If people know you as a Catholic, try to be pleasant even if you feel crumby. Don't give our religion a bad name by your attitude. What if you decide to whine and complain about your woes. Your friend listens, or appears to listen. You finish. You feel better and thank your friend for listening. You part. Then you don't see your friend for what seems an unusually long time. And you wonder why? Jesus did not say, "Go to mass every Sunday and receive communion, and stay free from mortal sin." The hierarchy said that. Jesus said, "Take up your cross and follow me." He did not include whining in the carrying of the cross. There are 14 stations of the cross. Do you recall any one that said, "Jesus whined?" Whining causes isolation. At least I have found it so.
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