A 8th Sunday after Pentecost Thought About The Value of Traditional Ways of Expressing Our Faith
While we generally avoid the many controversies that fly at us Catholics these days, we couldn't help but take note of the recent consecration of bishops by the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) on July 1st. We won't get into all that here, but it did spark some thoughts about the value of traditional ways of expressing our faith. Traditional ways of expressing our faith can penetrate our soul in surprising ways. Not saying that anything written or spoken since Vatican II isn't worth reading or listening to. But to the extent that such words reflect the spirit that enriched our tradition for centuries, they do seem more, well, worth reading or listening to. Fact is, there's a lot of flab, fluff, even heresy, in far too much of what is fed to us by a whole list of sources. We might cite the modernist faux Catholic media. These sources, even if they are sincere, are best left untouched. At least that's the opinion of your humble servant. And so developing good, solid Ca...