tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post5802091563269218415..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR MOTHERFr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-90750897166314141032011-01-17T04:29:20.308-08:002011-01-17T04:29:20.308-08:00Not only are the safeguards gone, there seems to b...Not only are the safeguards gone, there seems to be a non-stop campaign to do the opposite of what is true & good. <br /><br />I long for a "Catholic Ghetto" and not of the Kennedy variety. For 40years we've been trying to lure the Protestants over by being more like them and all we've done is become them. Fish on Friday? Don't worry about! Confession? Once a year is OK. Fasting & penance? So midieval! Besides, I have to diet & go to the gym. Most of the Catholics I run into in the course of life are Cafeteria Catholics which is nothing more than Protestantism.<br /><br />Father V you are right that "It takes the development of all the gifts of your confirmation – working them out as you do your muscles, to be Christian" but a Church that requires (not just "suggests") so little from its members will soon not have what it takes to take on the powers of darkness. (Yes, Cafe Catholics Satan does exist!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-68519469827988464682011-01-13T09:01:09.583-08:002011-01-13T09:01:09.583-08:00This is surely the first time--and probably last--...This is surely the first time--and probably last--that I have seen Barberton compared to the Kennedy compound.<br /><br />In some ways, living in an environment hostile to Christianity, and to Catholicism in particular, can make one's faith stronger and more precious.Matt Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781640827369575153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-70130412374457268302011-01-13T08:37:51.604-08:002011-01-13T08:37:51.604-08:00You grew up okay, Father. It's different now....You grew up okay, Father. It's different now. We have seventeen grandchildren . . . and they are growing up in a different way . . . and they are not bad kids . . . it's just different. I have to get used to it.<br /><br />r m krausAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com