Thoughts on the pro life vigil....
My parish, in following the instructions from our bishop, held a prolife vigil last night.
Nice affair, about an hour long. Both priests and the deacon were there.
But our parish has over 10,000 registered members, there MIGHT have been 50 people there.
It took place right on the heels of the five o'clock Mass. I understand a lot of folks couldn't make it. Hell, my wife had to stay home with the kids in order for me to go so there go four registered members right there.
But you'd think in a parish this size with something as well publicized as the vigil there would have been a lot more bodies in attendance.
I'm not trying to talk myself up for being there, most prolife events I have to pass on. This was an exception. So I can't set myself up, there are too many other events I miss.
But just as an overall note, 50 out of 10,000 is half of one per cent.
That just strikes me as pitiful.
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It is. And it's like that because of the dominance of cafeteria catholics and Modernist dissidents in religious education.
We are a remenant in our own Church
I'd guess. There are a lot of things I've no problem with, examples include altar girls, "Protestant" hymns, reception of the Eucharist in the hand, none of these ever strike me as detracting from adoration of the Almighty.
But all too often I encounter the "I'm okay, you're okay" mindset that fails to recognize evil. All too often I meet "Catholics" who support B.O. and see no problem with his record of supporting abortion.
If they really don't want to be Catholic (and that entails taking a lot of orders nobody will like and a lot of folk won't understand.) then it's time to just suck it up and do what we're told. That means not picking and choosing what teachings to follow.
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