I Just Got Back From Catholic Mass...And It Felt Like A Republican Fundraiser.

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17. Are you sure your Grandma wouldn't have supported you in your walk out?

I have a 91 year old aunt (well, she was just a girl of 89 when this happened) - but at my brother's memorial service I chanced upon her and the priest discussing our current archbishop. Neinstadt had been the bishop of the diocese my aunt lives in until he got the promotion to take over the St. Paul Archdiocese. Anyway, the gist of their conversation was how awful he is. My aunt's opinion didn't surprise me but I was surprised by the priest - but then he did come from one of the more liberal parishes in the area. If I lived closer to the parish I might be tempted to start going to Mass again.

On the other hand, when my mom died, I had the hospital call in their Catholic chaplin because I knew she would have wanted the Last Rites. (Mother died unexpectedly and I got back to the hospital after she was gone). So the priest finishes the prayers and at that point I'm the only there with him, just waiting for my sister-in-law and a few of the grandkids to get there. I was on one side of the bed and he was on the other and the SOB starts rambling on about the evils of abortion. I swear if it had not literally been over my mother's dead body (an expression she often used) I would have gone for his throat. Fortunately some of the relatives showed up then so he felt free to leave and not stay to "comfort" me any more.