Yesterday, I went to mass at 5:30 because my daughter was singing. I usually go to church on Sunday at 11. I'm Catholic. I used to be Baptist but there was a huge rift in my church and I changed religions. Long story. Anyway, I consider myself a "Baptist Catholic."
For years, we went to an all-Black parish (well Black and Hispanic). However, when my daughter changed elementary schools years ago, we started to attend the church at the school. It's pretty much all-White. Of course, there are plenty of African American Catholics and many books have been written on their contributions to the church throughout the years.
I still get angry when I go to a different mass and someone in the pew behind me says, "Welcome!" It's as if I must be a visitor because I couldn't possibly be a member. I usually get an attitude and am upset for the entire service. Of course, this happened yesterday. I try not to blame people for their ignorance or lack of diversity, but for crying out loud, it's 2011.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. I guess the saying still rings true - "Sunday is the most segregated day of the week."
I'm trying to keep in mind what the priest said in church, "Forgive and ye shall be forgiven."
Have a wonderful week and peace be with you.
Dottie
Forgive me for LOL. But, my mind has this image of an elderly person who is just delighted with his or her "show of enlightment" that says "Look! I have no problem with "ya'll". That, I can understand and forgive. However, if this was a person under the age of 70, I'm wondering does this person know what a globe looks like??? My response in that instance would be "glad you came from under your rock for air." A HUGE percentage of the Catholics in the world, as well as, in the "lower 48 - say around about Louisiana" are non-Anglo and any "learned or "enlightened" person should know that.
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