[hispanichoosier]

We will have to accept that many who call themselves Catholic will leave the Church when the whole faith is preached including subjects eagerly avoided by too many Western clerics: no contraception, no sex outside of marriage, no gay civil unions or "marriages," no ordained women. In that sense, the Church, especially in the affluent West, will become even smaller, less wealthy, less imposing in terms of assets and institutional affiliations. But, at the same time, the Church is then freed to preach the whole truth, to be challenging, to be heroic: to be herself.

This passage should be inscribed in everyone's mind, heart, and church!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

This reminds me of why St. Francis of Asissi gave up all...so that he could totally be free to do what God wanted him to do. That's the thing. We need to not worry about big and elaborate, but about what God wants.