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Originally Posted by chachacha

this whole thread makes me very sad...sad for your loss, TH, and sad for the church which i love so dearly..it is true our priests are overworked and do have to serve their parishioners before others whom they do not know, but this incident is sad for all concerned...there is a program in the church called catholics coming home, for fallen away catholics...it is going on now at st vincent de paul parish. for whatever reason one might have grown angry at some priest, don't let that deprive you of the blessings of the faith and the comfort of the sacraments at your time of death...we must choose freely to be part of the body of Christ as we understand it, not wait until on our deathbed. i am sure God knew your cousin's heart had not forgotten her faith nor Him and she is with Him now....for those of us who still have time, if you want to be a catholic, then be one always.

Beautifully stated, cha cha. I can feel your love for your church and also your sadness about a failure; priests are also human.

I am not Catholic - though was raised that way - and I wish all those who are called remember that God trusts them to minister to the sick.