I wonder sometimes, why I enjoy watching the Daily Mass as much as I do. After all, sitting comfortably on my sofa, I’m not able to partake in the Eucharist, I’m not able to meet my neighbors, I’m not able to chat with the priest after.

I think the reason why I enjoy it so much, is because it’s so different.

Let’s face it. Most people just aren’t spiritual, let alone religious. And we rarely see evidence of people who are, on TV. So it’s reassuring to me, to see people pray. People who are sincerely praying. How wonderful is that?

I’m also learning a lot when I listen to the homilies the priests give. Although I was raised Christian, received all the proper training, one tends to forget, when one is no longer practicing. So I’m learning, too.

Every now and then, I’ll leave the channel on EWTN, just to see what else they have. On Mondays, they have a program called “The Journey Home” about people who convert to Catholicism. Last Monday, they had an Anglican priest, Fr. Peter Geldard. An Anglican priest who had become a Catholic priest, and took his congregation with him.

Now I remember reading a few years ago, that the Luthern Church had become reconcilled with the Roman Catholic Church, but I wasn’t aware that the Anglican Church has been working towards the same ends. But apparantly, they have been, for quite some time - even so much to the point of Anglican priests being ordained as Catholic priests - even if they were married previously! They’re given a special compensation to do so.

This isn’t that surprising, as the Eastern Orthodox church does allow it’s priests to be married. I highly suspect that within my lifetime, the ruling will be changed that new priests will be allowed to marry as well. Priests who have already taken a vow of celibacy won’t be able to alter that vow, but new priests will be given the option. It’s about the only way the Church will be able to keep up with the demand for new priests.

But even with the new reconcilliation movements, I doubt all Protestant churches will reconcile with the Catholic Church. The best we’ll ever be able to attain I fear, is tolerance between the faiths, and the recent apology by Pastor Hagee for his anti-Catholic remarks, is a promising sign.

For me, personally, I don’t particularly care what table people chose to sit at, to receive their daily bread. It’s enough that we’re given it - let’s just be thankful we get it.