Day: February 25, 2010

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Two Kinds of Catholics. Or, Three.

Traditional Catholics believe in structure and form. The Pre-Vatican II liturgies, Councils, and beliefs are of vital importance to them. They are outraged at the “watering down” of Catholic beliefs. Modern Catholics say they are more concerned with faith. “The ‘old’ Church simply doesn’t meet the needs of the people. To be truly saved, one […]
Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Inches and Feet, Millimeters and Centimeters, and The Discreet Directorate

In the last couple of years, it appears that a discreet directive has gone out to use the Metric System instead of what we all grew up using. We are used to inches, feet, yards, acres, and Fahrenheit temperatures. Instead of what we can easily visualize and deal with, we are now bombarded with once […]