JD and Ed talk about marriage, and some common misconceptions. Then they try to wrap their heads around the whole “we baptize you” controversy.
The Pillar Podcast (defunct)
Weekly Catholic conversations about the news, with JD Flynn and Ed Condon.
Weekly Catholic conversations about the news, with JD Flynn and Ed Condon.
Ed, I share in your curmudgeonly take on football. According to a 2010 study, there is only 11 minutes of actual play in an average football game: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/football-games-air-only-11-minutes-of-action-2010-1%3famp
In other words, you have these huge guys that might bench press a lot and have a good time on a 40 yard dash, but they don't have the cardio to play more than 10 seconds at a time. And they keep the clock running while they're taking a breather.
That is why (despite it not otherwise being to my taste) I have something of an admiration for soccer. When those are televised, the clock keeps running and the media is shut out until the half. I'm sure resident Anglophile Ed Condon had that in mind in making his comments.
I'm a hockey and baseball fan, but soccer is slowly growing on me.
The long discussion on baptism and the recent emphasis on its conditions for its validity, made me reflect on my own baptism.
As a doubting 13 year old in the Methodist church I still sought baptism (and confirmation -- that is a separate issue and non-sacramental). I clearly remember the minister saying "I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit".
Years later, when I was seeking admission into the Catholic Church, I told the priest instructions me that I had been baptized. He assured me the Catholic Church recognized my baptism so long as the Trinitarian formula was used, which I was able to confirm.
Now, I'm aalso grateful the 'I' was used -- not 'we'.
Nice Easter egg. I'm sure it's fine.
Wait! Wait! What happened to the Cardinal Arinze stories??