tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22565042.post114901900143391279..comments2020-10-14T13:07:12.819-07:00Comments on NO CRYING AT MY FUNERAL - by Paul Dion: "Do you also want to leave?" (John, 6;67)Papa Puttsshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00565128278576668444noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22565042.post-1156829941538103192006-08-28T22:39:00.000-07:002006-08-28T22:39:00.000-07:00So many of my family and friends have left the Cat...So many of my family and friends have left the Catholic Church that it astounds me. Out of 12 children of my parents, only 4 of us are practicing Catholics. And not just practicing. Two of us are as involved as we can get while working full time jobs. I could no more leave this Church than I could fly. As you said in one of your past blogs, I'm staying. Only now I Know why I am staying. So many that left, left for the wrong reasons, like there was no Bible study, I hate confession, that priest isn't married, how does he know what its like to be married to my spouse; I'm not hurting anyone if we live together, (just your elderly parents...)What's wrong with a Vegas wedding? The list is endless, and if it sounds like I am judging, maybe I am, but it seems they took the easy way out. But most of all, it was easier to leave than stay and grow in faith by getting involved in the parish. Talking to the pastor to change things, going to another Catholic church if necessary. Being a participant and not a spectator at Mass, taking up that cross and remembering that Jesus is there with us, to carry it too. I will cry at alot of my family and friends funerals because they didn't hang in there, didn't try harder to stay and be nourished by the Eucharist and the Church established by Jesus. Maybe even cry because I didn't evangelize enough either. But God knows the hearts of us all and He is faithful and merciful.<BR/>LucyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com