[NYer]

"I am a Catholic – without sadness, without shame, and without any of that silly “Catholic guilt” I hear about.

Amen!!! Thank you, glorygirl for posting this response. I had never read Lux Mundi before. It is absolutely beautiful.

Several of us have already been down this road with ultima, in the past. IMHO, it must be a painful and devastating feeling to say "NO" to Christ, after having been called to serve. We are all now painfully aware of the perversion that was taking place in the catholic seminaries, during the '80's. While I am not familiar with ultima's present situation, if the call is still there, there should no longer be anything to impede him from responding. From what I hear, many men are signing up, later in life.

May I add you to my ping list?

[Siobhan]

Everyone has a horror story or two about their experiences in the Church. I just can't muster up the energy to feel ultimate ratio's pain -- although it is easy enough to pity his/Bud's separation from the true Church and the true Vicar of Christ, Pope John Paul II.