www.byzcath.org Forums General Discussions Town Hall Can we afford "business as usual"?

Dear Dan,

Many more happy years of marital bliss!

And if you were a priest, my wife and I would happily come to you for counselling.

I'd send her to you right now . . .

Alex

Dear Brother Dan --

Thank you for your kind words of encouragement. Alas, how many days, as I stand in the confessional going over my laundry list of hell worthy sins, do I feel that if I am representative of the Byzantine Church, it is a rite in serious trouble.

But not to despair. There are indeed many young men who are a bright future for our rite, IF we can keep too many obstacles from being cast in their paths!

Brother Joe --

That was an amazing "parable" of our Lord's words. Sometimes I think it is a sadly accurate impression of how people take their faith. And I am not above that. I am not always the eager beaver to be serving the Lord. How often I must "push" myself to do that which is right. What a shame, after all that He has done for all of us, that we are so slow to serve Him in love!!

Cordially in Christ and the Blessed Virgin,

Brother Ed

Brother Ed,

If you believe in your congregation and it has a satisfactory level of integrity why not "just do it"? It's much easier to apologize than to get permission. You may get a little grumbling but so what?

Dan Lauffer