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I am mystified when people claim that they are raised as Catholics and suddenly they discover Jesus and the bible and how much they love Jesus. While I rejoice with them for this revelation, I am perplexed by it.

I am Catholic and every time I enter a Catholic Church I have a sense of God’s presence there. It is the Holy Eucharist which causes me to have this feeling. And, as for Jesus, he is the center of my life and all my major life decisions revolved around pleasing Him.

That being said, for about 30 years, the RC Church was being led by many poorly trained priests, who were not infused with the necessity of deep, prayerful lives. Thankfully the problems caused by these less than holy men is now being corrected and the newer priests are way above and beyond those who were trained earlier. Even so, the RC church has had many good priests despite this lapse when liberalism infected the hierarchy of the church.

I am Catholic and every time I enter a Catholic Church I have a sense of God’s presence there. It is the Holy Eucharist which causes me to have this feeling.

This is where Catholics and Protestants would differ. Catholics might feel a sense of God's presence in a church building and the Eucharist. No disrespect but the Jews felt the same presence in the temple and the show bread. It is only natural that we should look at the works of our hands. The disciples marveled at how nice the temple was.

Instead, God wants us to glory in His word and spend time with Him.

1Ti 4:4-6 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.

The failure of Christians today is that we simply don't spend time with His word and talking to Him. Buildings and other things in this life are gifts to us.

That being said, for about 30 years, the RC Church was being led by many poorly trained priests, who were not infused with the necessity of deep, prayerful lives.

In the real world; this is known as a Management Problem.