O.K., in spite of dismal national trends, in spite of your family and friends leaving the church like rats jumping from a sinking ship, you want to remain Catholic.
You have your reasons.
Perhaps you are rock solid in your faith.
Or perhaps it is more of a hunch, that Catholicism is where Jesus is calling you.
Conviction or hunch, you suspect that being Catholic is going to involve going to Mass.
But here’s the thing: When you go to Mass, you do not get anything out of it.
You know no one, the preaching is boring, the music is worse, and whatever is happening on the altar does not make sense.
And come to think of it, it has never has made total sense to you.
So now what?
Discouraged, you could just forget the whole thing and get back to your life with Netflix, while your spiritual life withers away.
You know no one, the preaching is boring, the music is worse, and whatever is happening on the altar does not make sense.
Or you could do something about it—something more than showing up twice a year and getting depressed all over again.
You could make the local parish your parish. Imagine being part of a community of people who know and love you.
Imagine a place to worship the living God together with your fellow man and woman. Sounds good, sounds ideal really, and it can be done.
The choice is yours: Will you be a consumer or an investor?
Here are five steps to try as you move toward investing in your local church.
These five steps will help you move from being a dissatisfied consumer to a living stone in the holy Catholic Church. Continue reading
Sources
- Jack Bentz in America Magazine
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