Success in this life only - The neglect of Eternal Life

On this blog so far the moral evils of abortion, contraception, divorce and the decline of Mass attendance on Sundays and holy days of obligation have been highlighted. The question of why this is has been implied if not asked directly. I believe the answer is in the absorbing into our life styles and our thinking secularism; the atheism of the age.

Catholic Marriage is a sacrament and is the rock of our culture

When a couple comes to the Church to speak to a priest or to a deacon they are taking the first step toward their wedding day in the Church. The preparation for marriage is a crucial first step. In it they will begin to examine their true feelings and motives. Do I want to make a lifetime commitment to this person sitting next to me? Am I basing my hopes and dreams on reality. Love is not a feeling or an emotion but rather it is a donation of myself to the marriage vows that I will repeat before the congregation and the priest or deacon who will represent Christ and His Church.

The reasons for low Sunday Mass attendance - ( 29% )

1.- The effect that the clergy sex abuse scandals have had on the faith of our people. The lack of justice in adjudicating the cases. The protection of offending clergy and the lack of concern for the victims as well as the innocent priests and laity who were in the parishes where these crimes took place. Justice has still not been achieved because those who covered up the offences have not been dealt with.

Low Mass attendace on Sundays and holy days of obligation. Why?

In the diocese that I belong to and many others in our country the Mass attendance on Sunday is twenty nine percent. Seventy one percent of registered catholics do not go to Church on Sunday. On holy days the figure is seven and a half percent. In 1995 the late John Cardinal O'Connor Archbishop of New York wrote a book titled, "A moment of grace", based on the Catechism of the Catholis Church. On pages 242 -243 he says, "We are bound under pain of mortal sin when it is humanly possible for us to get to Mass on Sunday". Cardinal O'Connor states the following,"The Catechism tells us about the precepts of the Church. As with so many things other things, many people seem to believe that what we call the precepts of the Church went out the window with the Second Vatican Council. Not at all. The Catechism spells them out for us."

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The purpose of this Blog is to question the "Spirit of Vatican II" prevailing in the teaching of Church doctrine particularly in Catechetics and preaching.. The people, that is the Church is being mislead so that souls are in danger. We will attempt to publish something here every day in the hope of building a following over time. God bless you! Fr. Corcoran

Wednesday of the first week of ordinary time 2010

We continue today in the first reading at Holy Mass with the first book of Samuel. We remember that Hannah had been barren and had prayed fervently to the Lord to send her a male child. If he would do that she promised to dedicate him to the Lord for all of his life. Samuel wasd born and today we find him in the Temple thinking that he had been called by Eli the priest and each time he heard his name Samuel he would go to Eli and "you called?" and Eli would say No go back to sleep. Finally Samuel realized it was the Lord calling him and he said in reply, "speak Lord, your servant is listening" and "here I am Lord, I come to do your will" This is a lesson for us. Listen for the Lord to speak and then be ready to do his will.