[Alkhin]

Youve no idea how rare that is for the RCC in my area. Even my parents have taken to using the "updated" forms of worship and going along with the modernization of the church. Was at a wedding this past weekend, and during the mass, the priest had everyone raise their hand and perform a general blessing on the couple. It did not sit well with me, because it went against my beliefs that the congregation is not a democracy. Maybe I took this little ceremony the wrong way, but it certainly didnt feel right to me to be doing the priest's job for him.

oh well...

[AnAmericanMother]

You know, since you're in Texas you may be near an Anglican Use Rite church . . . best of both worlds.

We are about as orthodox a parish as you'll find anywhere outside rural Poland < g >. Our rector is an old fashioned cast-iron Irish dreadnought, complete with bullet head, ruddy complexion, and a taste for good cigars and whisky . . .