AN EXHORTAION TO THE POPE

I  FOUND  THIS  IN  AN  AMERICAN  PUBLICATION

Dear Holy Father, you like mercy and you like admonishing and scolding; well and good; we could do with all three. But please, please, try to remember that the Church is supposed to be about religion. It’s not salvation from hunger or poverty or illness or global warming that Christ died on the cross to effect. Can we please have a little religion, now and then? It doesn’t have to be fancy. And it’s all pretty much been written down already…

How about the Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy? Remember those? 

1.      Admonish the sinner
2.      Instruct the ignorant
3.      Counsel the doubtful
4.      Comfort the sorrowful
5.      Bear wrongs patiently
6.      Forgive all injuries
7.      Pray for the living and the dead
Or maybe the Six Precepts of The Church:
1.      To attend Holy Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation and to refrain from servile work;
2.      To Confess our sins at least once a year (traditionally done during Lent);
3.      To receive Holy Communion at least once a year during the Easter Season (known as the "Easter duty");
4.      To observe the days of fasting and abstinence;
5.      To help contribute to the support of our pastors and provide for the needs of the Church according to one's abilities and station in life;
6.      To obey the marriage laws of the Church.

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