How have you managed to remain Catholic?

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In light of all the scandals and the confusion? I have nearly left the church several times. For a time I couldn’t attend mass. The only reason I’m still Catholic is I don’t know where else to go. I keep thinking over and over again of what St. Peter said “Where else can we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
 
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@Rubee , you ask how I have managed to remain Catholic .

There is only one answer I can give which is definitely right .

I have remained Catholic through the Holy Spirit , the Spirit of Truth who has taught me that Jesus is the Truth , and alone is the Holy One , and that , despite the mess it always seems to be in , the Church is His Church , the place to be .
 
I ask myself, what’s the alternative? Another denomination or religion? Atheism? None of these are acceptable for me, since I believe the Catholic Church has the fullness of grace and truth. And in any of these other options we will also find scandals, since sin is common to all of us no matter what we do or don’t believe. Also, in most cases I don’t think we can rightly “go it alone,” claiming to be Catholic without being engaged and actively part of the Catholic community.
 
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It’s never occurred to me to leave the Church. I wouldn’t stop being a speech therapist because of the bad things other speech therapists have done. I choose to be a mother despite the awful things that other mothers have done. I haven’t stopped being a friend or seeking to have friends because they are the ones who so often have the power to truly wound you.

As long as the Church contains His blessing and His teachings and His sacraments, it is where I will be, regardless of the humanity within.
 
Just like Jesus Christ, the Church suffers and carries her own cross.

The Church is marked with hard days and scandals. But she always survived and kept the faith intact. Just like Our Lord promissed.

However, I guess we are living the worst times ever. Babylon is back and the attacks against the Church intensified. And this is when Catholics must show their strenght and trust in God.
 
the church is not defined by historic sexual abuse.
The body of the church, thats us, is broken, wounded, bruised, and scattered.
The Body of the church is a field hospital for all sinners.

Hate the sin, love the sinner

we are Catholic, we are called to love our neighbour. We are called to love our enemy and pray for them.

it is not enough just to love our friend and those whose only sin is going 5km over the speed limit
 
In the late 12th century, at a broken down church in San Damiano, Italy, a young man who had failed at everything he had attempted in life, heard Jesus speak to him from the cross. “Rebuild My Church,” Jesus spoke. Jesus recognized that something was wrong, off, broken within His Church. Humble sickly Francis of Assisi heeded those words, and became one of oir most revered saints. Perhaps the brokenness of the Church today will give rise to such a person.
 
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In light of all the scandals and the confusion? I have nearly left the church several times. For a time I couldn’t attend mass. The only reason I’m still Catholic is I don’t know where else to go. I keep thinking over and over again of what St. Peter said “Where else can we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
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I am disappointed with the scandal and even angry about it, but why would I want to leave the Church? How is the two connected? The issue of leaving the Church never comes to mind to me as I know that the scandal is part and parcel of what can happen along the journey of the Church. There are more than one billion Catholics and the sins of the few, even if they are clergy, has nothing got to do with the truth of the Catholic Church. And that’s more important instead of being side-tracked by the scandal.
 
Noah was a drunk.

Did anyone jump off the ark because of that?

Just the same, to jump off the barque of Peter because the first mate is a sinner is as stupid.
 
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God made the Catholic Church, who then can prevail against it, there is none mightier than God, no force stronger and as long as we serve The Almighty through His Church He will maintain it and every faithful servant.

Thanks be to God.
 
Rubee said:
In light of all the scandals and the confusion? I have nearly left the church several times. For a time I couldn’t attend mass. The only reason I’m still Catholic is I don’t know where else to go. I keep thinking over and over again of what St. Peter said “Where else can we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
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The Church has been described as two thieves watching God die, one of whom ridiculed him. There is more to it than that, as his mother and John were also there to watch him die, but I think it makes the point:

If scandal ruins your faith, you never had it to begin with.
 
I wouldn’t call Noah “a drunk”. He planted a vineyard and got drunk. I don’t think he was a drunkard.
 
I think the spirit keeps me going as I can’t explain it with human logic
 
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God made the Catholic Church, who then can prevail against it, there is none mightier than God, no force stronger and as long as we serve The Almighty through His Church He will maintain it and every faithful servant.

Thanks be to God.
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That is the problem I have. I have only been Catholic 10 years, I was a non practicing, non church attending Christian
before that. I never had the desire to be a Protestant. At an early age, I always believed God wanted us to be Jewish or
Catholic.
I am 66, and when the scandals first broke
I told myself there were so many good priests and bishops who are trying to serve the Catholic church and God and I
will continue my daily life as a Catholic.
But if God made the Catholic church, why have their been those who continue to hide corruption and evil for so many years?
I thought shepherds were supposed to protect the flocks from the wolves.
We had the Schism with the Orthodox, then the Protestant Reformation, so something prevailed. The Church is in
crisis right now. Have we not learned anything since the Reformation?
 
If anything this is an opportunity to pray for our shepherds. That the Holy Spirit guide them and that they may be filled with love for the flock.
 
Man, there’s been a rash of these sort of threads lately. Now why on earth would I leave the Catholic Church? What, because there’s some seriously flawed men in the Church hierarchy??? This has no bearing whatsoever on the teachings that Our Lord has handed down to us through His Church. To all of those whose faith has been shaken by this crisis, go back and read, and then reread @(name removed by moderator)'s post # 3 where he nails it to a tee. And then…memorize it!!!
 
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