After the distastful and depression Memorial at the Kingdom Hall last Wednesday night, I guess I just felt the need to go somewhere else this morning for Easter so I drove around.......I was going to go to the Presbyterian Church but the service wasn't untill 11:00am....ditto for the Lutheran and United Churches too, so I ended up going to the Catholic Church (of all places!) because the Service started at 9:30am. Never been to a Catholic Service before, (except for one wedding and one funeral years ago). It was absolutely packed in there----standing room only. I'll bet there was at least 400 people there........ya, sure seems like the Waters of Babylon are really drying up.
Although I didn't find the Sermon very enlightening, it was at least a step up from the Memorial. For me, I guess the Catholic Church is just too different than what I'm used to----so many rituals and kissing of the bible........it just wasn't me. And somehow, when the priest asked the congregation "...Have you renounced Satan and all his empty promises?" I couldn't help but see Michael Corleone in that scene from The Godfather, standing there accepting communion and being asked the same question.
Still, when I went up to get the wafer, no one asked me if I had been baptized before 1935, or drag me in the back room to tell me how my hope wasn't in heaven, but rather here on earth. There was no hammering away that "...you're not doing enough for the Church!" or telling you how "meetings are not an option!" like they did last Wednesday night. However I did hear that Jesus died for ME and there was no mention of only 144,000 partaking of the emblems-----a definite bonus.
I guess a more conservative church would be better for me..........I've been invited to a couple and I think I might give it a whirl......anyone else go to a church this morning?