Life

What is the problem? Everyone takes life lightly. We don't know about purgatory. We don't know about heaven and hell.

Life is just a raindrop in the ocean of eternity.

Without an afterlife, the length of life no matter the length, would be arbitrary.

Without purgatory no one could get into heaven since nothing unclean may come into His kingdom. Jesus didn't die for our sins so we could do whatever we want and simply be forgiven. What, then, would be the purpose in trying to be a "good person" aka a follower of Christ?

Todays life in some ways mock the life of our souls when we pass.

If we do something bad, such as steal, we get a small penalty...maybe get a fine or do some community service. If we do something, like murder, we get a larger penalty...maybe 20 years in prison.

Purgatory works the same way. We have to pay for our sins. Sins can be large or small and have consequences, receptively. We have to ready our souls for heaven just like we need to ready ourselves to go back into society after we commit a crime.

Simply put, sins are not all equal. If we murder two people, the penalty will be greater...perhaps life in prison. Purgatory, again, works the same way. Just because we have done one sin, doesn't mean it is okay to that sin again. They add up, just as crimes do.

If none of this is real and heaven and hell don't exist, what happens? Do we never see our loved ones again? My grandparents were married for 63 years. Do they never see each other. Is my grandmother or your grandmother just buried in the ground and that is it?

For those who believe, is God your King all of the time, honestly?

If we are honest with ourselves, which is difficult to do, He is only our King some of the time.

If God came down right in front of you and me TODAY and told us what we cannot do, would we be more serious about it? If he said don't use contraception, don't masturbate, don't have premarital sex, don't have oral or anal sex, don't have sex for simple pleasure, don't have sex with the same gender, would we listen?

These things are PROMOTED today as an okay thing to do. This is serious stuff.

If Jesus came to us TODAY how would we change our lives. He said not to do these things yet almost everyone continues to. If we are honest, we are followers of Christ SOMETIMES. We need to live our lives as if Jesus came and told us these things today in person if we wantt o be true followers of Him.

Since when?

Since when has it been okay for everyone in the Catholic church to get up and receive the Eucharist?

Since when has the attitude changed. Why, when I'm not in a state of grace and I stay kneeling during the Eucharist because I'm not worthy to receive the actual body of Christ, do I get strange looks from others? Why am I the only one doing this? This means everyone else in the house of God is in a state of grace...I doubt it.

Why am I one of just a few that go to confession before mass? So the other 100 people are perfect and only me and the other two people that I am ever waiting with to go into the confessional are sinners? I doubt it.

Since when does a church of 100 people need FOUR Eucharist ministers? Why are so many just as happy to receive from non consecrated hands? Would it be that big of a deal to have to be in the church for an extra 5 or 10 minutes. Ohh no! Wouldn't want to be in the beautiful Cathedral 55 minutes instead of 45! Then our days would be shot.

Since when was it strange to receive the Eucharist on the tongue? Why are priests shocked by this? Why do they go to put the Eucharist in my every single time even while my hands stay folded. God forbid someone take the Eucharist on their tongue while on there knees. People look at you like your doing something bad.

Since when has it been okay to walk past the alter or the TABERNACLE and not show respect? NO need to stop and genuflect or bow. Maybe people don't know you're supposed to do that...but, then again, one would think the people would notice others doing this. One would think they would see the spot to kneel and the railing and think maybe it is there for a reason. Why don't follow the old saying "when is Rome" since that is what everyone does while receiving the Eucharist right? We don't want to kneel down in respect because we might get looked at funny.

Since when don't people need to be reminded of the rules? Are we scared to offend people? Why on Easter and Christmas is it okay for everyone to walk up and receive? Would it be such a bad thing to remind those "Easter and Christmas Catholics" they cannot come up?

The problem is people don't even know this. They don't even know when they are allowed to receive the Eucharist, let alone what is in the Bible. Why aren't people reminded that they must have at least a one hour fast before the Eucharist? Why aren't people reminded that if they miss Mass and don't confess then they are in a state of sin? Why aren't people reminded that they must confess their sins before receiving?
This is serious stuff! This is people receiving JESUS CHRIST! The only hope for our salvation.

Then, once people are informed of these things they make excuses like ohh Jesus didn't mean that or Jesus made a mistake. I have news for you...Scripture is TRUTH. Jesus does NOT make mistakes. People say ohh if Jesus came around today he would have said it was okay to let women be Priests. I got news for you...NO HE WOULDN'T! God is timeless. He has already seen your life, my life, this post...he has seen it all.

This all goes back to one of the many terrible "isms." Christian Liberalism. What a terrible thing it has done to the church.
The baby boomer generation as a whole has tried to ruin the Church with liberalism. Luckily there is a new generation of Catholics who are attracted to the truth. Not by me, but by everyone who loves the truth, we can fix this. Lets go back to the way things should be!