From Fr. Louis - Thomas Merton:
"I am truly spry and full of fun, but am pursued by the vilifications of progressed Catholics. Mark my word man there is no uglier species on the face of the earth than progressed Catholics, mean, frivol, ungainly, inarticulate, venomous, and bursting at the seams with progress into the secular cities and Teilhardian subways. The Ottavianis was bad but these are infinitely worse. You wait and see." -letter to Robert Lax, poet and friend of Merton, 1967God love him!
H/T PML
Source: la nueva primavera
Whoa! Missed that quote...
ReplyDeleteWell I agree with him to a degree. I wonder what he had against Cardinal Ottaviani? He's one of my heros.
ReplyDeleteMonks can be a strange bunch - you can'r always be sure what they mean - likewise the good ones are not as rigid about things as we can be. I'm sure he is referring more to the followers of Ottaviani.
ReplyDelete+JMJ+
ReplyDeleteWhy do I feel guilty all of a sudden?
Ottaviani? Never heard of him.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Ottaviani
ReplyDeleteHere is more on the so called "OTTAVIANI INTERVENTION"
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottaviani_Intervention