tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post7484317279249963612..comments2024-03-28T09:36:30.991+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Broken Covenant?David Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-54689922571981445202012-03-25T22:17:59.385+01:002012-03-25T22:17:59.385+01:00I can't say for certain, because so many are n...I can't say for certain, because so many are no longer in the area. But at least in Lanchester, there are still a few regulars, and quite a few Christmas and Easter attendees. Possibly a middle-class thing. But, at least in terms of aspiration, when was it ever really not, if we are honest?David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-4378246262975083242012-03-25T22:13:40.011+01:002012-03-25T22:13:40.011+01:00It is good to hear that you crossed the Tiber for ...It is good to hear that you crossed the Tiber for positive reasons. Not everyone in the same boat would be able to truthfully make the same claim. I know enough to appreciate why you wish to make that distinction clear.<br /><br />Did many who attended the same RC school stay with the church? A lot of these schools are being titled "factories of lapsation."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-76918483712765168032012-03-25T21:19:47.656+01:002012-03-25T21:19:47.656+01:00You are very kind. One does what one can.
And I b...You are very kind. One does what one can.<br /><br />And I became a Catholic. Leaving the Church of England and the Anglican Communion was inherent in that, but only in a passive sense. I have no bitterness. I did not walk out in anger. I would not have stayed if I had been offered a better deal on something or other. Nothing like that.<br /><br />There is also the fact that, having grown up in the north-west corner of County Durham, and having spent my adolescence at a Catholic comprehensive school, I was under absolutely no illusions as to what I was getting myself into.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-88147202339876488952012-03-25T18:46:36.623+01:002012-03-25T18:46:36.623+01:00You yourself left that church, despite it being in...You yourself left that church, despite it being in your blood. That must have been a sad thing to have to do. You have shown an authentic faith in being willing to cross the Tiber.<br /><br />You mentioned recently that it is not appropriate for you to make to much ideological noise in a your small parish. But I am sure you still bring a unique witness to the Catholic community in Lanchester. You are a layman, performing your role within the very fabric of the village.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com