before I get on with the morning. My letter to the National Catholic Reporter. They didn't publish it this week. Boo-hoo. I would love to get something published in the Reporter - well, as much as I would like to be published in MAD, The Onion or The Enquirer.
May 28, 2004
Every party has a pooper , so do permit me to do my part in the general pity party perpetually taking place in your letters section. I am especially moved by the whiny, self-centered tone of the letter (The Church in Transit; 5/28/04) by Mr. Patrick Perriello.
Mr. Perriello sees discipline as "repression," correct teaching as "rigid orthodoxy" and serious sense of purpose as "sadness."(Hey, what's the problem with orthodoxy, i.e. right thinking?)
I would not be one to invite him to leave the Church. But, please, Mr. Perriello, leave the pity party. Stop looking for license disguised as "compassion" and laxity masquerading as "tolerance." See the joyful Church as she truly is - don't accept a hollow substitute that trades eutrapelia for cheap laughs; calls charitable correction "punishment," and has closed its ears and hearts to the Word Incarnate, Jesus Christ.
Sincerely,
Ellyn Smith von Huben.......
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