Just buy it! You can pick up a used copy for only $7 on Amazon.com. This is one book you will read over and over again.
Do either of you remember the episode where she ripped into Cardinal Mahony over a pastoral letter he distributed to catholics in his diocese? Mother rightly denounced Mahony's "pastoral letter" on the Holy Eucharist as a Modernist obfuscation of the true doctrine of the Mass. Under pressure from Mahony's friends in the Vatican apparatus, Mother made an on-the-air apology; but the "apology" was even more defiant than the original commentary. For nearly an hour Mother "served up a point-by-point critique of the pastoral letter". An infuriated Mahony filed a canonical complaint in Rome. Arroyo quotes one elderly curial Cardinal as admitting that "Mother Angelica has the guts to tell him [Mahony] what we do not." Mahony's canonical complaint ultimately went nowhere, but he had already begun to agitate the Vatican apparatus to take action against Mother. Among the agreements reached, it was eventually agreed to never again publicly televise that particular episode.
——Do either of you remember the episode where she ripped into Cardinal Mahony over a pastoral letter he distributed to catholics in his diocese?——
Oh Yeeeeaaaah. That was sweet.
I read her biography and gave it to a friend. I’ll have to buy more as gifts. Her life story is simply incredible. I won’t spoil it with any give-always. Just get it, people!
My favorite TV moment was when a woman called in to discuss two sisters who were fighting over an estate.
Caller: “I have two relatives who are fighting over an estate.”
Mother: “Oh yeah? What are they fighting over?”
C (embarrassed): “You won’t believe it...”
M: “Try me.”
C (giggling): A toilet.
M: A what?!
C. A toilet (audience laughter)
M. Are you kidding?
C. No. Well, it’s not a regular toilet
M. (Mother rolls her eyes) Oh yeah? (Sarcastically) It’s not a regular toilet?
C. No, it’s inlaid.
M. It’s inlaid! (Audience laughter) Oh,... I see..
C. What should I do?
M. Well sweetie. I’ll tell ya. (expression turns serious. Audience quiets)
This is what I would tell them. I would tell them to take turns sticking their heads in it! (Audience roars).
I miss her. She was one of a kind.