*MOST* Catholics.
What I see is many Catholics who are so focused on Mary and the church, that there’s hardly a mention of Christ.
This article about the pope and his *10 Secrets to Happiness* don’t mention Christ ONCE. This is a perfect example of what I was referring to, from the very top.
Being in relation with Christ should have been FIRST in the list.
And second, and third,......
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. You have the fruit of the Spirit in your life and you WILL have all that he’s advocating for, that he’s basically telling people to do in the flesh.
Christ is at the center of all of this. Get your life right with Him, and everything else will fall into place.
But here we have Joel Osteen-ist kind of positvie thinking stuff and no mention of Christ. He’s not even an afterthought in this case.
And that is the issue. What I find interesting is that those threads that are mostly a Catholic issue (especially those regarding Francis) turn into a free for all. What I notice that the original issue in the OP devolves into the usual Catholic vs Protestant posts and the real issue is ignored or left behind at the beginning of the thread.
The real issue is what Francis has said or done...or not said or done. Some Catholics are trying to make Catholic sense of that and the others prefer to ignore the main issue and not make sense of it. Rather, they would prefer to continue with the usual Catholic vs Protestant arguments.
You know what... you're right.
MOST Catholics don't give a fig about Our Lord. MOST Catholics don't even attend Mass anymore and of those that do MOST don't believe what the Church teaches about much of anything.
It's very painful to see how everyone on the outside knows about it.