Asking for help. Wanting to know more

[ccmcmg]

So I found out there is a church nearby but their emails and phone numbers don’t work. Should I just go over and see if someone is there? Also how do I know if my friend made it heaven or not? Also I am very poor . I looked up the books and they are over the price that I could afford and my parents do not want to provide any money towards me joining a religion. I am sixteen.

Welcome! I pray that this journey of yours to God through the Catholic Faith changes your life! What rejoicing I have in my heart for you! My oldest son is claiming atheism right now, and I pray that his heart will be changed.

Someone mentioned the Catechism, which is GREAT, but there is a “Youcat” that is a Catechism for young people such as yourself that might be perfect.

Books CAN be expensive. Do you have a library near you? I am fortunate that I can request almost any book for interlibrary lending if they do not have it available for check-out. Libraries are FREE (well, paid for by our taxes…).

Please use all resources wisely, even this one (CAF). Some people/books/websites disguise themselves as Catholics, but lead people astray from the Faith, often very subtly.

Please accept my sincere condolences on the loss of your friend.

 

[don_chugg]

Welcome! I pray that this journey of yours to God through the Catholic Faith changes your life! What rejoicing I have in my heart for you! My oldest son is claiming atheism right now, and I pray that his heart will be changed.

Someone mentioned the Catechism, which is GREAT, but there is a “Youcat” that is a Catechism for young people such as yourself that might be perfect.

Books CAN be expensive. Do you have a library near you? I am fortunate that I can request almost any book for interlibrary lending if they do not have it available for check-out. Libraries are FREE (well, paid for by our taxes…).

Please use all resources wisely, even this one (CAF). Some people/books/websites disguise themselves as Catholics, but lead people astray from the Faith, often very subtly.

Please accept my sincere condolences on the loss of your friend.

Thank you! I do miss my friend a lot. The library near me does not have anything in their religion section on the catholic faith. Its all christian stuffs in the library and hinduism. My first mass is tomorrow so I am excited for that.

 

[ccmcmg]

Thank you! I do miss my friend a lot. The library near me does not have anything in their religion section on the catholic faith. Its all christian stuffs in the library and hinduism. My first mass is tomorrow so I am excited for that.

Have a wonderful first Mass tomorrow. I wish you could hear the Gloria being sung; it is not (as far as I know…usually) sung/prayed during Advent (nor Lent), but it’s another awesome build-up to Christmas. It’s one of my favorite sung prayers.

As for inter-library loan: that’s what it is; it lends you books that your own library doesn’t carry; they borrow the book from another library and then lend it to you. Just something to check into, as well as borrowing from your own library and parish.

I will be a lector tomorrow, reading the first reading at our Mass. Please feel free to ask questions (you’ll probably have a few) here again on CAF, or even via private messages here if you have some people that you feel comfortable with; but again, be wary of any answers that aren’t obviously correct, or are a needle in the haystack. If 99 people tell you one thing, and 1 tells you another, research both, but generally, the 99 will be right.

Enjoy tomorrow’s Mass. I will include you in my prayers both before and during Mass.