Comments on: A strange hunger

By: Clara

Clara — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:19:08 +0000

Thanks to all for the comments. The thing that Discipulus said about Italian businesses reminded me of Mexico, where signs of devotion to Our Lady are ubiquitous and obviously second-nature to them. We were charmed to see the tiny shrines that people would set up by the roadside near their houses — just in case, I suppose, anyone wanted to stop and pay their respects to the Blessed Mother on their way to work. Lovely.

By: JPG

JPG — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:22:17 +0000

Clara,
You are touching on a number of issues. A local priest who celebrated the TLM recently passed away, Fr Kevin Fitzpatrick. He said the TLM for the late William F Buckley as a private Mass. Fr Fitzpatrick wrote a moving piece in the Bridgeport diocesan newspaper upon Mr Buckley’s death. I can only paraphrase but it said for Mr Buckley as for Lenny Bruce the Church was one , holy Catholic and Roman. The point being on almost every level even those to whom members of our Church may have some offense committed in the past, all seem to react with a mixture of attraction and repulsion to the Church. I would argue it points to Her divine origins and ability to rouse the enemy’s ire by her mere presence. At some level all realize her claims. Whether they in acknowledge Her in the end is another matter. I would argue grace flows from every aspect of her being most especially her sacraments but every aspect of her being. It again provokes the enemy to rebellion yet calls all those who are made in the image and likeness of her Divene Lord to her.
O that they would avail themselves of those graces!
JPG

By: Luke J.

Luke J. — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:36:13 +0000

Great post, Clara and fine suggestions. This is what my argument about the spirit of Vatican II always come down to – a losing of the Catholic identity of the Holy and Sacred in our lives.

By: Discipulus

Discipulus — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:21:33 +0000

Good suggestions and observations about the sacred, Clara. Have you ever seen pictures and statues of patron saints in stores? Next time you go into an Italian neighborhood look for them in the bakery, butcher shop, and corner grocery store. Sometimes you’ll even see a small shrine to the Madonna with a candle. The owners think nothing of it; it just comes natural. They live their faith.