I agree. I've said it before and I'll say it again. "These individuals are arguing about how many pebbles are on the beach and failing to see the beautiful sun on the horizon that is God".
I'm a poor excuse for a Catholic and hope that I'm in good grace when I pass and that the Lord will somehow find me to be worthy to enter his kingdom. I find myself in a trap that the harder I try not to sin, the more things I find wrong with my life and how I live. Push one fault down and then pride, hypocrisy, lust, theft, hatred, disrespect to parent, loss of temper with loved ones and on and on and all I can do is try to do better but fail again everyday.
I can't see how all these people find time to worry about whether others are on the right path or doing the right thing, when I'm so busy trying to keep my family and my boat on the right path.
Your post is the perfect response to this type of story.
You describe the struggle of life brilliantly in your second paragraph. I resemble those remarks.
Amen to both of your statements.
Your comment about the more you try to overcome a sin, the more you think you are a sinner. {I am paraphrasing what you wrote]. But, I see that as a rather normal thing as one grows closer to God. The sense of our unworthiness makes us a bit more critical of our own behavior and shortcomings.
That is not a bad thing. A little more humility will keep us on the straighter path. God bless you.
I can’t see how all these people find time to worry about whether others are on the right path or doing the right thing,