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A Catholic Boy Returns

Push me in the door once more, scrub me for the alter. Return me to the sacraments, the rituals, the wafer and wine. Place me, dazzled among votive candles that are such fat bones for the weak flesh. To each Holy Sister a token, a little lingerie kept secretly - a sign that love with all its depths, frippery and frills, will prevail. On a Sunday, we will lower Him from the cross of our guilt, chant: enough, enough, enough!

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Date: 7/24/2020 6:12:00 AM
As a “post cathaholic”, this ripples under my skin. Slick ink my friend. xomo
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Eric Ashford
Date: 7/24/2020 6:37:00 AM
It's interesting how many post-Catholics (like me), are out there! The Latin Mass with its processional rituals was very healing back then, but as we begin to peel back the reality of the One True Church, we see its less tolerate and darker side. Thanks for the kind comment PT. e

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