Mother's unbelief in the

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My mother doesn’t believe in the catholic teachings. I am a covert to the Faith. It hurts me to see that she doesn’t want to know the truth. I’m praying for my family to be moved to the catholic church someday. Why is it so hard for me to "stand alone " in the truth but my mother and other family members don’t believe? I want to share my faith with them but they aren’t receptive of my telling them about what I was learning and still learning about our faith. I do show them our faith by making the sign of the cross, but nothing beyond that because they/she don’t want to hear it and this is very painful to me. Is there anything I can do besides pray for my mother and family?
 
Lead by example, not by trying to teach and preach at them all the time. Yes, pray for them. Pray a novena for them. Have a mass said for them, but you don’t need to tell them every time you do something. Let your light shine in your own life that they will look at you and want to be just like you.

You are not responsible for converting anyone. Not your mom, or your dad or your boyfriend. “You do you.”
 
I try to but feel like I’m falling short in showing them by example. I don’t visit very often but when I do it feels fake.

I left the only faith that I had ever known to follow Christ’s call I didn’t grow up catholic but we did go to church while I was growing up . I go to mass as often as I can. I go to mass on Saturdays evenings as much as I can and I asked about if parishioners can have a mass said I was told no but I didn’t ask my priest I plan on e-mailing him to ask. I go to mass on Saturdays and I go to her church on Sundays to sing in the choir each Sunday because I enjoy singing in the choir and for special occasions. I don’t partake in communion because I know that I will have to go to confession if I do so I withdraw from partaking in it because I know the true Christ in the Eucharist.

Why do I feel so fake and feel like I have to pretend to believe what my parents do even though I don’t when I am around them? So how do I lead by example?
 
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Being in the choir must afford you opportunities to talk to your priest. Next time you see him do so!
 
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Pray for them and be the example of how a Catholic (Christian) lives. These aren’t short term actions, but an ongoing and permanent change. They may never change their beliefs, but may become more open to and understanding of the faith.
 
I am in choir at her church 2x’s a week on Wednesday nights for choir practice and Sunday mornings every week and for special occasions like singing at the Christmas eve service and for special concert that happens 2x’s a year one at Christmas the other at Easter called Masterworks she and my other family are United Methodist and I stand alone as the only catholic in my family. So I feel alone in prayers for my family to come home to the faith.
 
As others have said, you need to pray for them, set a good example, and be patient. Beyond that, just entrust them to God.

It may be that your loved ones are not converted until they themselves pass away.
 
Follow what Scripture says:

Let your light so shine before men that they see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

By this shall all men know you are my disciples, that you love one another.


Scripture does not tell us to debate with our family or to proselytize them. Your example of love and joy should be the thing that makes them seek out what you “have”,
 
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