We're Tired!

Dear Bishops:

 
We want you to know that we… are… tired!

We’re tired… of going to Mass each Sunday yearning for the Word of God, only to return home emptier than we left.

 
We’re tired… of hearing you preach about the need for a Eucharistic Renewal, and yet you can’t even agree amongst yourselves that giving Holy Communion to openly pro-abortion politicians is a sin.

 
We’re tired… of watching liturgical abuses go unpunished, and less than inspiring Masses become the norm.

 
We’re tired… of looking to you for direction and clarity in the wake of documents like Fiducia Supplicans and Traditions Custodes, only to be told, condescendingly, that the only problem with these documents is that we didn’t read them correctly.

 
We’re tired… of responding to your incessant requests for money only to learn that our hard-earned dollars often go to fuel corruption and scandal at all levels of the Church.

 
We’re tired… of being told that we have to pay licensing fees to YOU, before we can print the Word of God in our parish bulletins.

 
We’re tired… of seeing the hierarchy become more tolerant of Woke ideologies, even as it chastises faithful Catholics for being "too rigid" and "lacking in charity".

 
We’re tired… of being told that our main concern in reading the Lord’s Passion during Holy Week should be to avoid sounding anti-Semitic, rather than, as we should, reflecting on our own sinfulness.

 
We’re tired… of seeing the Church be more welcoming towards members of other religions, than towards those of us who love and cherish our Catholic Faith.

 
We’re tired… of being told that the never-changing Catholic Faith that was passed on to us, is nothing but “the dead faith of the living”.

 
We’re tired… of seeing the Church’s disproportionate obsession with social issues and the health of the Planet, even as it neglects the health of our souls.

 
We’re tired… of belonging to a Church that is more concerned with adapting to the world, than transforming it.

We’re tired… of seeing many of our good and faithful bishops be "pushed aside", even as many un-faithful ones get promoted.

We’re tired… of hearing the deafening silence coming from those of you who have refused to shepherd the flock during this unfolding tragedy.

 
And, we’re tired… of expressing all these concerns to our pastors and bishops, only to be dismissed as ignorant, or fanatics, or fools.

We’re just really, really tired!

Signed… Frustrated and fed-up CATHOLIC LAITY

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PS: We will continue to pray for you, as we always have, and will remain firm in our love for the Church, because, as St. Cyprian said:

 
… we cannot have God as our Father, if we do not have the Church as our Mother.

 
But, just as WE are ready and willing to do OUR part in reforming the Church… so, we expect you to do YOURS. 

“Whoever has ears ought to hear.” (Matthew 11:15)

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