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I hope you know I was just being sillly about your wife. I wanted to point out that her experience is contrary to anything I have ever read or heard about. Additionally,the Catholic Church has always had pretty accessible information with respect to the liturgy and the rubrics and extreme variances such as your wife reports would have come to someones attention for correction. Can you tell me what diocese your wife's church was in and also did she live in the town in which the diocese was located?

Nonetheless, I am sure there are ex-Catholics out there that say that, and worse. Actually,there are probably pew warmers who still consider themselves Catholic and would say the same thing.In fact,some of them pay so little attention they may not realize that the Mass is no longer in Latin because occasionally when they wake up at Church they may hear a Gloria or an Agnus Dei for 60 seconds. That is why I keep current on what the Pope says,know when my Bishop is listening to him and pay no attention to what the Bishop says unless he is in union with Rome which he is 70% of the time. Well, thats not really true since I correspond with him quite often on that 30% and with our Catholic paper as well as the pastor of my own church. I am sure they are all delighted to hear from me.(smiley face)

With respect to your last paragraph about talking to people about Jesus or the Bible after Mass. I am thinking that you are probably not correct because they have been hearing some interesting interpretations in homilies and catechism and I will say no more for fear of offending a whole new group of readers in addition to those I have already rubbed wrong.

I hope you know I was just being sillly about your wife.

Alright already, I believe you, please stop posting, uncle.:-)Lol

Why this was printed three times I will never know. Perhaps the good fairy of the cyberworld thought it of terrific import but if so the good fairy was wrong. Sorry!!!