Everyone has to stand firm on this, with every member of their church and every member of their family. If we had a molecule of love in our hearts, we would fight the moral corruption with all our strength.
“A generalization: the kids -— Methodist, Catholic, Evangelical, whatever -—are, for the most part, not well catechized. The adult generation is more to blame for this than they are.”
Well, in an attempt to avoid that “for the most part” generalization, we are going to have a go at attending a small but very friendly Russian Orthodox parish(?) here on alternate weekends when Latin Mass is not available. No Communion and no conversion, of course, but otherwise they seem very welcoming.** I have explained to the grandkids that our participation is not prohibited by the Catholic Church, and these two branches of Christianity did not split mainly* over theological differences. Comments?
* Yes, I know one can consult Wikipedia or other source and find a list of theological “differences”. But upon reading these my I find few if any that are salient to me and certainly not likely to endanger our Catholic faith or beliefs.
** I realize we as Catholics might not be welcomed to the same degree were the parish to be located in the Russian homeland.
LCMS kids are catechized for 3 years, have to memorize Luther’s small catechism and have to appear before the congregation to answer questions about what they have learned. Not all churches do a poor job of educating their young adults.
“the kids -— Methodist, Catholic, Evangelical, whatever -—are, for the most part, not well catechized. The adult generation is more to blame for this than they are.”
Exactly. In this case we see a bunch of middle school kids standing up for unmentionable perversion.
This reminds me of when you see some 1st grader write the president about global warming or something. You know it’s an adult using small human shields.