From Don’t Call Me Veronica:
The way we define a connection with God is called “religion,” and religion on its own simply stinks.Out of my own life, when I was growing up, I was a “Catholic.” I don’t mean to put the quotes around that word to hint at any negativity, but rather because when I say “Catholic” I mean it was how I defined Catholic. For me that meant I’d pop into a church service at Easter and Christmas with my parents, vaguely pay attention if we attended other times of the year, and make the “Sign of the Cross” whenever I prayed. I believed “about” God, and occasionally I believed “in” God. But that was it. It was my religion…
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