Yikes! It's been weeks since I've posted. The family is in our new home, along with the stepdaughters' menagerie (two dogs, two cats, three fire-belly toads, one tree frog, and a paralyzed beta, as well as one visiting rubber boa). The new house needs some work, but it's nice to be a homeowner again.
I mentioned a story that was floating around St. Blogs a few weeks ago about a local priest who wrote a reader's editorial in the local paper favoring gay marriage. As I mentioned I would, I wrote a letter to the bishop noting my concerns about this event and a number of other problems in the local parishes.
I finally got a response today. One of my requests for ways to address the problem of liturgical abuse was to grant "the indult" to a local parish. (I provided a number of suggestions, as it doesn't do well to gripe and not offer any solutions.)
He recommended that I try St. George's Parish in Post Falls if I'd like to attend a Latin Mass.
Let's see... Post Falls. Here are the driving instructions.
A mere 750 miles away. We'll pack up the kids at 2:00 AM and head out. No need to worry about breaking our fast if we don't stop.
Or maybe he's trying to tell me something?
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Wow - yeah, I think, perhaps, there is a hidden message in that suggestion.
As it turns out, his note may have been terse for other reasons:
- The possibility of a universal indult would make his permission unnecessary. He probably didn't see a need to delve too far into this area.
- He was displeased (not with me) about some of the other matters I mentioned.
He put an article in the Idaho Catholic Register that made his position crystal clear:
"To sum up, the Church has been and is very clear about its definition of marriage. The Catholic Church in these United States sees that the nature and purpose of marriage established by God can only be the union of a man and a woman and must remain such in our civil laws."
He then called upon us to form our consciences based on Sacred Scripture and Tradition.
All I can say is, "GO, BISHOP DRISCOLL!"
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