Can someone explain this to me please? Serious answers only please.?

Question

I went with a friend to do pet therapy at a retirement home for nuns the other day. The place is just magnificent; beautiful rooms, furniture, tons of polished wood and book cases filled with rare books and artifacts. At least 3 kitchens and dining rooms that could seat 100 people if needs be. However, the nuns don’t cook; the meals are catered. At least 3 other sitting rooms that were larger than the first floor of my house. Beautiful, carpets and matching wall paper. The chapel was amazing with lots of stained glass and wood.

The nuns rooms were quite nice and modest with private baths. Quite comfortable looking. The nursing staff were very nice. The activities director was a very nice lady and certainly keeps the residents busy.

It is commendable that the retired nuns are being taken care of so well. My question is this – why do they need such an opulent place? I would say half the building is not used. My friend goes there at least twice a week as she is a job coach & she needs to check up on her consumer who works there. Most of the rooms are just there for show it seems. Why so many kitchens and dining rooms when most of the residents eat in their rooms?

In our area, at least 6 Catholic Churches have been closed due to lack of funds. Seems to me the money spent in this building could be put to better use. Some of the objects in there could be sold and used to feed poor people. They are not doing anyone any good collecting dust on a shelf in a library that no one uses. Seems very wasteful to me. And, I thought nuns and priests gave up all worldly possessions. So why do they need to be housed somewhere surrounded by them?

Answer 1

Not everywhere the nuns are treated same.

Have you heard about Mother Thresa

Answer 2

Jesus loves them, but not in that way because he hung out with 12 guys in robes you know.

Answer 3

" Seems to me the money spent in this building could be put to better use "

Ahaha! are you kidding me ? they don't even give money to the charity .

Answer 4

It's entirely possible that someone made an endowment specifically for the operation of this retirement home.  In that case, all money from the endowment would have to be spent on the retirement home per 501(c)3 tax exempt law.

Catholic Churches are being closed because there are not enough priests to staff them, NOT because of funding issues.  The Catholic Church has plenty of money, not necessarily plenty of priests.

Answer 5

Simple...

Nuns can't get "None"!

That's why the opulance.

Answer 6

Other questions . . .

Was the building ever full?

I would suspect, that when the building was in it's prime, (there's a pun there,) that the dining room DID seat 100 people.

May the building ever be full again?

Should they knock down the extra rooms they aren't using? And rebuild more when they need them?

After a lifetime of serving others, and having no worldly possessions, would you prefer the nuns spend their final days in isolation, and a little less comfort?

If you go to other retirement communities, you'll find much worse, and sometimes much better conditions . . .which is better? Spend more money for the poor conditions, and spend less on conditions that are too nice?

Remember, these ladies have no children or grandchildren to care for or visit them.

They've given their lives to the church and to God, the least the church can give them, is a few final years in comfort, I would say. Or is that expecting too much?

Answer 7

can you tell me the name of this place?  I'd like to google it and see if there's any history about the building and its original owners.

It may have been left to the church through someone's will or charity donation.  Why are you so resentful?  The catholic church IS 'rich' that's true... but they also do lots of charity work and feed millions of homeless and poor people every year in the USA.  Don't be so bitter.

Answer 8

"God" knows they needed that money to build those retirement homes instead of spending it to feed the poor.

Answer 9

In regards to the part about churches closing, it was foretold in the Bible.  

The churches continue to teach things that aren't Biblical, and allow immoral practices in the congregation.  Because of this you can see that people on a large scale are showing less interest in organized religion.  Far less people attend church regularly, and because of this, churches lack the funding and the attendance to remain open.  These were among the signs that Jesus said would indicate that last days.

(Matthew 24:3) While he was sitting upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately, saying: “Tell us, When will these things be, and what will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?”

(Matthew 24:11-12) And many false prophets will arise and mislead many; 12 and because of the increasing of lawlessness the love of the greater number will cool off.

Answer 10

First you say the place is magnificent, then you go on to say their rooms themselves are nice and modest..It's a nice place, so what should they be dwelling in a mud hut somewhere you deem "modest" enough?

Churches are being closed down because MILLIONS are having to be paid out because some priests can't keep their hands off children. That money could have gone to the poor too.

Answer 11

When Mary pour the expensive perfume on Jesus feet, Juda said the same thing as your posted question. Looks like you and Him are of the same mind. Would it end the same? Looks likely.

Of course you have a point there but if it is sold and the money given to those that are in needs, would you think that it is better? There will be others oppose to your thoughts. They might look at it as antique.

Answer 12

The same thing could be ask about the Vatican, such an opulent for what?

Also you could ask the same about Oprah's homes, so many rooms, so many bathrooms, for what?

Answer 13

It would be nice if they (and other mega-money-churches) would open up places like this for the poor, homeless, and needy.

While certain church workers may take a vow of poverty they do not live a life of poverty. Even though they do not have/own anything, they are well fed and live well to do lives.

Answer 14

Thy gave the ´´worldly possessions ´´ to the place, they live now.

And, it is a private property and as such, even if empty, it is solely their business, how they operate it

It is private money.

Okay..there are actors and actresses, who have 20 bedroom/bath mansions and live there by them selves...is it somewhat anybodies business, as how to use own property?

No..

The nuns are in for a same deal.

Answer 15

Sounds alot like what Judas had to say when the forgiven woman brought the alabaster jar of perfumed oil to anoint our Lords feet. We could have sold it and given the money to the poor. Those nuns are the poor. They own nothing. Their support is thru donations and second collections that are taken in church. Those things that you ask about do not belong to the retired nuns and priests, they belong to the diocese,and ultimately to the Bishop who administers it. They are spending their retirement in church owned property and they have earned it. Churches are closing because the faithful have stopped gathering and contributing to the support of their churches.

Answer 16

It is a matter of greed. The nuns think that once they have put in there years of service, they deserve these lavish things. Too bad they don't realize at Armageddon all this will be done away with!