This reminds me of when I attended the wedding ceremony for a friend. It was his second marriage (but that was okay since Wife #1 wasn’t Catholic). [sarcasm] A baby-faced priest delivered the sermon on what makes a good marriage, which prompted the guy next to me to whisper in my ear, “How the hell would he know?”
By that logic, there should never be a male gynecologist, veterinarian, or a mortician. What it takes to be an expert is a sincere interest and study of what works. These priests didn’t emerge from under a rock, they came (but not all) from families. Families that nurtured them enough to become priests. Many times detachment and distance from a thing is needed to see the greater picture. Good advice should stand on it’s own and not just by the persona of it’s messenger.
Family life? While it would help if there were others involved, who had families—and there certainly are, of course—there is also the fact that clergy do have long-term relationships with others—their communities, their religious orders, and friends.
j2p2 about 10 years ago
Won’t let me favorite the strip. The irony of the celibate clergy…
Weakstream about 10 years ago
Everything.
ladykat about 10 years ago
Excuse me, Frankie, old boy, did you consider inviting actual parents?
morningglory73 Premium Member about 10 years ago
That’s the point. He is wondering how they could possibly be experts on family life. And that is what’s wrong with that picture.
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 10 years ago
Joy Browne and Laura Schlessinger are on their way…
dirgis3 about 10 years ago
He’s gotta hear all sides. Yours AND mine.
ehtaniguchi about 10 years ago
This reminds me of when I attended the wedding ceremony for a friend. It was his second marriage (but that was okay since Wife #1 wasn’t Catholic). [sarcasm] A baby-faced priest delivered the sermon on what makes a good marriage, which prompted the guy next to me to whisper in my ear, “How the hell would he know?”
Mirror1 about 10 years ago
By that logic, there should never be a male gynecologist, veterinarian, or a mortician. What it takes to be an expert is a sincere interest and study of what works. These priests didn’t emerge from under a rock, they came (but not all) from families. Families that nurtured them enough to become priests. Many times detachment and distance from a thing is needed to see the greater picture. Good advice should stand on it’s own and not just by the persona of it’s messenger.
reynard61 about 10 years ago
“Experts on Family Life”.
Are we talking “Mafia”, “Manson” or “Addams”?
bmonk almost 9 years ago
Family life? While it would help if there were others involved, who had families—and there certainly are, of course—there is also the fact that clergy do have long-term relationships with others—their communities, their religious orders, and friends.