That sound you hear? It is the Episcopal Church becoming more and more irrelevant. Their latest? The Bishop of Massachusetts, Thomas Shaw, is allowing priests to witness gay "marriages."
This part kills me:
“I’m absolutely thrilled,’’ said Fowler, who is the rector of St. John’s Church in Jamaica Plain. “Now when we say we’re an inclusive church, we truly, fully, sacramentally are.’’
Ugh.
Of course the Church's prayer books contain the language "man and woman" so Shaw suggests that priests refer to the internet for prayers and rites. Ahhh, that's one heck of a Church - getting its sacred rituals from the world wide web. So holy. So blessed.
Ugh again.
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Hope this helps your day from Mark Shea's Catholic & Enjoying It
"I talked to a friend of mine yesterday who left the Church because of the Abuse Scandal but who is now thinking of returning. He has been attending Another Leading Brand of Denomination and watching it circle the drain with its sundry embraces of abortion, gay sex and other contemporary trendinesses.
He said, "When I left the Catholic Church, I said, 'They're just paying lip service to the gospel!' Now I find myself thinking, 'At least they pay lip service to the gospel.'"
Not quite how I'd put it, but it does still capture an important truth (as well as crack me up). All the Church is promised is to preserve the gospel. It's up to us to live it and we are no great shakes at that."
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