Attending Lent/Easter services or not

[Dorothy]

scared:

Thank You everyone for your thoughts and prayers.

I have fought and lost. There is no God or Jesus in my life. I have stopped going to mass. I am have come to realize that even if I were to stay in the Catholic Church, I couldn’t recieve the one sacarment that I truely need - confession. I have come to realize that I don’t trust clergy, I know that is painting all of them with one brush. I won’t allow myself to be hurt again by a priest. I just can’t stay. My children will continue to go.

Again thank you

scared

When the door opens for you and you can see the Light that is Jesus and how much He loves you, don’t hesitate to go to Him.
His Church does have imperfect people in it, and there are also wise and holy people and priests as well. Jesus is always there for you, the Church is the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ our Lord.

May He and His Blessed Mother lead you out of the darkness into His Light.

Peace and Prayers,

Dorothy

 

[BarbaraTherese]

scared:

Thank You everyone for your thoughts and prayers.

I have fought and lost. There is no God or Jesus in my life. I have stopped going to mass. I am have come to realize that even if I were to stay in the Catholic Church, I couldn’t recieve the one sacarment that I truely need - confession. I have come to realize that I don’t trust clergy, I know that is painting all of them with one brush. I won’t allow myself to be hurt again by a priest. I just can’t stay. My children will continue to go.

Again thank you

scared

Hello Scared…“more things are wrought by Prayer than this world could dream of” (Bishop Fulton Sheen)…you stay in my prayers and will do… having a bit of a rough time myself.

Barb

 

[Coder]

scared:

I couldn’t recieve the one sacarment that I truely need - confession. I have come to realize that I don’t trust clergy, I know that is painting all of them with one brush. I won’t allow myself to be hurt again by a priest.

Take hold of the gifts that Jesus gives you in the sacraments and let no human discourage you. Your relationship is with Jesus, he is the Head of the Church. He suffered for us. If we have to be “tough” once in a while and carry our cross we can accept this with joy and love. There will be joy - overcome! Do not be defeated!

St. Paul says not to be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good!

Maybe go to confession before Easter and have a conversion experience this season!!! Celebrate Easter with us!!!

 

[BarbaraTherese]

Quoting Coder:

Take hold of the gifts that Jesus gives you in the sacraments and let no human discourage you. Your relationship is with Jesus, he is the Head of the Church.

Well stated…Jesus is the Head of The Church, not our heirarchy or priests, who act on His Behalf…we hope.

Maybe go to confession before Easter and have a conversion experience this season!!! Celebrate Easter with us!!!

Amen! Amen! to that!

Quoting Scared:

I have come to realize that I don’t trust clergy,

Jesus said “Put not your trust in princes” …and I add to that for myself “of men”…I have been hurt by clergy too Scared and you are not alone, we are not alone for sure. But my trust and Faith is in Jesus as Coder has well pointed out. I dont trust fully anybody now except God …(so internalized I do it without prethought)…and I put absolute, but conditional trust, only in people once I have ‘sussed’ them out to be honest with you…for I have insighted in myself unreliability and at times unfaithfulness and recognize that I am human in that like all other human beings without exception no matter their calling or rank. I not only let my own self down at times, but at times others too.
I thought your post excellent Coder and nudged my memory…which is appalling at the best of times. Thanks:wave:

Take courage, Scared, and just place your trust and confidence in The Lord to sort all this out for you and He surely will in his time. This is a great mystery to one…why one must endure injustice, rejection etc. But during Holy Week especially, we see He went before us on that road … and stayed faithful.

I have put another thread into this Forum and will go off and look for the link and post it, for I think you might find it helpful Scared and I hope and pray that you will in some way!

Barb

 

[BarbaraTherese]

Here is the thread I referred to in my last post:

http://forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=107349
“And Being in Agony He Prayed More Earnestly”
FR. RANIERO CANTALAMESSA

Here is a translation of the Lenten sermon delivered on March 17, 2006, by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa in the presence of Benedict XVI and officials of the Roman Curia. The Pontifical Household preacher delivered it in the Mater Redemptoris Chapel of the Apostolic Palace.

catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0829.html

What appears in the quote box below is only a portion of the overall sermon.
“Life Is Strewn With Many Little Nights of Gethsemane”

Human life is strewn with many little nights of Gethsemane

. The causes can be very numerous and different: a threat to our health, a lack of appreciation of the environment, the indifference of someone close to us, the fear of the consequences of some error committed.

But there can be more profound causes:
the loss of the meaning of God,
the overwhelming awareness of one’s sin and unworthiness,
the impression of having lost the faith.
In short, what the saints have called “the dark night of the soul.”