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Dnorris707
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My actual questions are posted below. The following is just a backstory so you can skip to the questions if you like to:
I am the youngest child in a family of four. My older brother does not live at home but still lives in the fit so I see him often. Out of all of my family I am the only one to really embrace my faith(mostly through the help of the youth program at my church). We are all catholic and all but my brother attend weekly Mass, but that’s where it stops. I feel really awkward about showing my faith around my family. None of them have been to confession since they were required when they were younger so I find it awkward when I go to. I really want them to embrace the Catholic and love ofGod but I have no idea what I can do to help. None of them see the point of confession and my brother has really all but left the Church. I see it as my resonsiblility to try to explain things and help them, but they don’t like it when I talk to theme about this stuff.
Questions: how do I go about explaining confession to people who are dead set against it, also, does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to help my family without explicitly doing so. Finally I ask for your prayers because I can only do so much to help, the rest is up to God.
I am the youngest child in a family of four. My older brother does not live at home but still lives in the fit so I see him often. Out of all of my family I am the only one to really embrace my faith(mostly through the help of the youth program at my church). We are all catholic and all but my brother attend weekly Mass, but that’s where it stops. I feel really awkward about showing my faith around my family. None of them have been to confession since they were required when they were younger so I find it awkward when I go to. I really want them to embrace the Catholic and love ofGod but I have no idea what I can do to help. None of them see the point of confession and my brother has really all but left the Church. I see it as my resonsiblility to try to explain things and help them, but they don’t like it when I talk to theme about this stuff.
Questions: how do I go about explaining confession to people who are dead set against it, also, does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to help my family without explicitly doing so. Finally I ask for your prayers because I can only do so much to help, the rest is up to God.