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Out of this small number, we strive to find a possible relationship.
My heart goes out to my sisters in Christ because most of the struggle falls on their shoulders.
They are the ones I see in the Churches. So what is there left to do? Most people now will
either date with the hopes that they can convert the person that they are with, date a
non-catholic, or strive to persevere.
The whole situation seems very bleak... and in reality, it is.
It is very disheartening not to be able to find the person that you feel that God has put
in your heart to find, but I also believe that it is a wake up call. Blacks in the Catholic
Church (I am speaking of black Americans) are a pilgrim people trying to find our place in
the body of Christ. We are a group often overlooked or ignored but told to believe, act,
and worship like everyone else. We have become a group that is striving to make their own
place in the body of Christ, but in our effort, we have lost some of the uniqueness that
makes us Catholic. Our Catholic faith has to become the center of our lives. It has to be
the motivating factor in what we do throughout our lives, not just while we are inside the
Church. Then, I believe, we will begin to see change. Being single, black, and catholic
is definitely a struggle because being black and catholic is a struggle. I believe that
this struggle is a call to renew our faith. It is a call to evangelization. Finally, it
is a call to ask ourselves do we really believe in the creed that we proclaim every Sunday
in front of God.
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