What can we as the body of Christ do about this?

[Daniel_Marsh]

A five-year analysis of the nation’s death rates recently released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the suicide rate among 45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004, the latest year studied, far outpacing changes in nearly every other age group. (All figures are adjusted for population.) For women 45 to 54, the rate leaped 31 percent.

Boomers’ rising suicides puzzles
heraldtribune.com/article/20080219/NEWS/802190356

 

[txsoldier94]

We can pray.

My wife mentioned this to me…to her it is not surprising. The group with the spike in suicide rate were the 60’s kids.

The hippie and free love flower children. The generation of “If it feels good do it”.

Well, when it doesn’t feel good, and things go wrong…what do you do, if you have no belief other than in yourself?

They take (what they think) is the easy way out.

May God have mercy on their souls.

Mik

 

[StCsDavid]

Being a Boomer myself…this doesn’t surprise me. Many of my generation gave up God and thus have nothing but themselves to hope in. That’s a pretty miserable existence. On the plus side, every year I see more and more Boomers in our RCIA class so at least a percentage of them are coming home to the Church.

 

[txsoldier94]

Bring 'em home!

I have seen the same here…more Boomers finding that the Road to Home leads to Rome.

Mik

 

[MarieVeronica]

This made me so sad. My sisters and I are all “Boomers”, too. All of us fell away. I’m back in the Church now, but both sisters… still “away”. Please keep my sisters your prayers, dear Forum. Thank you and God bless.

 

[dessert]

I agree with parts of the article that states we were given lots of drugs, you know the valley of the dolls. Most of us that stayed away from all that hippie stuff are now grasping for straws.
My dh is a vietnam vet and he has struggled all since then with emotional problems.
We realize we will live longer and that can actually be scary especially if you don’t have good family connections.
We are feeling I am anyways some of the side afects of old viruses we had I have had fibromyolgia but have beaten it some with lots of massage and chiropractic care.
I am taking more meds than I used to and when you get used to
T-3 it is hard to give up.
I have calmed my life down a bit that has helped,not so much a hurry, I get there when I get there.
My class of 800 in 67 I recently went and there are still 700 left.
Only 150 at the reunion.
Our parents are outliving some of us, that is scarry.
But for the next 12 years 8000 people a day will turn 60.
We are not getting as many grandchildren as I hoped and the families are mixed and full of steps. I think our familes are breaking down.
What can we do? Pray a lot, and if you want to have a funeral in a catholic Church and be burried in the catholic cemetary be sure to put it in your will, because I see the children are doing what they want if it is not specified, I have visited some funerals and been to the graves and witnessed what these kids are doing.
Get to know your grandchildren or great ones, they are helpful.