Catholic Church Hopping

One Sunday I saw a priest from the Parish I serve at, at the parish church that I live near to. He looked at me as if to ask "Why are you here?" Before that moment I never thought that church hopping to be a problem.... after all, I only go to Catholic Churches.

In fact , besides the parish that I serve at, I go to  three other Parishes for Mass, depending on the time of their Mass.

Now, I do not know if the church has an official opinion on church hopping among Catholic Churches, but here are some points against it:

In almost every church in the early times there were:

• groups had honest seekers (Acts 17:11), 
• false teachers (Galatians 1:6-9), 
• strong and sometimes clashing personalities (Philippians 4:2), 
• and advocates for the needy (1 Corinthians 16:1-3). 
• They sang songs (Colossians 3:16), 
• listened to sermons(Acts 20:7-12)gave food to the hungry (Acts 6:1).

 But to belong to a church COMMUNITY is very important. It helps us to grow in faith and piety:

• helps us with involvement in a local body of believers  for mutual exhortation (Hebrews 10:24-25),
• spiritual growth (James 5:16), 
• manifestation of the Holy Spirit  (Romans 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
• and there are those who will help us when we fall.