Biblical Catholics
November 12, 2007 by Melody Laila
Filed under Columnists, Melody Laila
There is a Billboard on the opposite side of Mahim Church in the city of Mumbai, India, where I live. Passing by yesterday, I commented to my friend sitting in my car with me, that the board obviously was owned by a Catholic, as I’ve always seen Scripture Passages on it whenever it was not sold to an advertiser.
My friend’s reply shocked me - It was obviously not a Catholic, she reasoned, but a Christian. She then proceeded to ask me if I read the notice boards outside most Churches in the city. “Have you ever read Scripture on them?”.
Witty sayings, yes. Religious thoughts, definitely (though not always, I inwards grimaced). But Scripture? I honestly could not remember a single Catholic Church I had passed by in Mumbai city, which had Scripture verses on it’s notice board.
My friend then sealed her case with - “You see, if it belonged to a Catholic, you’d see pictures of Saints or some such”
