**Yes, the Church can become extended family which makes the the past decade pretty rough for some. My single friends have tried to find ways to be active in both parish and community groups. **
Yes, we are all members of the Body of Christ, the Communion of Saints. with God, there is no timeline!
Yes, for God all points of time are present in their immediacy so all the suffering, physical and emotional and any other in light of Christ becomes a holy suffering moving us closer to Our Lord...the core knows this well.