It's our fault, no really, it's our fault

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Everything in one form another is our fault.

It’s not this or that pope’s fault. It’s not this or that bishop’s or priest’s fault. It’s not the hierarchy’s fault.

It’s our fault.

We didn’t raise our children well enough.
We didn’t pray or offer sacrifices enough for the Church, or for this or that priest.
We didn’t do enough.
We gossipped too much.
We didn’t read the Catechism and form ourselves sufficiently.
We didn’t put enough love into each Mass we went to.
We didn’t go to Confession well enough or frequently enough, or sincerely enough.
We didn’t defend the Church.
We skirted the Church teaching on “generous Marriage”.
We gave into comfort too much.
We fanned our vanity too frequently, or nursed resentment too much.
We held grudges.
We didn’t use ALL of our talents, we held back unlike the widow in the Gospel.
We stopped well short of loving God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength.
We doubted…and do anything about it.
We didn’t trust in God.
We too infrequently immersed ourselves in His Scripture, His advice to us.
We treated a life of piety as a checklist, not a love affair.
 
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‘If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire!’ - St Catherine of Siena
 
We already know that…we acknowledge that at Mass…mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
 
Could have made the list shorter:
  • We are sinners.
Without sin, we wouldn’t have had the privilege to know the mercy of God…so its all good!

Rejoice in the Lord Always!
 
not too sure what exactly what we did wrong. This is a list of excuses but the OP didn’t say what we are shirking the blame for.

Is there a point to the OP?
 
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not too sure what exactly what we did wrong. This is a list of excuses but the OP didn’t say what we are shirking the blame for.
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It is not a list of excuses, it is a list of failed responsibilities. I think it is quite specific.
 
Uhhhhhh where is this coming from and where are you going with it?
 
Jesus said “be perfect as My Heanenly Father is perfect”

Conversion, perfecting charity. A whole life long.
 
I once asked God to show me myself as I really am. In my case, it was a week of him revealing the pain I have caused in the life I have lived.
I have a list like this one. The revelation humbled me. Yes I have done good things in my life but seeing myself as I am, gave me compassion for other people.
I sometimes still slip into judgement rather than Justice, but I regret it quicker and I adjust. The incidents have lessened tremendously as I see now how much I need forgiveness. If I require that level of forgiveness then I have to be willing to give that level of forgiveness to others.

So the list is a hard truth but I highly recommend that everyone make one and be ruthless with yourself. Then ask God for the courage to change, and for mercy.

this list is missing one thing. At the bottom it should say that God forgives you and loves you anyway, so go love the world the same way…
You’re very brave. You’re in my prayers!
 
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not too sure what exactly what we did wrong. This is a list of excuses but the OP didn’t say what we are shirking the blame for.
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It is not a list of excuses, it is a list of failed responsibilities. I think it is quite specific.
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Then, why wasn’t the title ‘List of failed responsibilities’? It still doesn’t answer my quesiton ‘what is not our fault?’
 
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