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If no meat on Fridays "returns" it will only serve to further the legion of poorly or no catechetized Vatican 2 Catholics. These ones know nothing of their faith nor do they appear to care at all based on their recent voting record.
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As I think more about this initiative by the US Bishops I think it's pretty much re arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
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Comments:
If no meat on Fridays "returns" it will only serve to further the legion of poorly or no catechetized Vatican 2 Catholics. These ones know nothing of their faith nor do they appear to care at all based on their recent voting record.
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As I think more about this initiative by the US Bishops I think it's pretty much re arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
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As a post Vatican 2 Catholic born in 1972, can anyone tell me what motivated Church fathers to undertake this disaster in 1962?
The more I research the catastrophic declines in vocations, mass attendance, donations, etc. the more I'm convinced V2 will be judged by history as gigantic mistake.
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But seriously....THIS is what the Church leaders are concerning themselves with? Obama is marginalizing them, stripping away their rights, the flock is wandering astray, babies continue to be slaughtered at a horrifying rate....and they’re obsessing over the Friday dinner menu?
I think the problem is pretty clear here.
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Growing up in then-Catholic Spain, I was taught that we were exempted from meatless Fridays (except during Lent) because of whatever contribution Spain made to some Crusade or another.
It didn’t seem fair, but given that I hate fish, I never argued. I was in my early teens when I went to spend the Holy Week at my grandfather’s farm. I don’t remember if I was old enough to fast, but I do remember my grandmother proudly serving me a platter of my favorite seafood.
I was shocked! I mean, that might have followed the letter of the law, but even a young girl like me could see that it didn’t go any farther. Not knowing what to do I ran from the house, got on my horse and disappeared until way after dark, when the cold brought me back to the house. I can see now how I hurt my grandmother’s feelings, and scared her half to death... I think that abstinence from meat is pointless UNLESS the people are educated about the reason behind doing it.