The reason Churches are closing is because we're not as holy as we should be.

We've spilled the graces God has handed to us.

We've rejected the means to be holier:  Prayer, the Sacraments, happy sacrifice, and other means to develop a lively interior life.

The advice that Father George Rutler gave to Donald Trump is advice that each one of us should take to heart every hour: "Stop Sinning!" 

And just before we make a snide comment..we should back up one line and read "Stop Sinning" again.

The Churches that are thriving and benig built aren't ones that people here frequent generally. 

The ones that are thriving tend to have Perpetual Adoration, longer hours for Confession, early and more frequent Daily Mass, and a natural Marian piety.