My journal entry, June 3, 2009:I read about Dr. Tiller's murder online and saw some of the comments cheering the man that took the doctor's life, and I sit here and think.. "this is exactly why I do NOT always attend mass". You see, I was born and raised a catholic. I was in catechism classes from the time I was a very young girl and my first memories are since the age of 4. My mom would walk me to the church and them come 2 hours later and pick me up. I was in processions, did the May queen, stations of the cross, first Fridays, mass every Sunday for 2 hours, every Good Friday for the entire 3 hours. I did this out of love for my God... but what I took from all those hours and years of instruction and rules of the commandments of our God, was that there was no wiggle room .. you either obeyed the commandments or you sinned and broke them. Period. Exclamation mark! No gray area.
When I read the comments, from good, law-abiding, God-loving followers who do NOT support the right to CHOICE, I was reminded why I stopped attending church. Understand that I am not saying that those people did not have a right to their opinion, they certainly did and do and always will... again their CHOICE. And, I do NOT want any of you to follow me in any way, shape or form, or have my belief become yours.... again it is about choice, (even God allows us free will, you are always free to think, worship, believe, act as you see fit and if you break a commandment, you do it from your own volition and will) - that being said, this is my opinion and belief based on what I have witnessed.
How can anyone who proclaims they are part of a church, a group of people that believe in God, are good law-abiding, God-fearing people who are supposed to follow the "do unto others as you would have done to you" rule, cheer the murder of a man who was following the law and performing a service that was requested by an individual who has the choice of continuing with a pregnancy or not? None of us can force force our will on another, and though there are some that that may feel abortion is wrong, you are free to have it be wrong for you... not to judge anyone else for their choice. Everyone has their own set of circumstances and lifestyles, or lack thereof, that determine a decision such as this, and I know there are probably some that could do that without a second thought, but for most that make this decision, it is not an easy one, nor one that they ever forget. I don't always do what I should, nor say what I should, but there are commandments that are mortal sins.. those are the big kahuna rules of the big Guy, and these, these, I really try to follow.
I believe I gave up on attending church when I was young, but while my mom & grandparents were in my life, I attended church so that they would not be upset, my very own respect for my elders. Then when my children were born, I wanted them to attend church to get to know the God that I love through the religion I was born to .. the God that gives me all the pretties to take pictures of, the God that forgives me my errors and never, once, tells me or infers to me that I am a screw up... I leave that to so many others who either are better than me, or believe they are better than me. My children, once they were done with their communion and confirmation sacraments were given the right to follow the catholic religion or choose one of their liking or to follow none. My children have their own spiritual beliefs, and though I don't believe they attend mass every weekend (I do not ask, it is not my right to do so), but they believe in God, pray for others, do follow the commandments and try to do unto others as they would have done to them.
Another reason that I choose not to attend mass regularly (but when I feel the need, the voice inside me asks me to, or for whatever other reason I feel in my heart to do so) is that even when I was a young gal, and attended with my grandmother, I took notice of a lot of hypocrisy by those regular attendees. In my opinion there are a lot of people that pay lip service to God and though they come off as being very good religious people, once they were away from the church (and at times even on the steps of the church) talked about everyone that was in attendance (and I am not talking nice chat about them, but critical things... like "that one is a hypochondriac" .. "that one is a sloppy housekeeper", "that one is a terrible flirt"... YOU get the picture) how is this being God-like? In my head, you either talk the talk and walk the walk, or you are just going through the motions to impress others. Not me, never was me, I am who I am, and I change for no one. I try my best not to wear different faces for different times. I guess it goes back to my hippie chick days, that and the fact, that even my granddad told me to never play cards as you could read my facial expressions and know when I was "bluffing" (a polite word for lying... not even gonna say fibbing.. because that is another polite word for the same thing).
And I do believe there are some very staunch and pure people that attend mass. And they are the ones being hurt by all the phony baloneys .. because others see the phony baloneys and believe that this is the way of most of the people. In the end, I always remember what both my grandparents said: "You can fool some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time but there has been and always will be ONE that knows you from the inside out and sees and knows all those times you practiced hypocrisy and wore those masks... and in the end it is He/She that you must answer to, carrying all those times with you to Him/Her." Peace out....
for gramps:Never Argue with a Woman
One morning, the husband returns the boat to their lakeside cottage after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap...Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, puts her feet up, and begins to read her book.The peace and solitude are magnificent.
Along comes a Fish and Game Warden in his boat..He pulls up alongside the woman and says, 'Good morning, Ma'am. What are you doing?'
'Reading a book,' she replies, (thinking, 'Isn't that obvious?')
'You're in a Restricted Fishing Area,' he informs her.
'I'm sorry, officer, but I'm not fishing. I'm reading.'
'Yes, but I see you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up.'
'If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault,' says the woman.
'But I haven't even touched you,' says the Game Warden.
'That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment.'
'Have a nice day ma'am,' and he left. MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads, she also thinks
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