Comments on: Virgin Mary Weeps http://youngadultcatholics-blog.com/2009/10/05/virgin-mary-weeps/ YoungAdultCatholics - a blog of CTA 20/30 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Phillip Clark http://youngadultcatholics-blog.com/2009/10/05/virgin-mary-weeps/#comment-1406 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:31:00 +0000 http://youngadultcatholics-blog.com/?p=1422#comment-1406 I know exactly what you mean Theodora! Just because we have forward thinking interpretations of the Faith doesn’t mean that we just discard all of the Church’s traditions and rituals just because they might be “obstacles” to having a real relationsihp with God. In fact, I think things like Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary, veneration of the Saints, etc, enhance our Faith, as the Church has always taught.

In fact, why can’t we use these traditional venues of devotion for our advantage. For example, perhaps organizing Rosary groups for women’s ordination and the enlightenment of the clergy on the moral validity of homosexuality? Having a healthy respect and esteem for the past in the life in the Church can only futher contribute to us building its future!

]]> By: T. Ambrose Nazianzus http://youngadultcatholics-blog.com/2009/10/05/virgin-mary-weeps/#comment-1382 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:25:07 +0000 http://youngadultcatholics-blog.com/?p=1422#comment-1382 Amen, though I might shy away from the association between these still modern practices (people still venerate relics), and “Medieval” Catholicism. I can see the distinction you want to make (and the sort of “reaching out towards” that you want to encourage), but you still seem to implicitly connect the ideas together. If people, who are our age, are thinking about miracles, or venerating relics, or making pilgrimages, then I would suggest that these aren’t “Medieval” practices at all. Whether they are “conservative” practices is still up in the air-we’re all Catholics. This is part of our heritage. Why do we make the distinction?

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