[LaBelleDameSansMerci]

"What about women? Should we keep them in the closet?"

Not necessarily. Only if they're excessively ugly and stupid--which unfortunately describes many of the most visible "churchwomen" today.

Women like my great-grandmother, grandmothers, great aunts, aunts and mom--all of whom I have seen in action--were smart, tough, good-looking and loved the Church.

Unfortunately they're all dead.

[ward_of_the_state]

Hee, hee! I have do have to admit, LaBelle, I like your style! It's time that we stop holding supermodels up as the standard of beauty and turn to women such as The Blessed Virgin Mother and Mother Teresa as our role models. Now, those are beautiful women!

[Judith Anne]

My heart goes out to you...Fortunately, my tiny rural parish has my husband playing the musical liturgy, and he is a classicly trained keyboard musician, who loves the best that music has to offer...we also attend mass occasionally at a nearby Trappist monastery, where Gregorian chant is alive

My dear, I know how you feel...