tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post329686322704405621..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Appreciating Generational DifferencesBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-54124776784913709102009-11-10T17:32:58.712-05:002009-11-10T17:32:58.712-05:00Thanks for sharing this. I think that is a very w...Thanks for sharing this. I think that is a very wise quote. What is ironic is I am technically of that generation that should be more "traditional" but I was actually attracted to Catholicism by the vision of the "Spirit of Vatican II" generation. I really appreciate about Franciscans is that they seem to want to walk with charity for folks on both sides of the "divide."Kevin F.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-87346336549287803562009-11-03T21:22:20.594-05:002009-11-03T21:22:20.594-05:00Pennyante I was born long after Vatican II and gre...Pennyante I was born long after Vatican II and grew up under the generation you are referring to. For the longest time, I loathed them for robbing ME of the church which should have been my birthright; handed down for centuries on generation to the next. While you and like-minded thinkers found comfort in your "liberation" in destroying and abandoning church customs, culture and tradition, I'm curious if you ever for one second gave a thought to what you would be leaving the next generation.<br /><br />I for one am happy to see the devolution of the church has been halted. Conformity is NOT necessarily a bad thing, especially when it has to do with morality and dogma coming from the logos. I for one am tired of so many priests and nuns unfaithful to church teaching and the magesterium pushing their own agendas and "liberation" over that of the word of God and eternal teaching of the church. Just this weekend I was scolded by a Msgr for using the word "pro-abortion". Since that generation seems to be committed to corrupting and destroying through their own "liberation" up till their last breath, I'm hoping the church will finally be liberated from their errors once they are gone.Qualis Rexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-33421361320771005702009-11-03T08:36:37.766-05:002009-11-03T08:36:37.766-05:00Nice insight.Nice insight.Julianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-88529471450397227952009-11-03T08:27:37.019-05:002009-11-03T08:27:37.019-05:00I really want to respond to this! I am of the age...I really want to respond to this! I am of the age (or generation) of this elderly priest. He has hit the nail on the head!!!<br /><br />" <b>'We grew up in a culture that valued conformity and was overly defined and regimented.</b> So when the reforms of the Council came, we found our spiritual identity in our liberation. "<br /><br />This is how I experienced pre-VII and post-VII life - though I recognize the change in emphasis was difficult because people in the pews were not adequately catechised. <br /><br />I have a lot of trad friends on the blogs who I hope will take this priest's words and explanation to heart.pennyantenoreply@blogger.com