So-—it has all boiled down to this—the naming of names.
This is the criteria by which we are to present ourselves to the Lord?
Why is it that I’m not surprised?
Dear Lord—how do You put up with this ?
BTW-—there is a St. Ferdinard. That he was of Castilian royalty did not prevent him from leading a saintly life, in much the way St. Louis was a saintly man. So—we have the city of St. Louis and also of San Fernando.
I rejoice in these saints who will rise up to greet us and escort us into the Throne room of God.
That still does NOT deal with the issue of
priorities
distilled priorities out of thousands of individual choices over a vast range of RC’s in Los Angeles County.
PRIORITIES MATTER
to us and to God.
Like Jaded in the post following yours, I’m rolling my eyes.
Anything they can use is fair game, it doesn’t matter if it makes any sense or not.
I will say one thing about Catholicism, there is reasoning involved, it isn’t all one big happy dance with good music and good preaching. It isn’t all about me, me, me and whether I enjoy my attendance at Mass or even about my own salvation, although that is a huge part of it. It is all about Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It is all about knowing and loving God, first and foremost. Hallelujah!
What about Ferdinand the Bull (by Munro Leaf)? I KNOW it’s Catholic because I have the text in Latin, so there!