Sometimes a Blind Squirrel Can Find an Acorn

I'm surprised that this even made it into the Post Dispatch.

Rules and traditions

Any good family has rules and traditions. Some rules help the family run smoother. Other rules are for the protection of the children and to help them grow. Some children decide they don't like the rules and aren't going to follow them. Eventually they may even choose to move out rather than comply.

The Catholic Church operates as the family of God. Archbishop Raymond Burke, as the good father, has informed the members of St. Stanislaus over and over again what the rules are. He did not excommunicate the members of St. Stanislaus. They chose to excommunicate themselves. They have chosen on their own to no longer be members of the Roman Catholic Church and start their own church, thus becoming one of the 30,000 Protestant sects.

Archbishop Burke is saddened and so am I to lose these brothers and sisters. It is about obedience, not money, and always has been.

Jean O'Brien
Kirkwood

Great letter!