The Lucky Pumpkin

I am wondering why someone from the Vatican would be reading my blog. You are welcome to read it, I just find it odd that instead of getting out to work with the poor, and the poor in spirit, there are people out there scouring the Internet looking for dissenting catholics. Well, if reading my blog gives you insight into why so many people are leaving the church, or the real problem, are not financially supporting it, then read on. I would think that it would be obvious why this is going on, but maybe I am giving the church hierarchy too much credit. Perhaps they really are that out of touch with reality.

Let me give you another thing to think about. Today, I talked to a mother of a child with a disability. This child, unlike Emily, does not have any visible characteristics of her disability. She told me that they go to our church, “When they go,” because they don’t go much anymore. When they are there, they feel unwelcome. (Remember the church in Todd county MN, that got a restraining order against a longtime parishioner and her 13 year old son with autism? It is like that, minus the restraining order.) She said, that people give her dirty looks, so she takes the kids in the back behind the glass, so they can’t hear them, and people still turn around to stare!

What’s up, church? Restraining orders against kids with disabilities, ostracizing families of kids with disabilities, not educating kids with disabilities in your schools or in CCD, what’s next? I will continue to write about your stunning hypocrisy and your veering off the path that Jesus set for us; “Let the children come to me,” until you get your house in order. Oh, and of course, I will not give you one penny until these issues are resolved!!!!!