What Will The Catholic Church Be Like In The Next 50 Years ?

 Many people constantly criticize the Catholic Church mainly , because they do not understand what we do as Catholics. The biggest problem is the lies that get spread by the Catholic Bashers. They have been around for a long time and they do everything in their power to destroy the Catholic Church. Well I am sorry to say that they will never accomplish this. I guess that have never read in scripture that the gates of hell will never prevail.
 The Catholic Church has changed in quite a few different ways since I went to Mass back in the 60s and 70s. I spent some time going to a Pentecostal Church in the early 80s where my wife and I were married. We left that church by the power of the Holy Spirit, when he woke me up due to the constant judging of everyone and everything. I judged my own mother and that was when I realized something was wrong. We ended up in the Lutheran Church for quite a few years and the Holy Spirit woke me up again. It centered around the Holy Eucharist and my journey finally brought me back to the Catholic Church and I am home.
 Coming back to the Catholic Church was quite a shock. Gone were the days of the holiness that I once remembered. The church now seems to have a brighter look and that sanctity is there, but just not the same. I see people holding hands during the Our Father and raising their hands just like the priest. They even seem to have a small band going on to the left or right of the altar. Some even had the drop down screen over the altar with the bouncing ball so you can follow along with the music.
 All these things have been brought into the Catholic Church by Protestants that could not leave all their ways behind. They do not realize that they can not make up the rules as they go along. The problem I see is that the Priest does not say anything or explain to the congregation why they are not supposed to do these things. Maybe these are just more signs that the end of the world is near. So will the Church be the same or worse in the next 50 years ? I have a feeling at some point good priests will come along and straighten out the people. They may lose people and in the process lose money, but will be better off in the long run.

Merry Christmas - A Savior Is Born

 It's Christmas time once again and everyone is scurrying around to find that someone a special Christmas Gift to put under the Christmas Tree. If you are looking for something special, Click Here And Visit My Catholic Website. Well this year we did all of our Christmas shopping online through Amazon and Lowes. It is sort of a cheap kind of Christmas and not the way I remember it growing up as a child.

 What I mean is that yes we bought things, but they were not very expensive. We generally shopped at the local dimes store and had just a couple of presents a piece between my other 2 brothers and my sister. You see I did not come from a wealthy family. My Mom was a stay at home Mother and my stepfather worked at where ever he could.

 My Stepfather worked for awhile at a local store called JB Hunters. He used to bring home all the things that the store threw out. So basically they were a lot of broken unwanted toys, but his heart was in the right place and that meant a lot. He put a roof over our heads and food in our stomach. Oh there were times when we had some arguments. When he was about 63 he passed away during his sleep from a massive heart attack. That is what smoking constantly and drinking beer every night will do to you. I was the one that had to check him to make sure he was really gone. It was very difficult at 18 years old to go through that.

 So what do I remember about the Catholic Church and Christmas time ? Well I remember the Christmas Wreaths around the Church and the Manger Scene that they set up in the Church. I remember the really nice nice Masses, where the acoustic guitar playing became popular. I also remember getting a little box of hard candy that lasted for a little while. I do remember going a few times to Midnight Mass and being really tired. It was just that time of the season I will always remember, plus all the Christmas Hyms that were sung during Mass.

 I will tell you that in the last few years of my Stepfathers life we did become closer. I remember he did not have a car, so I drove him to the store on some very cold winter nights. He did teach me how to use the big snowblower to clean out the driveway. Sadly I was the one that had to blow the snow out of the driveway on that cold September night when he passed away. I can remember going to  work as the night custodian and having all these strange thoughts going through my head as to what our family would do without my Stepfather.

 Well time went on and we made it through the many Christmases to follow. I am now almost the age when he passed away, but I do not follow the path of drinking and smoking that he did. I hope to live a long time and see many more Christmases to come with my grandchildren some day.

Thank You For Reading and Merry Christmas !

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