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I don’t usually send you things I post to social media unless they’re significant. This is one of those posts I wanted to share with you, and share some personal thoughts about it.

I don’t want to make a career out of getting tough on my fellow Catholics. But some things have to be said. Tough love is a thing!

The comments I was reading, were real. They were a collection of comments I’d received over the past couple of day, but it’s not the first time I had heard any of them.

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“People are looking at me…”, “The priest askd me not to change communion lines…” and so on are among the more common sob stories I’ve heard over the years. And they all make me sick, because inexcusable weakness triggers me, particularly in other Catholics.

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