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Entry: Postmodern, Not Hypermodern: Russell Kirk Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/postmodern_not_hypermodern_russell_kirk#14195 Post contents: I don't have the reference at hand, but Mr. McDonald himself notes that Kirk was not inclined to attend Mass regularly, and could only be induced to do so by the idea of giving good example to the children. And, yes, I suppose that is the Protestant attitude. The law of the Catholic Church is not onerous, at least for layfolk, but Mass on Sundays and other holy days has always been strictly required. This is clearly explained to anyone who wants to become a Catholic. But forget about law; if you really accept the Mass for what the Church says it is, even silly sermons and ghastly hymns won't keep you away from it. If God's body and blood are literally materalizing a couple of miles from your house, that's worth getting out of bed for, or so it seems to me. Perhaps to you it's a degrading peasant superstition, perhaps even a vile idolatry to be exterminated with fire and sword. But you don't claim to be Catholic. Kirk did, as did the European reactionaries did after the French Revolution put the fear of God into them. And that's what troubles me. Sent at: 2008 07 24