convince St Peter that it was someone elses fault....won’t fly!!
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I don’t know if this could be considered an admonishment but I blame NO one for anything.
I am a firm believer the person looking back at you from that mirror is the cause of the majority of ones problems.
Whether I ‘left’ the church or I feel the church ‘left me’, if I were to continue patronizing etc and going along with things I don’t believe or feel comfortable with, that would really make me the worst kind of hypocrite.
I am at ‘peace’ with myself and prepared for what may come down on me - We really don’t know what St. Peter has in mind, I probably landed a place in Purgatory - if it still exists.....
not good enough...the church didn't leave you at all, it has been exactly the same for over 2,000 years. Oh, of course there were changes in very minor things like the Mass being said in the vernacular instead of Latin, and getting rid of the communion rail with the cloth folded over your hands, but by and large everything's the same.
You have to become comfortable with the church, it does not try to satisfy every minor need of every parishoner. Hispanics want more Spanish language Masses, younger people want more "in" type music but these are meaningless problems.
if you are furtunate enough to find yourself in Purgatory....yes it still exists....consider yourself saved...you will pay a small price for your behavior and spend eternity in Heaven....welcome home.
just try a little harder, you'll be fine.