When a toxic family member call you a bad Catholic

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jeannetherese said:
Hi 1990 Domer,
I’m rereading one of my favorite books, Brideshead Revisited, and your thread reminded me of a discussion in the novel. It goes:
“I sometimes think when people wanted to hate God they hated mummy.”
“What do you mean by that Cordelia?”
“Well, you see, she was saintly but she wasn’t a saint. No one could really hate a saint, could they? They can’t really hate God either. When they want to hate him and his saints they have to find something like themselves and pretend it’s God and hate that. I suppose you think that’s all bosh.”
“I heard almost the same thing once before-from someone very different.”

The novel is about the workings of grace in the life of a family, about God calling his children home from the ends of the world, despite their running away from Him.
Perhaps, entrusting the anger of your relatives to God’s care, knowing that He will find the right time to “twitch upon the thread” will help you through this difficult time.
May God bless you this Easter season and may all of your family one day be able to celebrate being home with the true fisherman.
Amen.
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Thank you for the kind sentiments. While I am not hopeful, nothing is impossible with God. So I pray…a lot. Also, I try to keep my son safe. He’s had enough sadness in his life and does not need more from people he barely knows (sister, BIL) or from my mom’s mental illness being thrust on him.
 
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Glad that you blocked his number, but also rejoice in the fact that someone is attacking you because of you faith in Jesus the Christ. Matthew 5:11 "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.”

He seems very angry at the world and tries to take out his anger on anyone and everyone around him. Try to contact you sister and be supportive – but avoid him.

Will pray that God grants you and your family peace and happiness.

Winter
 
Winter,

Thank you and God bless. Sadly, he puts down my sister and is very controlling, so she started acting that was towards me, I assume because I was 10 years younger and wanted to be the alpha woman in our extended family.

I will pray for both. I am in the so-called bucket of deplorables. And I can’t allow them near my son because both of them are trying to dissuade him for his discernment. Not good.

But thank you for your kind words because it means my DH and I are doing something right.
 
Once again, thank you for all the beautiful sentiments. Divine Mercy Sunday is our wedding anniversary, so I am excited to share my anniversary at Czestochowa Shrine.
 
Happy Anniversary! May Our Lady shelter you and your family under her mantle and may God bless and keep you and your family, today and always.
Amen.
 
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