Hello everyone, before I start I want to thank everyone who will take the time to read all of this. I am a 20 year old M dating a 19 F I have been catholic all of my life and my girlfriend is not catholic she is a non domination, we have been dating for a year nothing serious of course. Ever since w
Sainthood doesn’t begin after death. It begins right now—while you’re still breathing, struggling, choosing.
Somewhere along the way, we started treating saints like distant figures—people who only became “holy” once their story was over. But that’s not how it works.
Every saint you’ve ever heard
Lately I've been struggling a lot due to tragic events in my life. I've grappled with depression most of my life and feel it's impossible for me to have successful relationships of any kind in my personal life. I look around at the brokenness and sin of the world and I hardly feel I have a place her
I am a 29 yo male convert to Catholicism. My parents raised me with atheist values and questioning them led me down the gradual road to finding my faith. I converted slowly, going to my first mass in 2018 and completing RCIA in 2022 while in university. The Catholic friends I met where there for me
When we got married, we were asked if we were open to life, and I said yes. At the time I thought I was okay with it, but now that we’re actually talking about having kids, I’ve realized I really don’t want them mostly because it feels like way too much work and responsibility that I don’t want to t
My answer: Gehenna is the Hebrew ge-hinnom, meaning 'valley of Hinnom' and refers to the valley directly south of Jerusalem. It was notorious as the site, in earlier days, of the horrible worship of Moloch, which included human sacrifice of children. For this reason it was destroyed by king Josias,
Hey everyone! I know we are all called to be holy and love God, which is a universal and primary calling.
My question is, how can we know exactly how we are to do this primary calling in our daily lives? Whether it relates to careers, vocations, goals, dreams, and such. I know it can look differ
I try to attend daily Mass as often as I can, but I sometimes struggle to fully follow along with the readings—especially depending on pace or accent.
I’ve tried looking things up afterward, but it’s not always easy to quickly find the exact readings for the day when I need them.
Curious how other
I am Eastern Catholic, and I wanted to know if it is okay to still believe in the Filioque since the actual eastern Catholic Church does not believe in it. My beliefs align with eastern catholic mostly except for their view on the Filioque.
Has anyone have/heard some info about places or communities where young adults, let's say mid 20's to 30's gather or go to mass in Santiago?
I've been trying hard but also noticed that Chile does not have a considerable amount of catholics, and even more less young ones.
I'm a bit disappointed...
I’m getting confirmed at the Easter Vigil this weekend and had a roommate (acquaintance) ask today if I’m “doing anything for Easter”. I could tell she meant something like brunch, and I sort of panicked because I didn’t feel like dealing with a weird reaction (I’ve never told her I’m converting; we
My boyfriend (M22) and I (F23) have been together for a year now and while he was raised Catholic he does not attend church on Sunday anymore and has not gone to confession in years.
I want him to go to mass on his own as well as confession. Not for my sake but because he wants to and desire that
If someone honestly and charitably believes Catholic doctrine is too permissive of coercion and aggression, is that a bridgeable gap for conversion? Or would that be comparable to rejecting Catholic teaching on issues like abortion or homosexual acts, in the sense that it would represent a serious i
Hello dear friends in Christ,
this Easter vigil (saturday), I’ll have my baptism. What happened though is that I have a LOT of spiritual warfare. Since the beginning of march it’s been crazy. I feel kind of depressed out of nowhere and I feel like I’ve done too much wrong to be forgiven. I reall
I’m so interested as an inquiring believer in Christ in Catholicism to read this book while I participate in Holy Week with my local Catholic parish. I hope to talk to the priest to start OCIA classes when they begin again.
Until then, what version of Interior Castle is best? Thank you all so much
My toddlers love Benjamin Cello. I play it on the computer in the kitchen while I make dinner, and the lessons are so helpful for a millennial Catholic with some gaps! so good.
What are the best places to raise a catholic family? I’m interested in finding vibrant parishes with many groups and activities to join. I’m currently in the brainstorming stage.
I am a Catholic. my whole family is. I was very promiscuous in my early adult years/late teen years...
this is gonna sound wild, bear with me...
I met my husband 4 years ago, we have been married for almost 4 years now..
he has two children from his ex and I have 3 kids by (unfortunately) 3 diff
I’m looking for a church that would accept my confirmation certificate from this site. My local priest had accepted to take it when I first started but unfortunately he had to self deport back home and the new priest is not willing to accept it.
I dropped out of college as a Junior due to no motivation to get up most mornings, and even if I did get out of bed, I would show up to classes and then return back home or go to work and just sit in silence waiting for my next opportunity to receive a sacrament to remind me of why I'm on this earth
I have spent too much of my life watching btoken people struggle to recover from things they didn't deserve. I have seen too many people broken by the choices of others. There is, as far as I can see, no hope here for meaningful change this side of Heaven. Does This Life matter, then? Is there any r
I’ve not missed a mass in 19 years but unfortunately the parish’s around me don’t have much for mass times and leaving my service area without an ambulance isn’t an option. I will not be able to attend a mass in person for Holy Thursday or Good Friday but was able to get Easter Sunday off. My questi
I just don't exactly know, and I'm so curious to know why.
the closest explanation I've got is by reading an article which quoted this:
Exodus 12:7, 13
[7] They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal.
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Am I exempt from kneeling if I’m carrying a car seat? I do it when he’s not with me, but when he’s with me it’s kind of hard to balance.
