In our own European continent, after the Reformation, whole countries were divided up on the basis of different strands of Christianity. That’s all God needs.”īut, for all these years I have wondered, was she right? Do doctrines matter? If they don’t matter, why do we still have such division, even among those who call themselves Christians? The important thing is to be good and to be kind. “Don’t worry about these things, Michael, they are not important. “It’s hard to believe, I admit, but does it matter?”Īs she got up to leave, it was what Mammy said next that has stayed with me for all these years. But how can that work? What age would you be? What if you were a widow and had remarried, what husband would you be with? If you had had an organ transplant, what would happen the donor? Would you come back the way you were on the day before the transplant? And what about the donor? And amputees. We are all supposed to gather, and not just our souls but our bodies too.
Well, I have a problem with the resurrection of the body and what happens on the Last Day. “Of course, but then I need to get the dinner on.” Organ transplant Bishop dismisses attempts to connect women's ordination with child abuse.Cardinal wants 'just resolution' to abuse lawsuit.But 100 years ago or so, didn’t the pope make it a law that all Catholics must believe in the Immaculate Conception?” “You know, I never thought about it that way. “Well, if Our Lady was the only human being ever born without the inclination to evil, it really is no big deal that she never actually did commit any sins.” “Because in school we learned that one of the main effects of original sin is that we were all born with the inclination to evil.” “I know that,” I said, “but isn’t that very unfair?” The Immaculate Conception means that Our Lady was born not like the rest of us, she had no original sin on her soul.” “That’s not the virgin birth, you know,” she cut in. “Oh,” I said, surprised, “and you know the Immaculate Conception. “It just represents the body, of course,” she said, without hesitation. “You know,” I said, “when you receive Holy Communion every Sunday, is that actually the body of Jesus Christ or does it just represent the body of Jesus?” One day I sat Mary Jennings down and quizzed her about her faith. But was she a Catholic? I had better explain why I ask. She prayed every day and attended Mass at least once a week.
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