Churches

Churches are vanishing because people have gone away from worshiping the Lord and keeping Sunday Holy. I have fond memories of my youth when I used to visit my Grandparents in Holyoke, Mass. We would go to Mass on Sundays at Immaculate Conception Church. It's a place where I was Baptized it was also my second home for there I fell deeply in Love with My Lord. I always anticipated going to Mass there not only for the Beauty of the Church, the Statuary, the Altar, and the most beautiful Rose Windows I have ever seen. It was the fact that there I always felt the Presence of God in the Eucharist. I also wanted to be married in that Church, which I did. When my Great Aunt passed away, her Mass was at the Church. I remember that day so well because I was enveloped by God's warmth during the whole Mass. I had felt His Presence surround me. I did not understand at the time what was happening but I do now. Anyway that beautiful church is now going to be demolished because for the past 30 years the parishioners dwindled because the area became one of Hostility. So people moved away. The Church is in need of major repairs and its only 75 years old. Unfortunately the side windows were put on inside out and caused water damage. The remaining Parishioners want to keep the Church and have it fixed. It truly is a very Beautiful Church and it will be a very sad day to see it disappear in a blink of an eye. It will probably cost more in the long run to tear it down and then rebuild on the same site, so much for saving money and saving a place of Worship that is truly filled with God's Presence.