Name Pet Peeves You Have About the Church Today

[luvlife]

1. The 20 something year old woman who was wearing a flimsy sheer dress that was so unbelievably short. I’ve seen women’s teddies that were longer. She was seated behind the alter facing the entire parish and when she crossed her legs, my husband my husband called it a peep show.
2. The family with the teenage hacking kids seated behind us. They coughed, sneezed and said throughout the entire mass, “I feel so sick!” Great. Now maybe I can get sick too.

 

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There are too many divisions amongst us based on unimportant things such as Mass preference and worship style.

That’s the main one that I have.

Well, at least we aren’t as divided as the Protesters.

 

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I am abundantly filled with joy and unite with the universal church in thanksgiving to God for being renewed during this lent, and especially through the graces of this holy triduum. It is beyond my capacity to contemplate anything negative at this holy time.

I felt this joy @ one time… Now i seem to be on an endless cross… but i think i am on the cross (and carrying the cross) I am supposed to be on (carrying) so i don’t complain…

too much…

 

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God’s people support factory farms where billions of God’s creatures suffer every day all for greed.

We buy things from China where there are so many human rights violations… forced abortion being the worst…

We don’t seem to be a Christian nation…

Oh, gee, there’s a news flash for you…

 

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Reverence…
Outside the church is where people should greet one another and have conversation. And, they can make it a point to attend the donut and coffee times offered in the hall occasionally.

this is the reason we should not shake hands during the Mass. I hate that!!

Aside from it not being reverent… what if you are in a Church where you don’t know anyone… & everyone else knows each other… makes you feel kind of lonely…

I could go on about other reasons i hate it, but i probably don’t need to.

 

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Liberalism is my biggest peeve. It’s basically protestant ideas creeping into the Catholic arena. But i won’t head off into that tangent…

My other peeve is when people call themselves Catholic, but only believe X, Y, and Z. You’re either Catholic or you’re not. No in between.

So frustrating…

This is my biggest one. What gives with all the “Catholic” senators who support abortion? There are 16 out of 25 “Catholic” senators who supported reversing the recent law about not supporting organizations that fund abortion…

Please write to them & ask them Why are you Catholic?? (or something to that effect)…

 

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I would have to say that my biggest peeve is priests who don’ teach the faith from the pulpit. Even if they agree with the Church’s teaching they are afraid of upsetting people.

Gary

I don’t know why i forgot to list that one.

It is downright eerie to me how priests these days avoid speaking out in homilies about the true teachings of the Church (as well as the true history of the Church… The Inquisition, for example, was not nearly as bad as it is portrayed in books, which are mostly written by Protestants… and what the Protesters did to the Catholics throughout history is far worse, from my viewpoint than vice versa…)…

 

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Lackluster Bishops & Priests that refuse to sheperd the flock. Alot of these border on schismatic. If they would just FEED their sheep it would eliminate alot Cafeteria Catholics & other Liberal nonsense.

:harp: :tiphat:

 

[water]

I don’t know why i forgot to list that one.

It is downright eerie to me how priests these days avoid speaking out in homilies about the true teachings of the Church (as well as the true history of the Church… The Inquisition, for example, was not nearly as bad as it is portrayed in books, which are mostly written by Protestants… and what the Protesters did to the Catholics throughout history is far worse, from my viewpoint than vice versa…)…

As I understood, the homily is focusing on the daily Readings. I have not yet seen any priest trying to avoid what the Readings say on a particular day.

If I want a sermon, there are some other times after Mass.

Am I wrong? I heard people use this two terms “sermon” and “homilies” with no distinction.

 

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My pet peeve is the lack of systematic and professional feedback to priests and bishops. . For instance, how good are sermons? Do priests really listen to the (name removed by moderator)ut of parish councils?

What qualifications does a person have to have to be on a parish council? I know virtually nothing about parish councils…

I have given various priests i have known “feedback” but most didn’t seem to appreciated it. One got argumentative and started speaking loudly over me…

 

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As I understood, the homily is focusing on the daily Readings. I have not yet seen any priest trying to avoid what the Readings say on a particular day.

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Yes but there are times (and plenty of them in my opinion) when a “Catholic” explanation is needed. For instance, not long ago, one scripture reading at Mass had to do with Jesus telling us to “call no man your father.” the priest didn’t explain it… and even as a Catholic, i don’t always understand why the Church allows us to call priests “father”… I accept it…

I know what the passage means, that we are not to think of someone as our superior in everything… a guru or what have you. But i don’t know if others in the Church understand it and then later, outside of Mass, they run into Protestants who criticize the Church for doing this… and well, things like this lead people out of the Church…

 

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That was my first thought when I first saw this thread but, as I thought more about it, I began to think that it could be edifying to seee that others share our concerns.

