Showing posts with label Jesus in our midst. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jesus in our midst. Show all posts

Monday, 9 March 2026

Wanted and welcomed

 

Sometimes people question why bother with church or prayer or mass?  We search for reasons as to why, nowadays, so few attend mass on a regular weekly basis. We speculate about the manifold influences of secularism, popular culture, relevance, the scandals, the pressures of life and so on. But, perhaps there is a more basic root cause of a lack of attendance?

What if people really felt wanted and welcomed at their local parish mass and community? What if their experience of joining with other believers (including people with doubts, questions and struggles) was so uplifting and so life-giving that they wanted to come back the next week?