Well, me too, actually. The 'piskies lost me with women priests, and I was unchurched for many years. My cradle Catholic spouse came through the RC church during the height of "bad catechesis" and started buying books to learn more about "the REAL Catholic Church". My reading addiction (worse than heroin) is such that I ended up reading everything she brought home, and decided that the other bank of the Tiber was where the truth was, and where I had to be.
"I was delighted to see Benedict’s outreach to the Anglicans."
The Anglican Ordinariate has much to offer the English-speaking RC church. The "Book of Common Prayer" and the King James Bible have some of the most beautiful English language material ever written. The modern RC version of the 23rd psalm is garbage by comparison, as just one example. ".....verdant pastures...." blyech!
You are fortunate to have a cradle catholic spouse. I am very envious. Peace + blessings to you!
===== The “Book of Common Prayer” and the King James Bible have some of the most beautiful English language material ever written. The modern RC version of the 23rd psalm is garbage by comparison, as just one example. “.....verdant pastures....” blyech!
It’s an odd choice for a Catholic First Communion gift, perhaps, but I have my great grandfather’s Book of Common Prayer, still bound in a canvas cover which he carried with him throughout WWII in the Pacific and have been holding it for my nephew’s first communion since his dad, like my great-grandfather, was a convert to Catholicism.
Could you please explain the Ordinariate to me?