[sinkspur]

C'mon...I would think you would recognize what this bishop is up to here. He's trying to defame those that have the nerve to complain about liturgical experimentation.

That's not the way I read it.

There is a low percentage, but a percentage nonetheless, of nervous nellies in every parish, who write letters to the pastor and the bishop if there is one deviation from the wording of their St. Joseph Sunday Missal, English Edition. Things like "Pray, my brothers and sisters" send these liturgical zealots into paroxysms and frenzies.

These people will drive you nuts; they, after all, don't want to be only ones occupying that state of mind. Our chancery simply puts their missives in the round file.

[ninenot]

C'mon, Sink.

Give us a NUMBER--you know, what PERCENT of the Diocese actually writes these letters?

A decent dinner wager is less than 2.5%. In fact, I'd be willing to go all the way down to 1%, max.

I'll trust you.