The sin of pride - vent
I am posting this out of frustration. I am so weary of front row Catholics. So many people I interact with on this sub and in my parish would rather glorify themselves and their own piety than to be a friend to their fellow man it seems. People chasing others away from the faith with a ”you can’t sit with us“ attitude, rather than make real sacrifices and welcome new converts. Our faith is literally dying and the few faithful we have are acting like heaven is at capacity. It is nothing more than cruelty and vanity parading as virtue and I’m sick of pretending like it isn’t. I totally get being proud of your faith and defending your beliefs, but this isn’t that. It’s the people yelling the creed in the front row so everyone can hear how very virtuous they are. People making a big show of their offerings. Etc. If it only effected me and was annoying that would be one thing- but it’s insidious because it’s turning Mass into a pageant and it’s making new comers think they aren’t “good enough“ to be Catholic. I’m sorry for being so fired up. I just don’t know how to deal with my feelings I guess. Maybe I should just get off the internet. I know that my anger is not very Christ like. Please pray for me.