First, the BC
Yet we are not catechizing our children. The catechetical establishment is still foundering about, united only in their animus against the Baltimore Catechism. Nevertheless I wish pastors would hand it...
View ArticleAmor Dei, contemptum sui?
Ah! To return to those days when the question. "Why did God make me,' was so simple and satisfying. But we have especially in the last several decades become more knowledgeable and can even make humans...
View ArticleRelativity vs. Simplicity
Bishop Sheen pointed out the inconsistency of the human mind, on the one hand, being able to accept the mysteries of Einstein/Science, and on the other hand unable to accept the Mysteries of Christ....
View ArticleThoroughly Catechized?
I very much like the Baltimore Catechism, and think we would do well to have more "learning by rote". However, I do not think that using it, or any tool, can ever result in one being "thoroughly...
View ArticleYes, thoroughly
Not ready for ordination, no, but yes, thoroughly catechized. Given the BC formation from 4yrs, a child going into first grade will know more, far more of the faith than present graduates of Catholic...
View ArticleBC or AD
I sprouted on the Baltimore Catechism and 3 Harvard degrees later I'm still a devoted Catholic. I agree that it's like the multiplication tables or phonics. Even now when beginning a more "advanced"...
View ArticleC.S. Lewis
Your essay reminds me of a character in C.S. Lewis's "Great Divorce," a man who refused to leave hell and go to heaven because he thought the purpose of life was to struggle with questions and not to...
View ArticleAiming Too Low
Lee, I have spent far too much time with adults, young and old, that have a depth of faith that is that of a first grader! It may be possible to learn a given set of answers to specific questions by...
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