tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post7024307301971305982..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: The Order of the Eastern No-NoSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-8167548428609657602011-08-30T17:46:25.625-07:002011-08-30T17:46:25.625-07:00This is why there will never be a(nother) Catholic...This is why there will never be a(nother) Catholic president.Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958084273028753944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-52842894402594031542011-08-30T10:03:41.092-07:002011-08-30T10:03:41.092-07:00My grandfather was an Episcopal vicar. He said he ...My grandfather was an Episcopal vicar. He said he conducted a funeral once where the deceased asked for a Masonic rite. Thinking it would be something like a few additional prayers by the lodge brothers, my grandfather allowed it. He said it wound up being much more than that and he felt it crossed some kind of line that separates the sacred from the profane. He vowed he'd never do another Masonic funeral. (Which is different from doing a funeral for a Mason.)Kathy (not the other one)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-78199462868003964322011-08-30T05:23:03.144-07:002011-08-30T05:23:03.144-07:00It isn't only the Catholic Church that disappr...It isn't only the Catholic Church that disapproves of things Masonic: Several of the denominations frown on it, too. Although I know several men who ignore the disapproval and become Masons anyhow.Donna. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-61910842139853587262011-08-29T16:41:41.148-07:002011-08-29T16:41:41.148-07:00I'm an Anglo-Catholic (it's like an Episco...I'm an Anglo-Catholic (it's like an Episcopalian that wishes we were a Catholic) and I'm also apart of the masonic family. They don't do any devil worshiping, special rituals or... well, anything interesting. Masons are a bunch of old men who get together and get drunk and Eastern Star is basically the same, except with old ladies and more tea.<br /><br />Being said, if you're going to be Catholic you should do it right and do what the Pope says. From what I can tell, the 18th century issues with the masons have pretty much died down. It's more of an issue of -- just do it cause I say so.<br /><br />Which isn't a big deal. There's lots of other clubs where old men can get together and drink! :)<br /><br />(oh and if any masons reply with hair burning again, just ignore them. A lot of masons don't have lives outside of masonry -- my husband included -- so they get overly offended when any comment -- even a correct one-- is said about them) :)Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10177650062666144873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-86224498479363589532011-08-29T16:12:31.866-07:002011-08-29T16:12:31.866-07:00In my overprotected and naive youth, I had no idea...In my overprotected and naive youth, I had no idea of the hatred shown to Catholics by the Masons.<br />To this day I remember how shocked I was, to find, when I was first introduced to the grandfather of a current boyfriend, that he regarded me with the deepest loathing and hostility. Grandpa was very involved with the Masons, some sort of head honcho; and he was a lawyer, and apprently it was important to be a Mason if you aspired to the practice of Law. I have yet to meet a decent member of that profession.<br />Of course, it didn't help that I was also Jewish, to boot - (Jewish mother).<br />Needless tosay, that particular relationship did not last.....Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383223698959645624noreply@blogger.com