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I agree that faith without charity is worthless, but here we're often the victims of old english translations. The word most often translated "charity" is agape, which means a pure love such as Christ showed the Church, not the giving of alms to the poor. And indeed, Christ said that the two laws on which all the Torah and the prophets (and by extension, the whole of the NT) hung were to love God above all else and to love your neighbor as yourself (Mt. 22:36-40). Paul's great dissertation on love is in 1 Cor. 13.

I couldn't be more in agreement with you. And you are absolutely right about Paul's 'great dissertation.' It never grows old, it never loses it's appeal, it never loses the power to make me weep.

I think Christ would say, "Bring the little girl to Me, and forbid her not."

As a Catholic, I understand the argument that the side that opposes your viewpoint brings to bear here, but I can't help but hearken back to the distinction Christ himself made about the 'letter of the law' and its Spirit.

Also, I find it curious that the Church, of all the obstacles it currently faces, would pick this to apparently take such a vehement stand on.

After I read this piece, I couldn't help but remember a quote I read sometime ago:
"those who are foolish in serious things, will be serious in foolish things."

Also, I find it curious that the Church, of all the obstacles it currently faces, would pick this to apparently take such a vehement stand on.

I agree wholeheartedly. It's straining out a gnat while swallowing the camel of giving pro-abort politicians the Eucharist. Why should Kerry enjoy the Host when this child cannot?

After I read this piece, I couldn't help but remember a quote I read sometime ago:
"those who are foolish in serious things, will be serious in foolish things."

lol I like that! Mind if I steal it for my tagline? Mine's about due for a change.