…do read those on the Spooky post below. Highlights:

Fr. Mike:

As soon as these clerical slapheads turned away from the altar, they saw all these eyes upon themselves, and drew the obvious conclusion: it’s all about me.

Henry:

…in a parish where abominations like that can be practiced, who could hope to be well catechized? If their spiritual hunger awakes and they read the Holy Scriptures, if they realize that Jesus is truly Lord and Savior and desire to turn to Him, then this spectacle will serve to convince them that the Catholic Church has nothing to offer, and they will turn to the Evangelical church down the street. Here they will find a clear, if not a full, presentation of the Gospel, and if they are missing out on the sacraments, they will not realize what they are missing because they never learned about them in the first place.

Brandon:

We attended a parish [in Chicago]…during the course of the homily it was clear that the pastor had a pet obsession with recalling "the bad old days" of endless rules and regulations and hierarchy. The Mass was reflective…we skipped the creed, he stopped during the Our Father because enough of us weren’t holding hands, words were changed willy-nilly, the entire church was forced to join an exit procession "led by a piper" instead of being allowed to remain and pray…

His point being…the "bad old days" of rules…but here, I’ll give you some new rules, instead!

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