Are you saying this was your experience before converting to Roman Catholicism or as one of the reasons for your conversion?
Not to mention the profound lack of substantive guidance for living AFTER salvation;
Other than a focus on trying to keep the 10 Commandments I don't see much on how to live a Christian life from Roman Catholicism.
I do think churches can do a better job on this aspect of Christianity.
For me personally I use Proverbs and Psalms as a source of daily guidance. Proverbs 3 is especially good for a day-to-day application of how to live our lives. Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians are also very good.
I incorporate a study of the Scriptures along with prayer in my walk with Christ.
You know....you've given me a good idea for a project to work on. God does indeed work in strange ways.
It was a major contributor for losing my fear of investigating the Catholic Church.
Other than a focus on trying to keep the 10 Commandments I don't see much on how to live a Christian life from Roman Catholicism.
That’s because, with the Bible as the only frame of reference, many don’t even know what questions to ask. If it’s not “lyin’, cheatin’, and stealin’” they don’t recognize in any tangible sense the wickedness and damnable nature of other less overt sins. When was the last time you heard a sermon on avarice, the various guises of pride, wrath as opposed to anger, scrupulousness?
In many cases, God is blasphemed by the pagans because the “born again” are so enthralled with their salvation, they pay no mind to any wickedness or sin that’s not specifically condemned in the Bible.