Is mankind to serve the Church or is the Church to serve Mankind?

[Deacon_Ed_B]

The most simple and direct answer I can give to the original question is Yes and Yes.
Prayers & blessings
Deacon Ed B

 

[eelpis]

I dont think you get what I am saying, sorry probably is the way I am expressing myself. Correct me if I am wrong but I never sad I am against going to church, or telling you to go or not. All I am saying is that I think you dont NEED to go to church to worship God. Going to chruch is not a bad thing, but I dont think that without it I am lost. I dont go to church and I am not missing anything I beleive.
I dont like the fact that the church is mixing with politics all the time. I dont want to hear the priest telling me his opinion about current politics or elections or sometimes they even try to convince me that one politician is different than the other.
Anyway I dont want to talk about politics!
The reason is I am not married is simple, here in the UK you have to pay for marriage license and to the registra as well and for paperwork etc. It costs a few thousand the simplest one. Since my daughter was born a few weeks ago my partner is not working. At this moment other things are more important than getting married. We want to get married of course, and we are going to as soon as we get a bit stornger financially.
I am sharing too much now!
Long story short, I am not over-reacting, this is simply my personal opinion. I dont feel I need anything else apart from God and Jesus. I feel God is close to me and I hope it will never change and I can correct every error of mine.
Everyone else; go to church or do whatever takes you closer to God.

You cannot worship God by other means than the holy sacrifice of the mass, so you have to get to church.

 

[KingAlfred]

My focus will always be Christ. Yet I also love the Church, and believe it to be Christ’s ‘first voice’ amongst men. I can understand, however, why a Christian might not want to be Catholic. Still, for me, it’s Christ’s living symbol on Earth.

 

[mlchance]

You cannot worship God by other means than the holy sacrifice of the mass…

That’s not true. I worshiped God just this morning sitting in a chair in my home while praying.

…so you have to get to church.

One has to go to Mass not because it is the only place where one can worship God, but because the Mass is an essential part of our worship.

– Mark L. Chance.