I'm So Depressed & Anxious

[Ave Maria]

Hi everyone. I am so depressed and anxious. Here's the thing. I have a meeting with my senior priest this Saturday to see if he feels that I am ready to convert to Catholicism or not. Well, I have left the Catholic faith in the past few weeks to try out the Baptist faith again. I did come back to the Catholic faith over a week ago though and feel very committed to it. I feel that I am ready to convert and that I am ready to commit to it for my entire life. I am so worried that he'll say I am not ready to convert. Even if he does say this though, I will be totally willing to wait till when he does feel I am ready. Please pray for me and/or post something here. Thanks.

 

[Achichem]

he will see the faith we can all see, I just feel it

 

[Ave Maria]

Who gives him the right to determine if you are worthy or not?

God does. See this Bible verse:

[BIBLE]Matthew 16:19[/BIBLE]

In this verse, Jesus gave his apostles and their successors which would be the bishops the authority to bind and loose. The bishops pass on authority to the priests to make decisions such as the one I am referring to.

P.S. Sorry for the meanspiritedness of my post before I edited it. I honestly didn't realize how meanspirited it sounded. I did not intend for it to be meanspirited either.

 

[devotee]

God does. Please do not turn this into a debate or a Catholic bashing fest. If you do, I will request that the thread be closed.

Please, it wasn't a bash, it was a bible based question. Jesus encouraged us to "Judge not", he encouraged us to talk with the Father, to have a personal realtionship with God, and not to fear any man/woman.

You said you were depressed and anxious b/c you fellowshiped with Baptists and that this may in some way be wrong if you wish to define yourself as a Catholic. In regards to the bible, I don't see the conflict.

 

[setzie]

Hope everything goes well for you.

 

[Ave Maria]

Please, it wasn't a bash, it was a bible based question. Jesus encouraged us to "Judge not", he encouraged us to talk with the Father, to have a personal realtionship with God, and not to fear any man/woman.

You said you were depressed and anxious b/c you fellowshiped with Baptists and that this may in some way be wrong if you wish to define yourself as a Catholic. In regards to the bible, I don't see the conflict.

Devotee, I apologise if you feel that I have offended you in any way, shape, or form. I admit that I may not have been the most Christlike in this thread. Please forgive me. And by the way, I was not accusing you of bashing my faith. I was just asking that nobody practice bashing in the future of this thread.

 

[Ave Maria]

Hope everything goes well for you.

Thanks setzie. I said a prayer the other night and I feel so much better now. I feel like Father will feel I am ready to convert. Now all I have to do is wait and see.

 

[Ave Maria]

Now I'm depressed cause people keep misunderstanding me. I was misunderstood in another forum too.

 

[UnitynLove]

Don't worry everything will be ok. No body hates you.

 

[Ave Maria]

Don't worry everything will be ok. No body hates you.

Oh I know that nobody hates me. Its just that I hate it when I am misunderstood. All well, I am over it now.

Right now I am just a little bit anxious about my meeting with the priest tomorrow. I'm staying up a while so I can get tired and go back to sleep.