God Has Not Changed

God Has Not Changed: The Assembled Thoughts Of Alice Thomas Ellis by Alice Thomas Ellis was published about a year before the author's death. Alice Thomas Ellis, her pen name, real name Anna Haycraft was an accomplished British novelist and Catholic convert. God Has Not Changed: The Assembled Thoughts Of Alice Thomas Ellis is a collection of her writings for a British publication called The Oldie and is a polemic against the silliness and dumbing down in 20th and 21st century Roman Catholicism. Ms. Ellis clearly and with dry humor is honest in her opinion that things are not well with Holy Mother Church. If you like me are just weary of the sentimental hymns, written in the last 25 years, one is forced to sing at Mass in churches that resemble gymnasiums more than they honor God then you got a friend and confident in Alice Thomas Ellis. Ms. Ellis is not afraid to tell the reader that we have been lied to. Starting with the myths of an unvibrant church lacking vocations before Vatican II. The author reveals how Vatican II may have "opened the windows" but that is not fresh air we sense, just the stench of this world. She shows how Catholic theologians and religious, who do not even believe the basic tenants of Christianity are lacking in intellect and humor. Ms. Ellis paid the price for her writing, and at the behest of British Bishops, was removed from her job(s) writing for Catholic publications. One can only assume that the truth hurts. The writer also takes on atheists, politicians, and children who ask silly questions. This is a great collection of short essays on the state of current Catholicism and should be read by every Catholic.