Letters

Easter shopping

Arnold Jago

Contents - Apr 2011 - Buy a copy now Homily: Pope Benedict XVI's Holy Thursday homily - Pope Benedict XVI Climate expert refutes alarmist attack on Cardinal Pell - William Kininmonth Homosexual rights trump the rest, especially Christians' - Fr John Flynn LC News: The Church Around the World Catholic Church's pivotal role in South Korea's pro-life revival - Babette Francis Music that elevates faith and worship of God - Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev Literature: The 'impossible dream' of Don Quixote (1 Corinthians 1:21) - Andrew Kania Marian Valley and Penrose Park: spiritual powerhouses - Br Barry Coldrey Letters: Conscience? - Thomas & Patricia Watkin Letters: Same-sex 'marriage' - Robert Prinzen-Wood Letters: Easter shopping - Arnold Jago Letters: God's presence - Noel Nugent Events: Holy Week 2011 - St Aloysius, Caulfield North Books: THE RIDDLE OF FATHER HACKETT: A Life in Ireland and Australia, by Brenda Niall - Colin Jory (reviewer) Books: THE LOSER LETTERS, by Mary Eberstadt - Terri Kelleher (reviewer) Books: EUROPE AND THE FAITH, by Hilaire Belloc - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: HANDBOOK OF CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS: Reasoned Answers to Questions of Faith - Br Barry Coldrey Books: TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, by Paul Haffner - Barry Coldrey (reviewer) Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: Benedict XVI: Palm Sunday means following Jesus Christ - Pope Benedict XVI

The Victorian Government intends cancelling the present ban on major businesses opening on Easter Sunday with Minister Louise Asher saying the new laws will "give people more control over their lives".

Is forcing workers (who would like to spend Easter going to church and/or relaxing with family) to go to work mean giving them "more control"? Are not 363 days enough days to worship money?

The Church should protest loud and long about this attack on the Christian Faith. Easter Sunday commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus the Son of God from the dead, an historical event that is the key point in God's revealing himself to the human race.

Frittering away this holy day, this opportunity for some silence and contemplating what is most important in life, what could be more stupid than that?

ARNOLD JAGO (DR)
Mildura, Vic

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 24 No 3 (April 2011), p. 16