[BlackElk]

Thank you. I was guessing as to your affiliation but that makes it clear. There is often so little understanding across religious divides. I am an old fashioned Catholic who attends only old Latin (Tridentine) Masses) and so I am somewhat analogous to Orthodox Jews in practice as a Catholic.

We all need to pull together before a new Iron Curtain rings down on us all.

May you and yours be blessed!

[Yaelle]

Thank you! While I have differences theologically, when I studied in France I used to get up early on Sunday mornings and go into the cathedral, one wall of which was even from the 11th century. The organ, the incense, the Latin.... It was so beautiful I came close to converting! :) I love Catholicism because it seems to take note, as Judaism does, of how earthy we people are and how we really do need our senses, our bodies, our ACTIONS, to play a part in how we worship. The words. The candles. Ect. And Catholicism in that traditional setting overwhelms the senses with love for Gd. Gd bless you too.