Friday, October 07, 2005

How to solve the priest shortage in the United States

Tony over at Catholic Pillow Fight addresses the problem. One option? Close more churches! He details how to get your church closed, so that the priest can be better utilized elsewhere...(like my parish!)

One of the tactics:

Complain if your priest talks about sin

What right does the priest have to judge you? (And how did he know you were committing adultery? He seemed to look right at you when he was giving his adultery homily. It must have been that blabbermouth Gladys.) You don't want to hear about sin, you want to feel good about church and your "friend" Jesus. This talk about abortion and stem cell research just puts a damper on the celebration. The mass is a celebration, isn't it?

Read the whole thing here.