Catholic Luddites July 31, 2008
Posted by Brendan in Religion.trackback
I love Traditional Catholics! Or, to paraphrase an old fav, “some of my best friends are Traditional Catholics!” But what really frosts my marley is that subset of Rad-Trads (usually converts and fifteen years olds with really bad acne) who are bound and determined to turn paleo-Catholicism into neo-Puritanism.
Burqas for pre-adolescent girls; no alcohol; laughter kept to a minimum (only appropriate when sneering at some recent papal action) and, of course, holing up in isolation with stacks of dusty books and piles of blessed candles.
An example… During a recent “discussion” with the Modesty Gestapo, I was presented with a collection of links that would, presumably, help me to work out my salvation. (Or, rather, it would encourage women to cover up from stem to stern so that my salvation would not be jeopardized by LUTHHHHst)
Take, for instance, JMJ Modest Dress (I’m assuming it’s Catholic based on JMJ – Jesus, Mary, and Jospeh. Alas, the “Our Story” section of the webpage is blank) Look what they have on offer:
My grandmother — Latin Mass and Rosaries all of her life — never once dressed like this. She wouldn’t be caught DEAD in Amish Chic. And if we did dress her like this when Jesus calls her home, she’d haunt us for the rest of our days.
This isn’t Catholic. It’s Amish, it’s Luddite, it’s Little House on the Prarie… but it isn’t Catholic.
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p.s. pre-Conciliar Catholics also smoked, drank, went to the beach, played cards, watched baseball and danced. They weren’t Ulster Presbyterians…
Looks like the Catholics are now following those trend-setting FLDS women from Yearning for Zion.
http://fldsdress.com
My dear Toc, you do me honor, Madam
http://toccatamundi.blogspot.com/2008/06/our-congress-at-work.html