Submitted by A sinner (not verified) on Nov. 05, 2009.
A fair, for the most part, article. But your snide remark tacked on at the end was not surprising. $800 prada shoes? Where?! The popes shoes are made by a VATICAN TAYLOR, they are not brought from prada. Seriously why in the world would you have to tack on an offensive remark like that at the end? Also the garments and shoes worn is very similiar to your awe of the buildings is it not? Shouldn't the priest dress magnificently for the mass to do glory to God? Remember that Jesus did not criticize the temple or the way the pharisees and saducees dressed. He criticized their hearts! I think that liturgy with all the smells and bells, so to speak, whose purpose is to glorify God to the utmost, should be done with great pomp and magnificence.
Don't get me wrong now. I actually do agree with much of your article. What would happen if the Vatican was sold anyway? Rich cultural elites would get it. The Vatican is the worlds greatest museum and the fact that it has so much cultural items (sisten chapel, etc...)is that it symbolizes, for me at least, a bastion of civilization and hope. Yes, the clergy of the Vatican, like us, have their faults and do sin. But in the end God is working through them, flawed that they are, to guide humanity to salvation. I may at times become a bit annoyed at various clergymen, and lay leaders too, of the Church. But I know at the end of the day that God is always present and will never abandon his Church.
A fair, for the most part,
A fair, for the most part, article. But your snide remark tacked on at the end was not surprising. $800 prada shoes? Where?! The popes shoes are made by a VATICAN TAYLOR, they are not brought from prada. Seriously why in the world would you have to tack on an offensive remark like that at the end? Also the garments and shoes worn is very similiar to your awe of the buildings is it not? Shouldn't the priest dress magnificently for the mass to do glory to God? Remember that Jesus did not criticize the temple or the way the pharisees and saducees dressed. He criticized their hearts! I think that liturgy with all the smells and bells, so to speak, whose purpose is to glorify God to the utmost, should be done with great pomp and magnificence.
Don't get me wrong now. I actually do agree with much of your article. What would happen if the Vatican was sold anyway? Rich cultural elites would get it. The Vatican is the worlds greatest museum and the fact that it has so much cultural items (sisten chapel, etc...)is that it symbolizes, for me at least, a bastion of civilization and hope. Yes, the clergy of the Vatican, like us, have their faults and do sin. But in the end God is working through them, flawed that they are, to guide humanity to salvation. I may at times become a bit annoyed at various clergymen, and lay leaders too, of the Church. But I know at the end of the day that God is always present and will never abandon his Church.