Reply #63: I am weeping. My heart is weeping. My soul is weeping. [View All]

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Born into a Catholic family, baptized Catholic, I am now a ‘cafeteria Catholic’ at most, feeling that the RCC rejects & condemns people in a way that Jesus never would.

Through the years I have sporadically attended churches of various denominations, but typically pray in private...

"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

- Matthew 6:5-6


I was hoping that the Cardinals would select a pope who walked in the footsteps of Jesus... one who would be an advocate for “the least of these my brethren”. They chose Ratzinger... I can’t bring myself to call him ‘Pope’ at this time, don’t know if I ever will. Time will tell what he brings to the Papacy.

Right now, I am terribly, terribly saddened. Terribly saddened.

May God / Allah / Jehovah / YHWH / the Creator / Waheguru / the One have mercy on us.