Particularly interesting is the kneeler 'thingy.' I recently asked a seminary professor here why it is a tradition (custom) that has been preserved for children to kneel when receiving simple gifts as well as for the young to greet their superiors and yet Churches no longer have kneelers and the practice of kneeling is even discouraged. Aren't we watering down the faith of the children who kneel to receive scholastic materials but receive Christ Himself in the Eucharist standing? You will be shocked at his answer: "Oh, no, children can make distinction between the two..."
On spiritual reading: I couldn't agree more. It is the guardrail of life. Recently picked up the Sermons of St John Marie Vianney for the Sundays and Feasts of the Year. Compared to the Church of All You need is Love, all you will hear hear in this is truth, frankness, a distinct lack of quibbles, and nothing but brutal medicine to avoid damnation and win heaven.
Dancing always seemed to be an answer to human needs in Jane Austen's novels. And Alasdair MacIntyre cited her as a moral thinker in "After Virtue," so that settles it for me. Along those same lines, one of the best modern film makers, Whit Stillman, follows Austen's lead in all his movies and features dancing. So there, critics of (good, not immoral) dancing.
Particularly interesting is the kneeler 'thingy.' I recently asked a seminary professor here why it is a tradition (custom) that has been preserved for children to kneel when receiving simple gifts as well as for the young to greet their superiors and yet Churches no longer have kneelers and the practice of kneeling is even discouraged. Aren't we watering down the faith of the children who kneel to receive scholastic materials but receive Christ Himself in the Eucharist standing? You will be shocked at his answer: "Oh, no, children can make distinction between the two..."
Thanks Dr. K for the WR.
On spiritual reading: I couldn't agree more. It is the guardrail of life. Recently picked up the Sermons of St John Marie Vianney for the Sundays and Feasts of the Year. Compared to the Church of All You need is Love, all you will hear hear in this is truth, frankness, a distinct lack of quibbles, and nothing but brutal medicine to avoid damnation and win heaven.
Dancing always seemed to be an answer to human needs in Jane Austen's novels. And Alasdair MacIntyre cited her as a moral thinker in "After Virtue," so that settles it for me. Along those same lines, one of the best modern film makers, Whit Stillman, follows Austen's lead in all his movies and features dancing. So there, critics of (good, not immoral) dancing.