I think for me it really all started in the 2006 timeframe when “we” were told that “Sanctity of Life” should make way for “Social Justice.” And then, during the 2008 election season, we were damn near told to vote for Obama...
My concern began at that moment when our Priest was able to stand in front of the parish, with a straight face and say “it’s more important to support candidates that support Social Justice than Sanctity of Life.” I literally got up from the pew and left, and have only been back a few times. If my Priest felt that social justice was more important than sanctity of life then that is not the church I grew up in.
God and I are doing just fine...I don’t need to sit in a church and polish a pew with my a$$ only to be told that THE most vulnerable are not deserving of defense and are somehow less important, well, than anything.....
amen brother.
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!