Posted on 05/02/2016 11:50:24 AM PDT by NYer
Post 1960's, how many Catholics actually believe that one must be Catholic for salvation? Compared with....how many Catholics believe that the Catholic Faith is merely "the fullness of the Truth"?
You know, that’s when I had a problem with my priest, too, spouting that kind of stuff, but abortion, euthanasia, and forced killing of vulnerable people got no air time from him. Yes, I left that parish for good, and then wandered around without a parish for a few years. Then I stopped going at all, for a number of years. I wanted to go, but I knew my old parish had glaring eyes. Fortunately, God rescued me, and dealt a long distance move to us. The first thing we did was find a new Catholic parish to call home. It has been a blessing! We have a lovely traditional priest, and Mass is holy and sacred again. God is good!
“Wow, beautiful words — you must have a job. Want to trade places?”
Would you like to trade places with the martyrs? To quote Collin Raye, nobody says that life is fair, and we’ve all got a cross to bear. For the nothing that it’s worth, you have my condolences about your employment troubles; but the fact that you’re having a difficult time doesn’t mean that you should doubt God’s love. People have died in agony without doubting it.
I’ve had to deal with this particular cross a few times in my life. Prayers to St. Joseph are particularly useful.
See my tagline.
I’ve lived through some hard times and wondered where God was too, without exception, when I got through it I have been truly blessed. My miracles rarely come in one fell swoop but one small step at a time and many I’ve not even noticed until I was looking back.
From the Invitatory Psalm:
Come let us sing to the Lord
and shout with Joy to the Rock who saves us.
Let us approach Him with Praise and Thanksgiving
and sign Joyful songs to the Lord.
I know. Singing and singing and singing. Yeah. I get it.
It’s just whatever you’re used to.
I don’t know. Maybe it’s me but when I say my rosary at night, I’m not singing, when I sometimes get down on my knees asking for God to help me understand what life is giving me.... I’m not doing some sing song 4/4 song in the key of C or whatever.
It’s just a choice. You like to sing , awesome. I like to pray , awesome. We can worship without conflict. Awesome.
Been there. It's a rough passage on the road of life. Like you, I felt abandoned but held fast to my faith with the words of St. Paul; "If God is for you, who can be against you?" I struggled for a long time but suddenly, a job opportunity came along. Despite being (in my opinion) the least qualified of the 40 candidates that applied, I was given the position. It proved to be the answer to those prayers. Later, reflecting back on the time of struggle, I realized that our Lord had accompanied me on that journey. Will keep you in my prayers.
About 11 years ago I went through a period of unemployment and under employment. It was only after I accepted my current position that I was able to see God had used those difficulties to prepare me for moving to a new state and accepting this position. I am adding you to my prayer list.
We all have our crosses to bear.
My suggestion is to go help someone in your field. Solve a problem. Be around people that can make connections for you.
Go look for opportunities that you could serve others, you may find a way to make some money and to get noticed.
Consider starting your own company. Start small. Find some customers and provide a service or product. Be competitive in pricing, pricing can always increase as your demand and volume increases. Many business begin by offering a lower price and great service in the beginning.
Visit the Holy Eucharist and ask for God’s help.
Been there too.
And sometimes you don’t want people to list everyone who has or has it worse than you.
You don’t want people to throw a few Scriptures in your direction and then walk away as though they have done you a monumental favor.
You don’t want people sending you job listings that your husband already applied for ad nauseam.
Groceries would have been nice. Just knowing someone cared. But when I became so discouraged as to not pray for our situation anymore... someone saying “ it’s our turn to pray on your behalf” or “let’s pray together” would have been amazing
No judgment or condemnation. And that is what I will do for you FRiend
Lack of catechesis has brought us the lukewarm Catholics.
All pastors need to have an Adult Education program at the top of their priorities.
I understand your suffering about being without work. I understand desperate financial times and then being hit with a potentially terminal diagnosis, one that killed your sister 9 months previous, and a lot more bills we can’t afford.
Then I read yesterday 6 children lost their parents within 48 hours. The mother was 40 and threw a blood clot in her sleep, died at the local hospital. 48 hours later, 38 year old father died in his sleep from a heart attack.
Someone always has it worse than we do. As the saying goes, if we all got together and thew our problems in a pile, and could pick up whatever we choose, most of us would pick our own back up.
>Someone always has it worse than we do<
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That certainly does not make me feel better.
I know it's hard to be on the receiving end rather than the giving end, but endure and He will not fail to be revieled in some small way.
I'll offer my prayers, such as they are, so that you can once again be on the giving end of the team./
Nah, you're both wrong...Francis is indeed a bit leaning toward socialism but that's where he's from. He will do NOTHING to affect Catholic doctrine based on his upbringing.There are Catholics from every country on Earth and some of them have different opinions than we do.....so be it, the Pope can come from anywhere and is, of course, the product of his environment.....all will be O.K.....pray for it.
Mass is what YOU make it....I know a few people who actually left the church because they didn't like a particular priest....pathetic, like leaving the country because you don't like the president. We all have to put up, temporarily, with things that we might not agree with....so be it. No situation that I might not like could ever make me even doubt the church. Bad situations are created by fallible men and I don't have a lot of time for them.
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