The Treasured Past Is the Future

Where was this Catholicism when I was growing up in the 1980s? Where is it today? I had a small window into what the Church was like for my parents and grandparents. The devotions, days of obligation, and fasting that my mother grew up with provided a foundation that weathered the catechetical and liturgical changes. My mother still prays the Rosary for consolation even though she has not been in communion with the Church for decades. My generation, however, has not been so lucky.