but what I love is the constant bashing of what women do or don't do....
men used to fill the ranks of ushers,Knights of Columbus, the choir, etc...
men used to wear suits and ties to church...
men used to actually go to church...
but no, the important thing is women not wearing a hat....*sigh*
Although I detest man bashing, is a lot of it the fault of women?
I wish, too, that there were more men lectors, greeters, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion.
Woemn are really not supposed to be in the altar area.
I also do not like girls serving Mass.
I think a lot of liberal stuff slid through when Vatican II went through.
Watch as Pope Benedict cleans things up. Already Communion on the tongue is a norm in a couple of dioceses. Some churches have put the Communion rail back in too.
God bless.
No, no one is saying that the really important thing is whether or not women wear hats and veils. This thread is a reaction to a rather nostalgic and admittedly unserious article Msr Pope wrote, in which he seems to pine for some of the cherished memories of his youth. It seems to hit a nerve with some people because the hat is a symbol of a bygone era in which certain standards, traditions, and duties were respected. There are many Catholics, many Protestants, and many other Freepers who are decidedly unhappy about the way tradition was swept away by liberalism during the sixties and seventies, and as part of an effort to prevent this process from going forward, or at least to slow it, we try to preserve tradition.
OK, everybody, you’ve had your effect on me. Tomorrow morning I’m wearing a pretty piece of lace veiling as a mantilla. It’s been sitting in my drawer since my mother gave it to me for some unknown purpose 30 years ago, and I might as well use it to show my solidarity with church tradition. So there. :-)