Open the Windows…
I always find it interesting when people pick and choose where to cast their net for what strikes their soul. Vatican II is openly denigrated now as the place where loose and flexible morality had its start and the "real" Church disappeared. Gone are the days of "opening windows" to Spirit moving, replaced by the need for rules and some connection to the Middle Ages with "traditional" liturgies and the overwhelming clouds of incense. Far be it that the Church reminds us that Vatican II is not an aberrant period, but as much a part of the development of doctrine as other historical venues. As in all areas of life now, people are searching for someone or some institution to tell them how to live. The freedom to explore and respond to the ways of the Spirit is hardly understood now, and people are thumbing through well-worn pages of their catechisms to tell them what kind of person to be. The windows are still open, and the Spirit is still moving, but there are far too many ready to bring out the plywood to prepare for the storm they seem to almost want to come.
