Thus: Part III: The Monastery and the Sandbox A common misunderstanding of Catholicism is that it is purely restrictive. In fact, the Church offers an extreme sandbox within a rigid structure. Want to be a Franciscan? A Jesuit? A Carthusian hermit? A Opus Dei numerary? The rules are many, but the allowable lives are infinite.
Catholicism, by contrast, is . The Mass follows a rigid, ancient structure: the Introductory Rites, the Liturgy of the Word, the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the Concluding Rites. You know what comes next. The priest wears specific vestments. The responses are memorized. There is comfort, even transcendence, in the ritual. rstudio the catholic minecraft
Kyrie eleison. Ctrl+S. Amen.