I hope we can all become saints. I think it’s so beautiful that we are asked to take the way of the cross, self-abasement, self-annihilation, purification of the soul, and we cannot do it apart from love, we do it with love, and for the sake of him who is love itself, idk if this is meaning of ‘thro
My mother had a mental breakdown last year. At first, she got heavily involved in church. She was going 3 days a week, and even signed up for a woman’s retreat that our parish is hosting. However, as time passed and she did not get better, she began to drift.
I am very familiar with the basic depr
Keyword WITHIN the church
I don't really care about broader societal trends, whether a country is 80% Catholic or 10% Catholic has no bearing on the faith of the church. What I am inclined to believe is that WITHIN the portion of the population who is Catholic, there is a revival of the faith, and
I received the sacrament of confession for the first time tonight. And although it was weird and uncomfortable (for me) it was so relieving to admit my sins and to finally be absolved of those sins. My penance was very fair and one in which was comforting. The priest was so patient with me.
I am s
I was raised Protestant. Baptized Protestant. Loved it. Felt the call to Catholicism. Went through with OCIA. I became Catholic. I left after a year because of some theological disagreements, loneliness (it felt transactional and there wasn’t any fellowship) neuroticism over the rigidity and require
Hey all. I’ve been really struggling the last couple years of my life. I lost my 7 year old sister to brain cancer 2 years ago and since then my family has just fallen apart. Today I read my mom’s suicide note and she is now in a psych ward. I have another 3-4 events going on that are at a similar l
Just as a pretext, any help is greatly appreciated as I feel like this might be a bit of a silly sounding question.
I was raised Baptist but somewhat fell away and only recently began really listening to what Catholics and the Church have taught after delving back into the Bible. After almost 7 mo
Hello!
My cousin had a baby a year and a half ago, and they aren’t practising Christians. She has received the sacraments but hasn’t been to church for a long time, and he hasn’t received any sacraments at all.
Would it be possible for a lay person to baptise the child, whether publicly, in secre
Hi!
I am an 18 year old from England and have been getting more in touch with my faith recently after the death of my Christian grandmother in 2024. I grew up CofE Christian, but am looking to attend a Catholic Church and see where this leads me!
Would I be allowed to attend a few services (obvio
Since october ~ September of last, i discovered the existence of god and the reality of Jesus Christ, im 23. Currently struggling with hell, i assume its a classic in this Sub right? Well, my biggest issue right now, is with eternity, i know we cant fathom how it would be, it wont be like “this lif
What is the protocol when someone drops the Eucharist?
A girl went up for communion the other day, dropped the Eucharist, and then picked it up. Incidentally, she then started walking to her seat, and did not even consume it, and the priest had to tell her to consume it or return it.
I’m told so
I used to really dislike adoration, because it felt boring and only now am I beginning to grasp the benefits of it. Furthermore, I feel deterred by the silence, as I have tinnitus.
Are there ways to help myself better experience it?
Is it a good idea to bring a bible, a notebook, or a silent an
Why is there like a serpent with a lion head and what are some other weird old heresies from over the centuries? Also as a disclaimer I’m not exploring other faiths I just have a history background. I’m not interested in anything heretical from a religious standpoint just historical
Something strange happened to me at the grocery store today. I passed a woman by the bakery section who was clearly having some kind of episode. She was acting as if she were possessed—cursing, talking to "demons," and waving her hands frantically in front of her face. I’ve seen people struggling wi
I'm starting to become more aware of spiritual warfare in my daily life. I spent some time in seminary, and my spiritual director was an exorcist for the diocese. He and other exorcists have said there are names for a lot of different demons. Lately, there will be brand names or other names for thin
The priest that oversees our OCIA (he’s there every week) heard our first confessions this past Saturday. He knew it was me confessing because I grabbed a tissue beforehand so I went over the screen but he would’ve known from my voice anyway. This made me so nervous and shameful for my sins because
I recently went to a Catholic Charismatic Renewal prayer group they meet every saturday after mass and I didn’t really know what to expect. During the gathering, some people including the prayer leader started speaking in tongues, and honestly it made me feel uneasy and kind of out of place.
I’m C
I don’t wanna talk your ears off about my own life etc but I was wondering if this is even a thing
Haven’t done my first confession yet but how should I go about for something I did years ago but no longer do? I do not want to sound like I’m down-playing it or justifying it. I know what I did is horrible enough that I need to be more specific than other sins but I also want my penance to be more
I mean I really do hope that there is a Gen Z revival. we need more traditional values back (e.g biblical love) but that obviously isn’t happening. I think the most we can celebrate is that Catholicism and Christianity is remaining stable in terms of numbers and isn’t nosediving like before. I live
Church near me has a 6:30 am Mass and a 5 pm Mass with ‘Maundy Thursday liturgy’ written. Does this mean the 6:30 am Mass does not count as Maundy Thursday mass?
Which one should I be attending technically?
Hello, i have been feeling called to go on a pilgrimage/guided tour overseas to sites of significance to our faith. I'd prefer to go with a group but the tour companies are numerous and it's hard to know which are reputable and which could be problematic.
Does anyone have any experience with any p
My husband and I have been attending a local catholic church for the past month, as we are wanting to join the church and grow in our faith. We weren’t raised religious so this is all new for us, honestly. I want to attend the Triduum services this week, but I am worried that I’ll have no idea what’
I don’t want to go into the details but I’m very resentful against someone in my life. I will ignore them and am so hateful towards them without I guess a “good” reason. I never insult them, but I exclude them from my life. I went to confession today and talked about this, and the priest told me tha
Good evening, I would like to get some opinions, maybe I am being a bit dramatic.
I have been attending my local parish for over a year now, I come from a Protestant background and have been waiting for RCIA for a while now.
Last year I attended like a small convention that included the catechists
