“A sacrament is a visible sign, instituted by Christ, to give grace.” That’s the technically correct, yet ultimately unsatisfying definition inflicted on untold numbers of Roman Catholic children who prepared for Confirmation by committing to memory the contents of the hoary Baltimore Catechism. The predictable result was generations of RC children who could dutifully recite…
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Black and White
Like running into a long-absent friend, listening to music that’s fallen off your radar can be both a pleasure and a revelation. I recently reacquainted myself with Leslie Phillips’ 1985 release, Black and White in a Grey World (thanks, Spotify!) and I was pleasantly surprised by what I found. Some of the arrangements which seemed…
The Wrong Rite Think of it as Making the Roman Catholic Church Great Again
Editor’s Note: Please forgive the print version of this article. It was damaged in the upload and did not appear as it should. Below is the corrected version. The tactics and goals of Traditional Catholics would easily understood and appreciated by the MAGA cap-wearing Trump fans who are the president’s most ardent supporters. Like their…
Faith or Bigotry?
Editors Note: This story was written and submitted before the US Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case mentioned. The ruling was handed down on June 4, 2018. Evangelicals awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission are in an unusual position: they’re looking to a secular court to…
Making Bishops
A recent article on ordination penned by the Very Rev. Lady Shelia Sherwood, OPoc did an excellent job of describing the sacrament and explaining why it couldn’t be accomplished from a distance. I could have written the answer to the rhetorical question posed by the headline more substantially, however. The terse response would be, “No.”…