Gary

This reminds me of another pet peeve about Catholics (some)…

It seems they will be ever so friendly to Protestants (trying to get them to convert?) but they often treat fellow Catholics like dirt…

I mean, if the poster you responded to doesn’t like the thread, why doesn’t he/she just not respond…?

No comprendo… :hypno:

 

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1. The 20 something year old woman who was wearing a flimsy sheer dress that was so unbelievably short. .

I don’t fault children for being children @ Mass (though their parents should discipline them better…) but young women dressing like they are… well, like they are staring in a soap opera… that bugs the heck out of me…

 

[HiggDo]

1. There isn’t much evangelization going on.

I might politely yet strongly disagree with this one. As a practicing Catholic, I evangelize not by shouting “repent” from the street corners or threatening people with hellfire, but more by how I live my life and how I treat others with love and respect and service.

As St. Francis so eloquently states:

“Preach the gospel at all times – If necessary, use words.”

• Saint Francis of Assisi

The fact is, that if you live by the example of showing a gentle, loving and quiet interest in our God, people will pick up on your faith and they will want to be inspired by what you have. They’ll want to know what it is that makes you happy. They’ll want to be near you.

Faith is indeed contagious.

 

[garysibio]

As I understood, the homily is focusing on the daily Readings. I have not yet seen any priest trying to avoid what the Readings say on a particular day.

If I want a sermon, there are some other times after Mass.

Am I wrong? I heard people use this two terms “sermon” and “homilies” with no distinction.

That’s correct, but those reading could be used as a jumping-off point for teaching the eternal truths of the Church rather that the pseudo-psychological fluff that we are so accustomed to getting.

Gary

 

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Yes but there are times (and plenty of them in my opinion) when a “Catholic” explanation is needed. For instance, not long ago, one scripture reading at Mass had to do with Jesus telling us to “call no man your father.” the priest didn’t explain it… and even as a Catholic, i don’t always understand why the Church allows us to call priests “father”… I accept it…

I know what the passage means, that we are not to think of someone as our superior in everything… a guru or what have you. But i don’t know if others in the Church understand it and then later, outside of Mass, they run into Protestants who criticize the Church for doing this… and well, things like this lead people out of the Church…

So, for this particular example - if the priest does not chose to talk about what other non-Catholics say about this matter, does this mean he avoids teaching the truth of the Church? It is not always the case.

I notice this thread was open around Friday, and I meant to avoid replying to it until now. This is because how my answers and opinions might even lead people away from the Church. I was just trying to be careful what I wanted to say.

 

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That’s correct, but those reading could be used as a jumping-off point for teaching the eternal truths of the Church rather that the pseudo-psychological fluff that we are so accustomed to getting.

Gary

Don’t you think the value of the priest’s homily even when he doesn’t say what you wish he says?

 

[garysibio]

I might politely yet strongly disagree with this one. As a practicing Catholic, I evangelize not by shouting “repent” from the street corners or threatening people with hellfire, but more by how I live my life and how I treat others with love and respect and service.

As St. Francis so eloquently states:

“Preach the gospel at all times – If necessary, use words.”

• Saint Francis of Assisi

The fact is, that if you live by the example of showing a gentle, loving and quiet interest in our God, people will pick up on your faith and they will want to be inspired by what you have. They’ll want to know what it is that makes you happy. They’ll want to be near you.

Faith is indeed contagious.

As a member of the Secular Franciscan Order I have often heard that statement used to justify not talking. Remember, St. Francis was a preacher. When there weren’t people around, he preached to the animals. Yes, living the gospel life is necessary but there comes a point when you have to start explaining the gospel message and calling on people to repent just like St. John the Baptist and Jesus did.

I’m not saying you have to go stand on the street corner and preach - I don’t - but neither is it a bad thing to do if that is what God is calling you to do and has equipped you to do.

Gary

 

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So, for this particular example - if the priest does not chose to talk about what other non-Catholics say about this matter, does this mean he avoids teaching the truth of the Church? It is not always the case.

I notice this thread was open around Friday, and I meant to avoid replying to it until now. This is because how my answers and opinions might even lead people away from the Church. I was just trying to be careful what I wanted to say.

Heck, I’d be happy if they stopped trying to tell us that the real miracle in the feeding of the ten thousand was that Jesus got people to share. (“Hey, I’ll trade you my mackeral for your mackeral.” )

 

[Mini_gerbel]

Heck, I’d be happy if they stopped trying to tell us that the real miracle in the feeding of the ten thousand was that Jesus got people to share. (“Hey, I’ll trade you my mackeral for your mackeral.” )

ROFL