While the Shroud is obviously not necessary for faith, it occurs to me that Jesus left it as evidence, in preparation for a time when the OTHER evidence for his existence and his identity would be largely in eclipse.
Don’t we live in such a time? Certainly miracles are few and far between. The Mass, whose sheer beauty and heavenly order has constituted evidence of the truth of the gospels for millions of people, was destroyed (insofar as its beauty is concerned) 45 years ago. The intellectual clarity, the iron logic, of Catholic statements of the Faith, are gone. What we have instead is the ravings of a stupid, dishonest old man—who is a sock puppet of the international totalitarians.
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Don’t we live in such a time? Certainly miracles are few and far between. The Mass, whose sheer beauty and heavenly order has constituted evidence of the truth of the gospels for millions of people, was destroyed (insofar as its beauty is concerned) 45 years ago. The intellectual clarity, the iron logic, of Catholic statements of the Faith, are gone. What we have instead is the ravings of a stupid, dishonest old man—who is a sock puppet of the international totalitarians.
Our time is no better or worse than any other time. We are, as Americans, healthier, better fed, housed and clothed, safer and free to practice our faith.
And to WHICH stupid, dishonest old man are you referring? There are SO many of them, even on this site.
And, there are as many stupid, dishonest old women to match them...even on this site.
So, are YOU so smart and honest? Every one has a lacuna in his life. Even you.