You should have kept it.
Time to "church shop"...there are plenty of good congregations that don't have to listen to partisan politics in the pulpit!
You should have kept it.
Agreed.
How are the priests to know of our dissatisfaction when we continue to leave offerings?
We have left our parish because of this exact same thing. Only the priest here was telling us how great Kerry was. !!!!!
I hear it has gotten worse.
The parish we are now attending is fantastic. ALL the priests are great and have wonderful, faithful to the teachings of the Church, sermons.
Interesting note: Our new parish, Good Shepherd, in Mira Mesa, has standing room only Masses while the one we left, St. Michael's in Poway is seeing their Mass attendance dwindling.
Hmmmmmmm,, surprise, surprise.
"I handed the usher my offering as we exited.
You should have kept it."
I would have kept it AND given him the finger on the way out.