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Most people with common sense know that human nature is prone to laziness. Going to church helps us to remember our duties to God and neighbor and not to become isolated in our own problems, fantasies, lifestyles or whatever is paramount in our life.
As a Catholic, going to church unites us physically with God (when we receive Holy Communion) and spiritually with God (by celebrating the Mass).
Church isn't about "feeling good." It is about responsibility. It is the least we can give to God and certainly a God who gives His all. Yes, we can find God in our daily chores at home, in our work and in our neighbor, but worship is far more than just recognizing God in created things. God deserves our love and our worship too.
Mrs. Susan Stratton
Corinna
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Susan, you should keep going to church -- you evidently need it. Some of us don't. Some of the nicest, kindest and most respectful people in my town don't go to church.
some have been going for years -well, they think they are the best - I know different - they go to be seen and are the great pretenders. It still goes back to "if it feels good do it".report abuse
I'm Catholic, too, and I disagree with Mrs. Stratton. Churches are full of heathens who go into a building every Saturday or Sunday and treat others horribly from Monday through the weekend.
Hogwash. You don't need to go to church to honor God. You need to discipline yourself toward kindness and compassion all week long.
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For a Catholic, going to Mass is a matter of obedience to God. Jesus told Peter and the apostles that whatever they bind or loose on earth will be bound or loosed in heaven. Since the apostles were the first leaders of the church, their teaching that we are to attend Sunday Mass is also a commandment of God. Going to Mass if we are physically able to is necessary to our salvation, as Hebrews 5:9 tells us that Jesus became the cause of eternal salvation to all who obey him. 1st John 5:3 tells us that the commandments of God are not heavy. God doesn't ask us to do anything that is too difficult for us.
We can be saved only by the grace of God (Eph. 2:8). The greatest source of grace known to the world is the Mass, and especially the Eucharist. The Catholic Church (and therefore, God himself) commands us to attend Sunday Mass so that we, by grace, may grow in holiness, without which no man shall see God (Heb. 12:14).report abuse
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