tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post3700923458173386312..comments2024-03-12T04:14:16.271-05:00Comments on The Rad Trad: Maria Goretti the MercifulThe Rad Tradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-68868139632713760172015-11-06T15:04:16.236-06:002015-11-06T15:04:16.236-06:00I am under the impression the previous pastor woul...I am under the impression the previous pastor would have loved to host the relics, but it was too much of a burden on the parish. I know the current pastor of St. Maria Goretti... I go to a school run by his TOR province. <br /><br />I agree with the first commenter. <br /><br />I hope it was not like this at St. John Cantius in Chicago. It certainly was not like this at the Austrian cathedral where I had the chance to venerate the major relics of St. Thérèse. We went in, had Mass then it was a free-for-all in the best way possible to go pray before the casket. It all felt very natural to me, without any hint of being obnoxiously overwhelmed by the (well-meaning...) piety police. <br /><br />Matthew Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00958673318312786618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348523519788188753.post-77182422258468646342015-11-05T17:42:25.598-06:002015-11-05T17:42:25.598-06:00Emphasis on forgiveness and mercy is not the probl...Emphasis on forgiveness and mercy is not the problem (my eyes are quite weary from being rolled every time I look at another apocalyptic Rorate article), it's forgetting everything else that is. This is one such example: when I learned of Maria Goretti as a child her refusal to compromise her purity and her forgiveness of her murderer were the two integral parts of her sanctity. To remove either piece from the narrative is a travesty.<br /><br />Come to think of it, I skipped this to get some needed mercy for myself in the confessional.Ecclesial Vigilantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070187926547373245noreply@blogger.com