Evangelization topic during Mass discussion

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I haven’t no. I’m not sure when my Church does adoration. I might be able to do make it for adoration depending on if they do it til 6 for me.
 
You could find out if your parish does Perpetual Adoration. Mine does.
 
I don’t believe we do perpetual adoration, which is a shame really. I go to a very large parish and you’d think that they’d have enough parishioners for perpetual adoration
 
Yeah. Maybe you could find a nearby parish that does, if yours doesn’t. I loved doing my Holy Hours. I usually don’t have time to go myself. Maybe I can start doing them again on my off days when my kids are in school.

If I may: From what denomination are you converting from?
 
I wasn’t raised in any denomination. I had very few times where I actually went to any church growing up, and I never went to a Catholic Church. My mother was raised baptist by her mom, her mom was raised Catholic but later on in life left the Church
 
🤔 Almost like starting from scratch? I’m a convert from Lutheranism myself. What brings you into the Church? I hope I’m not being nosy; just curious.
 
You could say that yeah, I mean it basically is. I like the structure and order to everything. There’s a place for everything and the liturgy is actually consistent. My cousins on my moms side are Lutheran. I went to their church like once or twice as a kid. Seemed kinda stuffy if I’m being honest.
 
It felt like you always had to have been a member of that church or you were an outsider
 
I agree with you about the structure, order and Liturgy. I love the uniformity of it. I also love all the rituals of the Church. Very comforting. Are you experiencing any major obstacles in your conversion? Mine were intercessory prayer. Which is odd; considering I prayed the Rosary in my Protestant years and I’ve always felt comfortable with the Blessed Virgin Mary as my Mother and the Mother Of God.
 
So far I haven’t had any trouble, I’m going to learn more about the rosary and Mary later on as RCIA moves along. The hardest thing for me is more a matter of personal being than liturgy or prayer. I have SSA and I’m trying to live by Church teaching. And people with SSA are pretty routinely mistreated in Protestant Churches, especially the baptists and Southern Baptists
 
I sympathize with you. From what I’ve seen, Protestants can be a bit hard on people of SSA. Man, that’s gotta be tough for ya.
 
They promote things like conversion therapy which has been proven to do psychological harm. The Catholic Church recognizes that I can’t change having SSA and that my mere being is not itself sin, and I think Catholics are far more accepting of those who have SSA
 
From what I’ve seen on this site, yes. Has your parish community been accepting of you?
 
Well, I met someone here on CAF that coincidentally goes to my exact parish, and I sat with them at mass this morning. They were very accepting and very welcoming.
 
Awesome!! I’m glad you found some folks that do. Must be very helpful on your journey
 
I would be willing to bet there are plenty of other people at my parish in my exact shoes with SSA. We’ve got plenty of people there, and you’d know how big the sanctuary is like I do, you would see what I mean.
 
I get your point. For every public SSA, there’s probably at least two more that keep it hidden.
 
I’m open in my personal life but I haven’t really discussed it with other members of my parish, though I wouldn’t deny it if i were asked
 
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I’m curious how often and in what manner other folks approach this. I’m looking for ideas that I can try and implement.
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I don’t know if having a list of strategies helps, although I’ll admit to desperately googling some strategies over the years with regards to my inlaws.

You just kind of think of it as a ship and do everything you can to pull people who are adrift into the ship. Invite them to the ship, clear up any misgivings they have about the ship’s safety or where it’s going, introduce them to shipmates so they aren’t just hearing it from you, live your best life while on the ship so that the ship is radiant with joy. You don’t have to be well-catechized to pull someone to safety. You’re not the only one on the ship.
 
Okay. I’m usually very reticent about myself in my parish. Except when I’m bothering priests and deacons; lol
 
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