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We Pray for the sick the old and the housebound
Topic Started: Friday, 9. February 2007, 21:46 (514 Views)
Peter

I've not seen this thread before and I'm sorry I haven't because it really brings home to me just how many people would like to offer their services to their parishes and how many offers are simply ignored. There is an awful lot of expertise that could be utilised for the benefit of a parish community if only they opened their eyes to it! Also, we all need to feel wanted and needed in some way (I know I do) it's a natural human trait and what better way to achieve that feeling than to contribute to our church community.

I wish there was a way this thread could be "beamed" into church communities nationwide as it might clear the way of misunderstandings and breathe new life into those same communities.

Someone, when contributing to this thread, mentioned that they were having struggles with their faith. I don't recognise the name but hope that they are in a safe place spiritually.
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Wednesday, 11. August 2010, 07:31
Someone, when contributing to this thread, mentioned that they were having struggles with their faith. I don't recognise the name but hope that they are in a safe place spiritually.
Perry was only with us for a few weeks. Sorry Peter, I do not know whether he remained in the Church.
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Peter

That's a shame Rose, I suppose we can only hope that he is settled and at ease with himself.

I know I'm going off the thread a bit but I'm sure that (with a few exceptions) people don't generally stay in the Church purely out of conviction alone. It's conviction, yes, but also the way that they're treated when they walk through that door before Mass. I like to think that we can put up with boring homilies, out of tune choirs etc simply because a community is so welcoming and inviting. Hopefully Perry will be in such a community. If he isn't, then maybe he might view this forum every now and then.

There was a time not that long ago that I wasn't going to Mass on a regular basis. I used to view this forum and often the topics would resonate with me and make ponder what I was doing with my life.

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Wednesday, 11. August 2010, 12:14
There was a time not that long ago that I wasn't going to Mass on a regular basis. I used to view this forum and often the topics would resonate with me and make ponder what I was doing with my life.

Peter
Peter if viewing this forum helped you come back, all the efforts made by the members, over the past five years, have been worth while.

What a morale booster for us!

We have some old topics we set up when the Bishops Agency set up a (short lived) project called "Where are they now", an effort to get people back. They are on pages 36 to 38 of Catholic Discussion.
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Wednesday, 11. August 2010, 12:14
I know I'm going off the thread a bit but I'm sure that (with a few exceptions) people don't generally stay in the Church purely out of conviction alone. It's conviction, yes, but also the way that they're treated when they walk through that door before Mass. I like to think that we can put up with boring homilies, out of tune choirs etc simply because a community is so welcoming and inviting. Hopefully Perry will be in such a community. If he isn't, then maybe he might view this forum every now and then.
Not really off topic, Peter. People do have a need to be needed. In our parishes we categorise people. They include "the young" (they often get a bidding prayer dedicated to them and they get their own youth Masses), "the old the sick, the housebound and the lonely" brought in once a year so the crew can have a jolly good time looking after them, and none of them are housebound, if they can be collected by car), and "the parish workers". The lonely can carry on being lonely for another 52 weeks, we could relieve their loneliness by asking them to do something for us. At our church we have a prayer for "those suffering from addictions" Well I want one for "those who have been attacked by horses" and another for "those who have peanut allergy".

My husband heard the parish alpha female read a bidding prayer "Father we pray for the disabled, that they be comforted in their afflictions." My husband, who has disabilities, muttered "if she dares comfort me I'll slit my throat" to which I replied "shut up". The big laugh was, alpha female was struggling on elbow crutches, and I never thought of her as needing comfort in her afflictions.

I have seen a priest offer Mass, whilst sitting in a battery operated scooter. Chances are if he was a layman he would have been categorised, old, sick. I am highly impressed by the intellect and theological knowledge of an elderly bishop (the one in Rome).

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