The Holy Spirit guided me out of the schism 7 years ago as I stated above. Why must you throw make snide remarks and rain of this joyous day? Oh, and suffering through poor liturgies ceases to be expiatory penance when I have young children to rear in the Catholic faith. I don't look at what I will be having as so much a reward on earth, but a necessity for the spiritual needs of myself and my family. Sometimes there is fine line between acts of penance and foolishness.
The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;...
*I apologize for giving you the wrong impression.