[sinkspur]

If she's so nice, why is she so irritated that she complains about the shortcomings of fellow parishoners who point out the shortcomings of others?

Because it's usually the nitpickers who are nowhere to be found when the parish picnic is being organized, or the sick need to be visited by someone who has a little time to spend with these lonely souls.

[Dumb_Ox]

Because it's usually the nitpickers who are nowhere to be found when the parish picnic is being organized, or the sick need to be visited by someone who has a little time to spend with these lonely souls.

I thought that apathy was a general human failing. Seriously, what's nitpicking got to do with this? It could be a sign of misdirected scrupulosity as much as apathy.

[Jeff Chandler]

Because it's usually the nitpickers who are nowhere to be found when the parish picnic is being organized, or the sick need to be visited by someone who has a little time to spend with these lonely souls.

That is a patently false statement. The Catholics who even notice the nits are the ones who take the Faith to heart. They're the volunteers in St. Vincent De Paul, the Altar Society, laboring in the soup kitchens, visiting the sick, teaching the children, etc., etc., etc..

The kumbaya catholics are too wrapped up in themselves and their feelings.

[murphE]

Because it's usually the nitpickers who are nowhere to be found when the parish picnic is being organized, or the sick need to be visited by someone who has a little time to spend with these lonely souls.

Perhaps. Or maybe the "nitpickers" choose to do their works of charity secretly, to avoid receiving accolades from men and the temptation to take pride in those good works because everyone knows how much they do and praises them for it. Maybe they don't volunteer for the church picnic because they don't want their name in the bulletin for it, (or worse) read at mass for everyone to applaud.