http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/02/what-american-roman-catholics-can-learn-from-anglicans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-american-roman-catholics-can-learn-from-anglicans Catholic Faith and Anglican Patrimony Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:32:52 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/02/what-american-roman-catholics-can-learn-from-anglicans/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 F. Gauna Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:31:22 +0000 http://www.theanglocatholic.com/?p=3272#comment-2437 Applause! My Protestant wife is not unimpressed by Catholic theology, nor its theoretical pattern of worship. She is profoundly unimpressed, however, at the carelessness of our actual worship, the lack of reverence for God, the lack of apparent faith in what is being read or adored, the great lack of biblical or theological knowledge amongst our lay folk, and the tight insularity of our local (and typical) Catholic parish. We Catholics are blessed at the very core of our religion! And yet we seem to be cursed with the utter inability to evangelize, to worship with faith or in beauty, or to even wear the gentle smile of Christ in anything involving religion. Didn't Chesterton say something like, "the most persuasive argument against Catholicism is Catholics?" Please, for the love of God, let us make a liar of him in the future - Lord knows he is spot on right now. Applause! My Protestant wife is not unimpressed by Catholic theology, nor its theoretical pattern of worship. She is profoundly unimpressed, however, at the carelessness of our actual worship, the lack of reverence for God, the lack of apparent faith in what is being read or adored, the great lack of biblical or theological knowledge amongst our lay folk, and the tight insularity of our local (and typical) Catholic parish. We Catholics are blessed at the very core of our religion! And yet we seem to be cursed with the utter inability to evangelize, to worship with faith or in beauty, or to even wear the gentle smile of Christ in anything involving religion. Didn't Chesterton say something like, "the most persuasive argument against Catholicism is Catholics?" Please, for the love of God, let us make a liar of him in the future – Lord knows he is spot on right now.

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