[miss marmelstein]

Thank you for your kind words, but when I go back, I go back as a total Papist, lol! It's the most beautiful, the most intellectual of the Christian faiths. It is very much an aesthetic with me, as well as a faith.

[mdmathis6]

Christ says he’ll leave “90 and 9 to search for his one lost sheep”...you’ll be in his fold, no matter what temporary ‘pen’ you end up in!

[crosshairs]

It's the most beautiful, the most intellectual of the Christian faiths.

And all of the pagan practices are appealing to the senses. Candles, incense, holy water, gregorian chants, statues everywhere, stained glass windows. Very convincing, until you open the bible and read it and discover there are bookloads of things that Catholic Church does that the bible warns against.

[MarkBsnr]

Thank you for your kind words, but when I go back, I go back as a total Papist, lol! It's the most beautiful, the most intellectual of the Christian faiths. It is very much an aesthetic with me, as well as a faith.

I have been blessed with orthodox and wonderful bishops in the past and have been saddled with a bishop sent in about 5 years ago that I have publicly put down in a Catholic television coverage and continued to do so in public and in diocesan meetings.

My parish priest and deacon pounded my back and shook my hand and continue to do so to this day. The deacon's wife introduced me to her mother as 'the Conservative of the parish'.

Do you have an orthodox bishop and parish priest that you can turn to? Most of the young Latins are way more orthodox than the ones from the hippie generation.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-—I go back as a total Papist, lol! It’s the most beautiful, the most intellectual of the Christian faiths. It is very much an aesthetic with me, as well as a faith.-—

We need you back to help fight off the banner and balloon people!

I sympathize with you. But I’ve learned some things by sticking with our local parish. At our parish, the leading banner and balloon lady is also our hardest working parishioner. I imagine her aesthetic sense was shaped in the sixties. And our feminist, former-nun, DRE (sounds like a nightmare, right?) is dedicated, soft-hearted, and an adoptive mother.

So... I’m not sure what my point is, but there is something to be said for living in community. It rounds our edges. I’ve learned a lot. And had I sat out the last 15 years, I would have missed some unforgettable moments. I love my parish. Ok, I said it ;-)