This Knicks team, an unlikely gang of misfits achieving greater glory by taking up their cross, is actually an excellent subject for this week's reading about the Apostles. The 11th Archbishop connection to the #11 jersey is a nice providential touch. I'm sorry, this is trad.
Please just stop.
Bringing worldly nonsense into the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is a form of sacrilege & shows a complete lack of reverence/worship.
Itβs also another sign that many in the church would rather be friends with the idolatrous culture rather than confront it and convert it.
I fully expect all the regular folks to tell me to βsettle downβ or βtheyβre just having funβ or βitβs no big deal.β
Preemptivelyβ¦Youβre all wrong.