On the good days, when no one seems to be looking at me, or when someone smiles at my son giving the peace, going to mass with my children can be this kind of spiritual awakening: an awareness that I do not exist only for myself, not only for my family, but for my church and for God, who love my children much more than I can manage. On the bad days, my kids are at least a useful reminder that I’m not as good at praying as I like to think I am.
Archive for July 5th, 2012
A two-hour documentary, broadcast in April on France 3 and now viewable online, covers Vatican II, liberation theology, liturgical changes and the neoconservative and traditionalist movements.