What sort of church-goer are you?

[struggle4progress]

Poll question: What sort of church-goer are you?

[The Jacobin]

1. I try hard to attend on days of obligation.

But it is much harder now that we have very small children. There is no childcare for non-sunday masses.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

2. I'm a Eucharistic minister

[sandnsea]

3. I don't go

Why isn't that a choice?

I can't do it. I am such a goofy person. I won't take communion at a Catholic Church because I'm remarried. My husband won't get married in the Church because he thinks it's stupid. If God doesn't recognize we've got a marriage after 20 years, God's got the problem in his mind. So the main reason to go to mass, the Eucharist, isn't there for me. Then I hear our priest is a total Bush fanatic. Some of you know me, that would work well. Ha!

I've tried other churches and they just make me crazy. I just can't tolerate people wanting to make me holy when I look at the institution and the people in it and think, you have a problem with ME????

I'm all messed up on this God and church thing.

[laheina]

9. My situation is very similar.

I consider myself a devout Catholic, but I'm pro-choice and pro-gay marriage. I don't go to mass unless I go with my mother, but I pray the liturgy of the hours and observe Catholic traditions.

I have just decided that there is a difference between what God thinks and what some of the people that participate in his church think.

[TrogL]

4. I'm the organist - I suppose I'd better show up fairly regularly

[Princess Turandot]

5. I'm not sure that should count ROFLOL..thanks for the giggle..nm

[Princess Turandot]

6. I don't attend regularly..I usually go when I have a need for solace..

or something to make me feel a bit better. I worked at a Catholic hospital for awhile (one effectively owned by an order of Sisters)
and would periodically attend the 8AM mass in the chapel. They had a priest from the Phillipines who could manage to say Mass and even have a small nice sermon in 30 minutes flat.More often than not, I go on weekdays, not Sundays.

I don't receive Communion however. I haven't been to confession in decades: it's the one aspect of Catholicism that I have the biggest problem with, I guess. But I still feel that I have to play by the rules, so to speak, so I don't take Communion.

[Stunster]

7. My advice

Shop. Around. For a priest/liturgy that meets your needs.

If you live in a one-parish town and you don't care for the pastor/liturgy, you have my sympathies!

Condolences, even.

I'm lucky, I guess. I don't have to travel far to find what I need, and we have great musicians at our parish.

[laheina]

8. Count yourself as doubly lucky then! nt

[meow2u3]

10. I'm having problems attending Mass every Sunday

1. I live pretty far from my parish, but within bicycling distance.
2. My bike was stolen, so it makes it difficult for me to walk a mile to church.
3. It's nearly impossible to get to Mass when the weather is bad.

What should I do?