Expert: Marco - 10/11/2008

Question
if in fact the catholic denomination is the best representation of Christianity then why do you pass out irrelevant beads? Christ never did..in fact he corrected people when they would serve tradition in a ridiculous man made way..like when he told the pharisees that the Sabbath was made for man..not man for the Sabbath...in saying that, why do you call your priest father, when you and i both know what Jesus plainly stated about that.....thank you for your time.

Answer
Dear Connor,

I think that prayer must be free and spontaneous.
So each of us must pray the way he /she feels, and nobody can force him/her to pray one way or another way.
I never pray with rosary beads, because this is not what I feel.
Many catholics never use rosary beads. Other catholics feel to pray that way, with rosary beads. I think we  must respect one another.

For the rest, I see no evil in calling the priest father; I am the father of four children, and I see no evil in being called father by my children.
The priest is considered a spiritual father, in the sense he can give spiritual teachings. Nothing more.
By the way, I am italian, and in Italy pratically nobody calls any more the priest "father".

Your brother in Christ,

Marco