The Church and the Faithful

At first glance, someone would probably say that, of course the Church plays a huge role in the lives of the faithful, and they would be right. However, a lot of the time now people have started ignoring the Church. This may not be a conscious effort of someone saying, I don't really want to deal with the Church, it could just turn out that someone gets busy and stops all Church activities. This in no way, can ever be a good thing. This is because the Church is the basis through which Catholics receive God's grace. Through the teachings of the Church, and the sacraments. This means that to truly be Catholic and to receive God's grace the Church must be a huge part of that persons life. If the Church is just reduced to a minor role, then its like saying that God is just an afterthought, or saying that other worldly things are more important than God. If this is true to someone, then they aren't a true Catholic. So for someone to be able to fully receive God's grace, they have to put God and His Church first in their lives, or else they cannot spiritually prosper.

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