Spare a thought

Spare a thought Frs and Sisters for those few brave souls that battle on against all odds, trying to bring a little hint of high church ritual into small rural parishes where most of the PCCs prefer something american and charismatic and simply charming. These brave men and women bat on against impossible odds and cold parishes getting colder until finally they give up and collapse in a heap of public derision. We must pray for our high church brothers and sisters, and sincerely hope that they will find their true niche in the catholic churches on the other side of the Tiber. York and yorkshire are full of churches where young couples approve of a firebrand sort of charismatic preacher and why not? It is not always rational or mature or very deep but something of the fire in the belly of Jc shines forth.