Monday, March 19, 2007
Laetare
Diogenes at Off the Record
That is, they either see no reason to pay any spiritual attention at all, or, if they do, see no reason to pay spiritual attention to anything particular to their parish. Many of us older folks have gone one or the other of these two ways, as well. ¶ 3/19/2007 07:29:00 AM
Younger Catholics, I find, either accept the world-view of the 1970s liberals (in which case they drop the institutional-religion-thing altogether) or else they reject the programmatic cynicism and -- by employing a severe ex opere operato theology -- make use of "massing priests" to confect the sacraments (for lack of an alternative) while directing their spiritual attention elsewhere.
That is, they either see no reason to pay any spiritual attention at all, or, if they do, see no reason to pay spiritual attention to anything particular to their parish. Many of us older folks have gone one or the other of these two ways, as well. ¶ 3/19/2007 07:29:00 AM
