.7 million views on YouTube.
In the skit, the children are less than enthusiastic about attending the 6:30 a.m. mass during their vacation.
One child asks his father, “Did you have to drag us to church while we’re on vacation? Can’t we skip one Sunday?”
The father responds, “Hey, we’re Catholics, OK? I don’t care where we are on Sundays; we go to church.”
During the service, the priest’s assistant, sang “Him not there” as the clergyman asked, “Where Him go?” The assistant responded, “Up in Heaven,” as the priest said, “that I know.”
After the song concluded, the father turned to his children and cited the musical performance as evidence that “church is church” no matter where in the world they are.
Using a Jamaican accent the dad said, “Father is right, Jesus was on the cross, died for our sins and three days later he’s gone, up into Heaven.”
The priest invited the mother to the stage and urged her to share her favorite Bible verse. She identified 1 Corinthians 13 “Love be patient. Love be kind,” the priest’s assistant reads aloud.