Do you go to church in the hope you will get smarter or wiser?

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Do you go to church in the hope you will get smarter or wiser??
 
No. If I become smarter or wiser in the process, great, but that’s icing on the cake for me.

I go to be near the Lord, to worship and receive Him. I just want to love Him and be true to my faith. That is all.
 
You go to Church for the Eucharist, the closest you can be to God in Earth. If the homily was intellectually stimulating, that’s just a bonus.
 
This! Smarter and wiser are often fruits of an active faith life, but remaining humble, loving God, and treating each other with the dignity inherent to all is first and foremost.
 
I go to hear the word of God proclaimed, pray, share the eucharist and give praise to god. I come away hoping that I have grown a little more as a child of God in the way God wants me to grow by his grace. Never feel wise because everyday is a school day in my book, constant evolution and enlightenment our faith is for me anyways.
 
Wisdom, understanding, counsel, and knowledge are all gifts of the Holy Spirit that we receive in the Church. But, as others have mentioned, these are not ends in themselves. They help us to love and serve God above all things (the primary reason we go to Mass on Sunday) and to love our neighbors as ourselves.
 
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The primary reason I go is out of obedience to God’s Third Commandment.; “Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day” (Exodus 20:8). And likewise, Jesus said; “Do this for a commemoration of me.” This is what Our Lord commanded us to do at the Last Supper, the first Mass. So before anything else, we as Catholics are obliged to attend Holy Mass, out of obedience to the Master!
 
You’ve had some good answers here, dann. Now can you tell me why you ask the question? Usually when people ask a ‘yes /no’ question they have an idea as to which is correct, yes or no. This isn’t an open ended question that you’ve asked. So, if people answer 'no, I go for X, Y, or Z primarily and getting wiser is something that will hopefully happen, but not the PRIMARY reason", is that what you feel is the ‘right’ answer?

And if people answer "Yes, but give different reasons, and you agree with this, which of the many different reasons do you believe is the ‘right’ one?

And if people in the course of sharing their lives start (and they will) to be criticized by other people as being wrong, all in the name of God and 'being more like Him", and ‘doing what He ‘really’ wants’ of course. . .how is that helping to love our neighbors as ourselves?
 
I pray for wisdom so I may use it to strengthen others faith. I never expect it though, just some extra graces in my studies would be nice. 😃
 
I’m not sure about smarter but definitely wiser through listening to homily.
Also one can only be humble if you are smart. If you are stupid then there is nothing to be humble about. And to be humble takes also wisdom.
 
This is a really good question…
My primary purpose of going to Church is more along the lines of trusting that it’s what God wants me to do.
So kind of a relationship thing. A relationship with God.
But at the same time, I believe that obedience to God is the wise thing to do, so in a sense, maybe I do hope to get smarter and wiser…
But as my primary and conscious motivation, no.

Good question…🙂
 
I go to church on sundays and any day of the week, because I firmly believe that God Jesus is there.
 
Well, that’s not my primary hope or expectation. But I always hope that the sermon will open my eyes and have that effect. I also always hope that, through the reception of God’s grace in the form of Communion, I might grow in smarts & wisdom. It might not happen, it’s not necessarily designed to happen, but I can’t imagine any of it hurts!
 
The following is the Responsorial Psalm after the sixth reading of the Easter Vigil Mass:
R. (John 6:68c) Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
the decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
They are more precious than gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
 
“The root reason for human dignity lies in man’s call to communion with God. From the very circumstance of his origin man is already invited to converse with God. For man would not exist were he not created by Gods love and constantly preserved by it; and he cannot live fully according to truth unless he freely acknowledges that love and devotes himself to His Creator. Still, many of our contemporaries have never recognized this intimate and vital link with God, or have explicitly rejected it…” (Second Vatican Council, Gaudium et Spes, 19)
 
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