I...I get it now

[shondrea]

And I wanted to cry.

I have always been very roud to be Catholic, and so happy that God decided to let me be born into a generations old Catholic family. Still, I was always taught there are many ways to God and many good people who aren’t Catholic.

So for my whole life, I never understood why we were suppose to feel sad that the Church was not united. I just didn’t get the whole desire for eveyone to be Catholic.

Today, I got it.

I work at Subway, and for Lent, we have bpth our usual tuna and a seasonal seafood sandwhich. (I ate a yummy veggie with mustard)

ANYway, I was standing at the bain during our dinner rush, making sandwhiches, and after a while, I realized I hadn’t touched the fish all night. Ham and turkey and roast beef, but not one seafood sub. I suddenly felt very lonely and sad that no one in line was Catholic/observing Lent. Due to the absense of a Catholic church where I live, I was unfortunately unable to attend mass, yet I felt so upset that nobody in line knew this was a special day.

Anyone else have a moment like this?

 

[JRKH]

And I wanted to cry.

I have always been very [roud to be Catholic, and so happy that God decided to let me be born into a generations old Catholic family. Still, I was always taught there are many ways to God and many good people who aren’t Catholic.

So for my whole life, I never understood why we were suppose to feel sad that the Church was not united. I just didn’t get the whole desire for eveyone to be Catholic.

Today, I got it.

I work at Subway, and for Lent, we have bpth our usual tuna and a seasonal seafood sandwhich. (I ate a yummy veggie with mustard)

ANYway, I was standing at the bain during our dinner rush, making sandwhiches, and after a while, I realized I hadn’t touched the fish all night. Ham and turkey and roast beef, but not one seafood sub. I suddenly felt very lonely and sad that no one in line was Catholic/observing Lent. Due to the absense of a Catholic church where I live, I was unfortunately unable to attend mass, yet I felt so upset that nobody in line knew this was a special day.

Anyone else have a moment like this?

Very interesting.

Yes I have many moments like this.
Every time I hear God’s name casually abused.
Every time I see girls dressed inappropriately.
Every time I pass a “Planned Parenthood”
etc. etc. etc.

God gives us this sensitivity that we might pray all the harder for the conversion of sinners.

Peace
James
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[MercyMia]

Yes, things like this can be a reminder of the stark disunity between the Church and 33,000 + denominations that exist.
You can offer up some Lenten sacrifices for conversions.

 

[Monica4316]

And I wanted to cry.

I have always been very [roud to be Catholic, and so happy that God decided to let me be born into a generations old Catholic family. Still, I was always taught there are many ways to God and many good people who aren’t Catholic.

So for my whole life, I never understood why we were suppose to feel sad that the Church was not united. I just didn’t get the whole desire for eveyone to be Catholic.

Today, I got it.

I work at Subway, and for Lent, we have bpth our usual tuna and a seasonal seafood sandwhich. (I ate a yummy veggie with mustard)

ANYway, I was standing at the bain during our dinner rush, making sandwhiches, and after a while, I realized I hadn’t touched the fish all night. Ham and turkey and roast beef, but not one seafood sub. I suddenly felt very lonely and sad that no one in line was Catholic/observing Lent. Due to the absense of a Catholic church where I live, I was unfortunately unable to attend mass, yet I felt so upset that nobody in line knew this was a special day.

Anyone else have a moment like this?

I have moments like this too
It makes me really sad
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[Catholic1954]

I used to manage a movie theatre and it would really gross me out on how many hot dogs we sold on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

 

[AlisonGenevieve]

I have the same feelings. People walking down the street…Do they even know?

But this year I had such a great feeling. I was in Office Max buying Sharpies for work (lol) and I heard the cashier explaining to another cashier that the ashes on her forehead were for this thing called “Ash Wednesday” where Catholics … I hadn’t gotten my ashes yet (I was going to church in the evening) but it made me so happy to know that others were remembering.

 

[coolduude]

Yes, I have feelings like that too. Much sorrow. It makes my soul weep.

This is the only example I can think of now:

I was in a bookstore and came across a book called ‘Teen: The User Manual’ or something along those lines. Being a teen, I picked it up. It was basically a parenting book for parents of teenagers.

It wasn’t half bad except this one part that just ruined the whole thing (and I will never buy this book now): the section on sex basically said ‘sex is a mutual decision between a boyfriend and girlfriend. Be sure to talk to your teen about STDs and safe sex. But ultimately the choice is theirs when they feel ready’. That’s paraphrased of course.
I was stunned and shocked. Then it hit me that ‘hey, this is the secular world. Better get used to it’.

It is sad though when I come across things like this. It gets me down in the dumps because I basically get an inside view of secular society outside the moral umbrella of the Church.

It is sad indeed. .

 

[Lief_Erikson]

Yes, I’ve had moments like that. It feels horrible, but I know it’s a flash of unity with Christ’s Heart, a moment of feeling, in a small dose, what He feels vastly more deeply.