Becoming Catholic, said one convert, is like trying to become Japanese. I wholeheartedly agree. I may know the lingo and lots of facts about the church, but after eleven years as a Catholic I often feel as foreign as the day I was received into full communion in a Michigan country parish. I habitually confuse the Nicene and Apostles’ creeds, making me the most distracting per (...)
The Last Word
The Gift of Incompetence
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