CNN did an excellent little story on Joe Alonso, head stone mason at Washington National Cathedral. Have a look. Then take a look at what Jay Leno did with it.
The Cafe has not followed the “how many Anglicans will become Catholics now that the pope will let them keep their own liturgy” story as closely as some religion blogs because we think the answer is “not very many” and that the story is overhyped.
I was recently in America. It’s a country I love but it was depressing. All the energy for legislating on climate change has drained away. Those once leading the debate are now silent, the deniers have turned up the volume. The Administration has stalled on this vital subject.
How do priests end up where they end up? How well is the deployment process working? How could it be improved? And, as a favor to this former Roman Catholic, can someone discuss the pros and cons of relying as heavily as we do on interim rectors, priests-in-charge, etc.?
Says Fr. Mason: “Many bishops, seminary faculty and priests…suffer under this vice and are therefore unwilling or unable to recognize it as a vice and address it…. Does the seminary deal with a seminarian that sways when he walks, who has limp wrists, who acts like a drama queen or who lisps? It must.”
The truth of things hath revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith,
an icon of meekness, and a teacher of temperance;
for this cause, thou hast achieved the heights by humility,
riches by poverty.