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LETTERS to the Editor
“To answer the question Tom Groome asked in 2002 [In
the Vineyard, June 29 – “What
do you MEAN ‘change the Church’?”],
I came up with another question and a possible answer.
The question
has to be, "At what point did the Church need to
change? The answer lies in an old movie title, ‘Back
To The Future.’ I believe if we take a good hard
look at the STORY of the early Church, we will find the
blueprint for the future.
- Nowhere can it be found where Jesus said, ‘Though
art Peter and upon this rock I build my (Catholic, Protestant,
Baptist, whatever) church.’
- I'd be willing to wager that at least 10, maybe 11,
of the twelve apostles were married and the small group
of women (who in case anyone
looked closely
were the first to discover and SEE the risen Jesus) were simple (as in "unless
you become as one of these”), thinking, everyday, non-pomp-and-circumstance
individuals.
The rest as they say is history. I say let's repeat
history!” Earl Gervais,
New Orleans, LA
“ Tom Groome’s question would necessarily be answered differently
today than it was in 2002. In fact, it is answered differently every year that
it is asked; we are changing as ‘church’ all the time because the ‘church
is us’, so to speak. We are called in many directions under many circumstances.
I believe a timeless answer might be that if we continue to live our faith – each
of us – then and only then will we see change. Living our faith inheres
that we fight injustice – toward the survivors of abuse, toward
our good and persevering priests, toward women and toward the disenfranchised
everywhere
in a world (and a Church) that seems to have made compartmentalization
an altar.” Name
withheld on request
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