please pray for me

[BjBarnett]

hey guys i need your prayers this weekend. im going to go to my local parish and talk to the priest this weekend about being baptised and getting started on the path to being confirmed. im really shy so if you guys can pray for me that ill have the courage to talk with the priest i would greatly appreciate it.

 

[Irenaeus]

Barnett,

You're more Catholic than sliced bread!

I will be praying for you. I hope to celebrate with you next Easter on OBOB!

 

[BjBarnett]

Barnett,

You're more Catholic than sliced bread!

I will be praying for you. I hope to celebrate with you next Easter on OBOB!

thank you very much

 

[Cnaeus]

 

[InnerPhyre]

You'll be fine! Ask the Holy Spirit to help you ask all the questions you need answers to and to open your heart to what the priest has to say.

 

[stray bullet]

hey guys i need your prayers this weekend. im going to go to my local parish and talk to the priest this weekend about being baptised and getting started on the path to being confirmed. im really shy so if you guys can pray for me that ill have the courage to talk with the priest i would greatly appreciate it.

Hey, I know exactly how you feel. I was very hesitant when trying to talk with my parish about joining. I'm not entirely sure why, but there is something about it that held me back, even though I knew with all my heart it was the right thing and I'd be Catholic one day.

I'll certainly pray for you. Just remember, the process is one little step at a time, so don't think of it as a big deal. You are just asking the Priest a couple of questions

 

[ProCommunioneFacior]

I sure hope you're more Catholic than sliced bread. In my book sliced bread isn't very Catholic, wafers are though.

Kidding aside, you can be assured of my prayers.

 

[Carrye]

Wow BJ, I thought you were Catholic already!

As InnerPhyre said, you'll be fine. This is just the kind of news that a priest likes to hear, so he's on your side; so is Christ.

God bless you, bro & welcome home.

 

[CrystalBrooke]

eventhough you didnt tell ME, i'll pray for you anyways

 

[marciadietrich]

Hi

If you are not baptized, I would guess you will be required to go thru RCIA. Believe me, I tried to get around it. It really doesn't hurt to wait a few months and go thru the classes, meet some people, get to know your priest and be sure to attend Mass every Sunday during the conversion process.

Marcia

 

[stray bullet]

Hi

If you are not baptized, I would guess you will be required to go thru RCIA. Believe me, I tried to get around it. It really doesn't hurt to wait a few months and go thru the classes, meet some people, get to know your priest and be sure to attend Mass every Sunday during the conversion process.

Marcia

Er, you have to go through an educational process one way or another, don't you?

 

[LadyDJ]

 

[BjBarnett]

Er, you have to go through an educational process one way or another, don't you?

yeah most definatly.

 

[BjBarnett]

thanks for all the prayers and kind words guys

 

[KennySe]

Peace be with you.

 

[BjBarnett]

Peace be with you.

and also with you

 

[Ampmonster]

praying! you'll do just fine!

 

[marciadietrich]

Er, you have to go through an educational process one way or another, don't you?

To some extent I'm sure. In theory an already baptized Christian shouldn't have to go to RCIA, and should have less to learn. If you are not baptized, you are generally peg-holed as not being educated as a Christian (thus a Catechumen), where if you are baptized you are peg-holed as having had some or even a great amount of Christian education (thus a Candidate and already give "christian" status,because a valid baptism is the gateway sacrament). Given that many are baptized as children then not educated and on the other side many in Christian sects that don't require baptism some people don't fit those general molds. I wasn't baptized until I converted, about a week before my 40th birthday, but I had been raised Christian.

Most priests being busy will have everyone go thru RCIA to be sure they get at least the basics on all the major areas. The classes have to be one-size-fit-all. Trying to cover those who are just marrying a Catholic and might not even be really interested in converting but forced to go by their future spouse, to those who are more like the people here who will be fairly well-educated on the beliefs before even attending. I had covered most of the education process on my own before RCIA, and RCIA was more important for me to become familiar with people - the community, the priest, and to start actually attending Mass and see how the beliefs are present in the liturgy.

Marcia

 

[Filia Mariae]

 

[Atomagenesis]

I'll be sure to sacrafice that goat for you, so that you may merit the graces to go Yay Goat Sacrifice!