[american colleen]

Thanks for posting this! I'll read it in the morning. I'm burnt out as I just attended a "start-up meeting" at my parish for a social group for the middle school kids. We were (all 5 mothers and the nun starting it) talking about how to incorporate our faith into the social group, and all the nun talked about was "Jesus as a friend" - I can't take that tripe anymore!!! I mentioned that we might want to start a little "Catholic Library" or travel into Boston to the Holy Cross Cathedral (seat of Catholicism in Boston, a beautiful, "old fashioned" church built by our immigrant ggrandparents) or maybe attend the one approved Latin/Tridentine Mass in Boston one day to expose our kids to our Catholic Tradition... and the nun was appalled! She said "Not the Latin Mass!" I dunno, is it me?

[JMJ333]

You're welcome. I'm burned out as well from defending myself and other Catholics on this forum against people who hate us so deeply. Its tiring. I am glad we have decent people like you on the forum.

[sinkspur]

I dunno, is it me?

Why would you take middle school kids to a Tridentine Latin Mass? Seriously. Is a 13 year old going to have any clue about the significance of a Mass that has not been the norm in forty years?

[Catholicguy]

or maybe attend the one approved Latin/Tridentine Mass in Boston

My daughter is a grad student at B.U. and she went to the Indult High Mass at Trinity for Pentecost. She still prefers the normative Mass but loved the Church, altar, statues etc

[tiki]

What is it with nuns? Our resident nun is very nice but she thinks that women should be priests because they would be much better at it than men. Funny that Jesus didn't know that and built his Church upon Peter.

I didn't go to the 'communion service' last week because I just couldn't stand the thought of it, I want a real Mass or nothing. This week-end, I mistakenly thought the priest was there and was shocked to see Sister leading the communion service!!! I actually thought of getting up and leaving but I didn't. Our parish is a mess and if things don't change soon we're not going to have one at all.

[Askel5]

I dunno, is it me?

Nope ... give 'em hell, Colleen.

[Domestic Church]

"and the nun was appalled! She said "Not the Latin Mass!" I dunno, is it me?"

This speaks volumes! Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist is there irregardless of whether the language is Latin or English and for this nun to have a negative reaction against that is horrific to me. I wouldn't let her near my kids after hearing such. That woman shows no evidence of spirituality.