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He sees some good signs , expresses confidence in the guidance of the Holy Spirit , and offers some concrete suggestions on how to train priests for the future ( p. Church in the United States still enjoys one of the highest priest per faithful ratios in the world . Juan Diego , who has universal appeal , would be an inspiration for them and an example for those with whom they work . An example of the latter , in connection with transubstantiation , is the apparent inability of many theologians to get more than a superficial grasp of the meaning of substance and accidents . However , we cannot use the vertiginous drop in Catholic practice by the laity as an excuse for being satisfied with fewer priests . If some of the more extreme of the New Agers likewise look upon blood as valuable , let us look on them as misguided , but at least as having recognized that reality is richer than the dreary world of atheistic secularism or Deism . For most of us , that means dropping more than the usual dollar or two in the collection basket ! Even though the month of November calls forth from the Church a time of prayer for the souls of purgatory and this for centuries , many Catholics have forgotten to pray for the dead on a daily basis simply because they neither go to weekly Mass anymore nor practice this aspect of their faith , even if they occasionally have Masses celebrated for their deceased loved ones . The plumb line should be center in each of the body weights . That makes no moral sense ; indeed , it is immoral nonsense of a unique kind . Some of the moralists continued to reach their judgments through the application of natural law principles . One could hardly imagine a greater contrast than that between these severe regulations and the lax state of affairs prevailing in our time . When some of the morning laborers begin to complain , the employer bluntly cuts them off by reminding them that he could do what he wants with his money . While that situation prevails , the foundation will be lacking for the restoration of orthodoxy , and shallow thinking will inevitably continue . When we raise the issue with an individual in private , we often discover that the alleged transgression is not what it actually appeared to be in our first impressions . Many books and articles today that cause most confusion in the Church in fact have some sort of ecclesiastical approval . One-third of a letter grade will be deducted for each day a paper is late ; do your best to submit your papers on time . It would be very helpful if all liturgists , musicians and readers as well , could come to the common conviction that at Mass , something far more theocentric is happening than homocentric : that is , we are in the midst of God doing something divine to and for us at the same time as we attempt to reach out to him and receive that touch of beauty which is ultimately called grace or divine life . Your grade will continue to drop for each subsequent absence .