Time to Abolish Clerical Celibacy

Let me assure you: if half the parishes closed, the bishops would struggle with the other half, as most of the money would dry up.

Anyone who would stop giving money to the Church because they weren't happy with their access to the Sacraments would be demonstrating a fundamental misunderstanding of what the Church is- and what our role is in it.

We are called to make sacrifices towards the Church not on account of any performance ratings we give it. The Church is not a business. We are required to give, whether monetarily or otherwise, because we believe it is the Church that Christ founded. Our obligation is not those who have authority in the Church and their actions- our obligation is to God.

I don't know how feasible 3 different Masses would be on a Sunday - in my Parish we have a shortage of Priests and also the Church has been so modified that a Latin Mass would be at odds with the surroundings. Sad. Then you have the problem of just how many Priests know the Latin.

In my Church, the Eucharist is kept on the left side of the alter, their are no kneelers at the alter, we have altergirls and boys wearing sloppy sneakers at Mass and a kindly but liberal type Priest in charge.

Maybe if the Cardinal in charge of the Diocese OK'd more Tridentine Masses in some of the older churches - that might work. Where I live (in Massachusetts) I had to drive about 50 miles for the closest Latin Mass. Not something that is possible each week. I believe there are only 3 Tridentine Masses in Massachusetts - kind of stupid since we have such a huge Catholic population.

I did love the Tridentine Mass and I think next Sunday when I go to Mass at my regular Church I am going to feel like I am in a Protestant church... From what I understand, Vatican II did not mandate most of the changes that we see today in our Churches - a lot of the more liberal elements in our Churches sort of "seized the day." Time to regroup and realize that modernizing and liberalizing are two different things.

I do think that it is so sad when I see Catholics fighting with each other (like in this post)- I learn lots, but I can't help but think of the sadness it must cause our Father in Heaven when he hears his children rail against their Mother, the Church.

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