I take the opportunity to remark on one point. In matters of sex the majority of Catholics thinks and acts differently from the official Church, and, in the conflict of ideas and the differences of the moral theologians themselves, it is legitimate to follow the general feeling of the faithful. On the other hand we priests are instructed not to put in writing what we say by word of mouth in this matter. Maybe an electronic message can be considered as something between the spoken word and the written word. Let us say, the cybernetic word. That would give us some freedom.
A message these last days has given me particular satisfaction. My last Web consisted of a long write-up on my visit to India, and in consequence I omitted (for the first time in these ten years) the Psalm and the Meditation. Someone has delicately written: “I missed the Psalm and the Meditation.” Many wrote in appreciation of my writing on my visit to India; but someone felt that did not make up for the loss of the Psalm and Meditation. That made me happy. The Psalms are worth all my experiences together. Although I always present each Psalm as a personal experience of mine. Here they go again. |
