Why call my child Humanae Vitae?
- Father will have to mention Humanae Vitae several times during the Mass when said baby is Baptised. That will be a first.
- People will talk about Humanae Vitae over tea and biscuits in the hall afterwards, which will make a pleasant change from their tales of sterilisation.
- Some people might decide they quite like Humanae Vitae after all.
Almost worth doing, except the reality would sadly go more like this:
- Most Catholics would be heard to say, "That's an unusual name, I've never heard it before"
- 90% of Catholics would ignore Humanae Vitae
- A few aging liberals will write to the Bishop objecting to Humanae Vitae, making wild accusations about him/her even though they have never actually met.
- The child will have to be referred to under a pseudonym like "Bob" or "Sally" in case their real name offends anyone.
- Humanae Vitae would end up being locked in some dark cupboard for over 40 years, in the hope that they will be forgotten about.
3 comments:
Y'all need to move here and come to our TLM parish, where you might feel more at home :) Although being in a NO parish does probably give you lots more opportunity as you think of it to pray for the state of the Church.
We do have a Tridentine Sunday Mass.It is an hour 1/2 away.It is on a Sunday evening. I try to go when I can. I cannot take the whole family as it is too late, and we have a Son who couldn't handle it. I love seeing pictures of your Parish,particularly the FHC kneeling and on the tongue.
Bishop Vincent Nicholls is saying that each rite is equally valid,so how come I can't make a TLM as easily as I could a NO?
Yes! I love this!
You're a true heir of Chesterton, and I admire you for it. I just came over from the UC group to your blog.
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