This year, thanks to the adoption of the new translation of the Roman Missal, the First Sunday of Advent is looming like a date with a root canal. As I mentioned in my recent lament on this topic (“Up against the Wall,” July 15), the new missal is intended to steer us back toward a more traditional liturgy. Those who welcome such a move look forward, as one commentator put (...)
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"I love my parish too much to risk losing it…"
"When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions."
If only the rich young man had been visited by God's messenger, say, in the form of an elderly aunt, he might have heeded the call to follow.
If you're interested in "individual noncompliance" I'm sure you could find others of similar sentiments at the local Protestant church.