Comments on: Got Guilt? http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/20/121238/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Cooky642 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/20/121238/comment-page-1/#comment-41910 Cooky642 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:49:03 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/21/121238/#comment-41910 I spent 7 years with a chiropractor whose family was Jewish on his mother's side and Catholic on his father's. We became fairly good friends. He was constantly baiting me about being a Catholic, and I used to answer him as best I could (knowing he didn't really want an answer--he was just trying to stump me). Once he said to me, "Oh, Catholics feel guilty about everything". I laughed and said, not necessarily. He said, more seriously than usual, "Don't you experience Catholic guilt?" I said, "No; you know why? There's a remedy for that: it's called Confession". In the 2 years since we moved away, I've heard he's living an extremely hedonistic life. But, I keep hoping that, in those dark and lonely hours of the night, perhaps God will whisper in his ear, "There's a remedy for that". I spent 7 years with a chiropractor whose family was Jewish on his mother’s side and Catholic on his father’s. We became fairly good friends. He was constantly baiting me about being a Catholic, and I used to answer him as best I could (knowing he didn’t really want an answer–he was just trying to stump me). Once he said to me, “Oh, Catholics feel guilty about everything”. I laughed and said, not necessarily. He said, more seriously than usual, “Don’t you experience Catholic guilt?” I said, “No; you know why? There’s a remedy for that: it’s called Confession”.

In the 2 years since we moved away, I’ve heard he’s living an extremely hedonistic life. But, I keep hoping that, in those dark and lonely hours of the night, perhaps God will whisper in his ear, “There’s a remedy for that”.

]]> By: Claire http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/20/121238/comment-page-1/#comment-41907 Claire Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:16:11 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/08/21/121238/#comment-41907 Thank you for addressing this. I've always disliked the flippant use of the term "Catholic guilt" and its implications. A former colleague of mine recently mentioned that she started going to a protestant parish because the preaching doesn't make her feel guilty about anything. In the liberal diocese I live in, I can't imagine where she found preaching that made her feel guilty in the first place. Thank you for addressing this. I’ve always disliked the flippant use of the term “Catholic guilt” and its implications. A former colleague of mine recently mentioned that she started going to a protestant parish because the preaching doesn’t make her feel guilty about anything. In the liberal diocese I live in, I can’t imagine where she found preaching that made her feel guilty in the first place.

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