Never in my 50 plus years have I ever attended Holy Mass whereby any Priest has requested funds either during Holy Mass and or during The Holy Homily. In fact all Parishioners never have felt the need to feel obligated to either place any money on the plate and or to donate anything towards the running of each Parish here. I attend many Parishes not just one Parish and many during my lifetime. There has never been pressure or feelings of obligation to give through our Lord Jesus Holy Spirits, God our Heavenly Father's, and Most Holy Mother Marys Catholic Church.
If people wish to receive our Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, God The Most High, our Lord Jesus Christ Himself in His Holy Divine Sacred Flesh and Holy Divine Sacred Precious Blood in Holy Communion with our Lord Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit and receive our Lord Jesus Christ Himself in Holy Confession with Holy Absolution/Holy Forgiveness of sins, Holy Reconciliation in our Blessed Holy Trinity and in Holy Baptism by our Blessed Holy Trinity, visiting our Lord Jesus Christ in His Holy Blessed Sacrament at The Altar and in His Holy Tabernacle, then to pay for the electricity and or any heating or cooling costs, the general costs to support our Blessed Holy Trinity's Priests and Nuns/Sisters, Religious and Staff members, of course Parishioners including myself should be giving a little each out of our income to support the day to day running costs of Priests attending Funerals, conducting Funerals, attending to our Families Blessed Holy Sacraments, giving The Last Rites to the sick and dying - and this people can mean the Holy difference for a Heart/Souls Salvation, in addition to the type of Funeral one has had - with many people opting for Cremation outside of The Church - outside of our Lord Jesus Christ - and His Church - without our Lord Jesus Christ Present standing behind His Priests on His Altars in His Catholic Church.
Our Lord Jesus Christ Holy Spirit and Most Holy Mother Mary did not for centuries, appear to thousands of His Catholics Saints/ both our Lord Jesus Christs Priests and Sisters/Nuns/Saints for nothing. Our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to so many of His Priests and Religious and Catholics requesting urgently for the Repentance of Sins in Holy Confession, - Holy Divinely Blessing Gifting Holy SAINT Padre PIO with our Lord Jesus' Holy Heavenly Divine Stigmata - His Holy Sacred Wounds and Precious Holy Blood within Holy Saint Padre PIO's Hands and Feet and Body, showing Holy Saint Padre PIO Holy Heaven and Traversing him to Heaven, to Holy Purgatory and showing Hell to Holy Saint Padre PIO along with many other Holy Divine Heavenly Mysteries to us.
Holy Saint Padre PIO encouraged all Souls for Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ to confess their sins through Holy Confession knowing our Lord Jesus Christ is truly Present in all of His Holy Confessionals and truly Present at the Altars, in His Blessed Holy Sacrament and in His Holy Tabernacle. Literal, Literal, Literal in addition Holy Divine Sacred Spiritual.
And if people flock to our Lord Jesus Christ focussing on Him on The Cross giving our Lord Jesus Christ their time without distractions, without the worldly things prior to Holy Mass or at any time, focussing on Jesus His Life and His Bitter Passion suffered for us all, then you will know in your Hearts and Souls that our Lord Jesus Christ is there watching you and awaiting for you to pray and talk with Him one on ONE.
"Few Do this" our Lord Jesus Christ said to Holy Saint Marie Chambon and Holy Saint Faustina and Holy Saint Bridget and many of our Lords other Holy Saints/Nuns.
We rush, rush rush after our Lord Jesus Christ in HIS Love and Mercy Gifts, Blesses and Graces through His own Holy Divine Flesh and Holy Precious Blood in Holy Communion at Holy Communion time, His Blessed Holy Divine Heavenly Eucharist He changes during Holy Mass Present and the ingratitude of our hearts and souls swallowing the Most Precious Holy Divine Sacrament to Nourish our Souls until the next time we receive our Lord Jesus Christs Holy Flesh and Holy Precious Blood and Holy Divine Gifts, from Heaven by the way, from and in God The Most High our Holy Divine Majesty, then some sit and some kneel including myself some talk as if our Lord Jesus Christ is not there not Present in His Holy Divinity and our Lord Jesus is truly Present in every moment in His Holy Catholic Churches, then listen to Father and rush, rush rush out with few of us ever stopping to THANK our Lord Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit and Most Holy Mother Mary Whom is Present and prays for us and intercedes for us, for our Lord Jesus God our Heavenly Fathers Holy Divine Blessings, Holy Divine Gifts and Holy Graces and Mercy for our souls now and eternally and for our familys Souls now and eternally.
I have been guilty of this many times in my past and now after really receiving our Lord Jesus Christ into my heart I stop and thank our Lord Jesus Christ from my heart talking with Jesus and Most Holy Mother Mary offering up Holy Masses for The Holy Souls in Purgatory, for all souls on their way to eternal damnation, for all of the sick and dying souls, for trapped souls of whom may have nobody to pray and offer up for them their salvation, immersing their hearts and souls in our Lord Jesus Christs Holy Sacred Wounds and Ocean of Mercy, and Holy Precious Blood for their Salvation with each Holy Mass where our Lord Jesus is truly Present and Most Holy Mother Mary truly Present. Our Lord Jesus Christ told His Holy Saints/Nuns to offer up every Holy Mass to Him for all Souls Salvation, for the conversions and salvation of all souls around the world in Prayer, in Deed and in every Holy Mass. Not one Holy Saint, thousands of Catholic Holy Saints/Nuns/Priests now in Gods Holy Word in Heaven with Him.
Every Holy Mass is Holy Divine Heavenly Sacred and Glorious in our Blessed Holy Trinity and in Most Holy Mother Mary in the past now and for Eternity.
Few people approach our Lord Jesus Christ in His Holy Blessed Sacrament at the Altar in Holy Exposition including Catholics taking time our of their busy lives and leisure time activities to pray and talk one on ONE with our Lord Jesus Christ in His Holy Divine Presence at His Altars in His Blessed Holy Divine Catholic Churches. And that can be visiting our Lord Jesus Present in His Holy of Holies remember God in His Holy Divine Presence in His Temple in His Holy of Holies - the same God today Present in His Holy of Holies in His Blessed Holy Sacrament and in His Holy Tabernacle - Holy of Holies.
All of those little town Catholic Churches rarely visited or rarely holding Holy Masses during your travels - try and pop in regardless of whether being Catholic or not and say I love YOU Dear Lord Jesus and I am very sorry for my sins and for the sins of the whole world and during my visit to You I make Holy Reparation for the whole worlds sins and my own, and thank You for Dying on The Cross for all of us and for suffering Your Bitter passion for all of us, and for all of those ungrateful hearts/souls including my own - that's me, here writing, for all of the times I have not stopped and visited You Holy Divine Present here at Your Altar Lord Jesus and Adored You.
All of those country Catholic Churches around the world in little towns everywhere where Jesus is awaiting someone just someone a heart/soul to visit Him at His Altars with His Holy Angels, Holy Saints and Holy Martyrs and Holy Souls in Heaven in Holy attendance with Most Holy Mother Mary of Whom visits so many of our Lords and Her own Holy Catholic Churches around the world seen by many people and our Lord Jesus seen by many people in His Blessed Holy Divine Sacrament.
If people wish to enjoy some comfort from Heating, Cooling, Carpets, Insulated Brick Frames, Community Groups, Assistance, Dinners and Get togethers, in addition to a wide range of groups available at any time needed, then of course a couple of dollars or a dollar on the plate when people can give is wonderful.