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I've been wondering about and struggling with these same thoughts too. I see this happening, where Catholics seem to have no joy, including myself sadly I have been pulled into this side of it, but I think it's all a lie, an attack from "the evil one" to distort everything and lead people away...

Music, TV/movies, Shopping. Things that are distractions or that I've recently been too much attached to. I hope to read and write more, do things that I often neglect. Even if it's not something spiritual/focused on God, such as reading a book for fun, at least I will still be in silence, as...

I know we have to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, but this is something I feel like I can't do because of some health problems. I was wondering if anyone knows what excuses a person from being required to fast? I was thinking I would still eat the same amount as I always do, but give up...

Thank you everyone!! :D

I have an online friend who became Catholic this Easter, then left in the summer. We sent each other messages through out RCIA and it was great! So it totally surprised me when she said she was leaving and that Catholics are wrong, and not biblical. She said she wasn't going to become...

See if there's any Mass available on Monday if that could be better for you? If you can skip a class though, I'd just do that. Hope everything works out for you somehow. :)

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All Saints Day - November 1 - is a Holy Day of Obligation, right? So that means we have to attend Mass on that day? I've seen some churches list times for Monday, if someone went on that day, is that accepted? October 31st for November 1st? Kind of confusing to me. Also is All Souls Day a Holy...

Nuns and sisters and Mother Angelica, yeah!!! :D Mother Angelica is amazing, definately a part of why I became Catholic. I also love how there's always a Catholic church around somewhere.

My biggest fear is to die with an unconfessed mortal sin. - Me too! I can always find something that convinces me I will go to hell. - Me too. Sometimes when I study more, I always end up fearing more, and feeling a bit hopeless. I also love the Fatima prayer, that's one of my favorite...

- Suffering having much meaning and value. Being able to love God through it. Hope in everything. Grace in everything. - The examples and lives of the saints. You can love God more deeply, and be more devoted when you have the saints there to help you and their lives to bring you closer to God...

Worst thing, like others have said, is how much people are against the church, and even though I was a protestant before, it's hard to explain to others what the church really teaches, when they can be so good at using the "bible alone" to say the church is "wrong and a cult." Makes me sad. I...

Strange to come on here and read this when recently a few weeks ago I fainted and had to have stitches, and I feared fainting again if I were to go to Mass... missed it recently since I've been recovering. I fainted in my house due to some health problems. Was scary!

I've gone through times like this and even just recently my past thought of "What if God isn't even there?" was coming up to haunt me too. But if I think of it, I think I would rather want God there than not. I'd rather be a Catholic than not. Even if He is not really real (if that were to be...

Maybe it was because the baby was the daughter of the two people who were baptized, confirmed and had first communion, they probably wanted to keep the whole family together and do it all at the same time. :)

I went, of course. :P A baby was baptized, two people were baptized, confirmed and had first communion, 4 were received into the church, confirmed and had first communion (me being one of those 4), one was confirmed and had first communion, and one other was confirmed. 2.5 hours and it was...

My own personal journey to it took me 3 years (that's just the part where I was seeking Catholicism. It's been longer if you count the years just searching for a church!) The class you take to become catholic can be as long as you want so you have time to learn, but usually it's from the Fall...

Became Catholic tonight at Easter Vigil. All I can say is that it's... strange. And I feel very welcomed from people at church. :)

How do you receive communion? What do you do while walking down the aisle, and once it is your turn to receive? Any details would be great... I am so worried about dropping it. I would prefer to kneel and receive communion on my tongue. But I think I am way too self conscious for that, and I...