And I walked out of our parish church during Easter mass - a sermon on the Resurrection as a symbol - all about your resurrection, my resurrection, our resurrection. I drove to the next town and took communion there, and I’m still Catholic at a parish we love, but you can find a bad church in any denomination.
At the church we left, they still have the self-conscious, swishy priest who glares at restless toddlers and babies who fuss for a few seconds (all K-5 children are strongly encouraged to go to the children’s room where they play instead of listening to the children’s lesson there, creeping new age-ism, contempt for tradition, an in-your-face gender neutrality and elevation of laity, and a grand embracing Parish Theme - Sharing Our Stories. We went there on Ash Wednesday because it was the only service we could get to, and it was just as bad as it had ever been.
But if that was all I could find, I wouldn’t be Catholic any more.
Mrs VS
Well, God love ya’ for persevering despite some of the fools we must rely upon to confect the Eucharist!
JPII and B16 are doing a good job making the current crop of swishy pastors who would rather “share our stories” than share the gospel. Isn’t it interesting that pro-life homeschooling Marian Eucharistic stories never get told in such parishes? Only certain stories are legit, apparently.
Well, God love ya’ for persevering despite some of the fools we must rely upon to confect the Eucharist!
JPII and B16 are doing a good job making __irrelevant__ the current crop of swishy pastors who would rather “share our stories” than share the gospel. Isn’t it interesting that pro-life homeschooling Marian Eucharistic stories never get told in such parishes? Only certain stories are legit, apparently.
Glad you stayed. Since there are numerous Catholic Churches, we can always find one where we can identify with the priest and the type of service.
Glad you stayed. Since there are numerous Catholic Churches, we can always find one where we can identify with the priest and the manner of Mass.
There that makes more sense!