Toward Ecosophy

JMG got it right: The hierarchy at this point is thoroughly Modernist, and many are effectively atheists. They don't believe that sacramentals like house blessings actually do anything, so why bother? The laity go along with it out of force of habit; because, for many American families, the Catholic church is their last link to their culture of origin (Irish, Polish, etc); and because the only alternative is a "Traditionalist" movement whose tradition is actually Jansenism.