This is the sort of story….

…that drives many Traditionalists insane. They declare it a dumbing down of the gospel and walk away in scorn.

I will take that critique seriously when the scorner tells me what he’s doing to evangelize. It is hell, not the Church, that is a fortress. The Church is an invading army, breaking the gates of hell and bringing the light and presence of Christ into every nook and cranny of the dark realm. Catholics who roll up the drawbridge and try to keep people out lest they sully the purity of some aesthetic vision need to stop and re-evaluate.