Obeying parents.

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Hello, I am converting to Catholicism and I am in RCIA now.

My mom doesn’t want me to convert to Catholicism and my dad told me to go to the Baptist church to make my mom happy.

They have not forbidden me to convert though.

So does honoring your mother and father play a role here?
 
How old are you?

Children obey parents…adults are to “honor” them…

You can honor them by following truth and goodness and seeking it out…I’m sure you’d agree that internally that’s something your parents wish for you.

Michael
 
How old are you?

Children obey parents…adults are to “honor” them…

You can honor them by following truth and goodness and seeking it out…I’m sure you’d agree that internally that’s something your parents wish for you.

Michael
I’m 19, so technically I’m an adult. However, I do come home from college on Fridays and live with my parents on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
 
I’m 19, so technically I’m an adult. However, I do come home from college on Fridays and live with my parents on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
As well meaning as your parents are, and although you live with them part time, now that you are an adult, you do not owe them the kind of obedience you did when you were a minor.

You can ease their fears over your becoming Catholic by letting them know the positive influence they’ve had on your life and by letting them know that by becoming Catholic you are truly following Christ and desiring to live your life for him. God bless you on your journey into his Church. 🙂
 
New International Version (©1984)
"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

math 10:37

they did their job and help form your conscience…that’s why you were obedient to them when you were a child.

Now you are an adult and must honor them. Honor them with following truth and goodness.

God Bless

AND WELCOME!
 
New International Version (©1984)
"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

math 10:37

they did their job and help form your conscience…that’s why you were obedient to them when you were a child.

Now you are an adult and must honor them. Honor them with following truth and goodness.

God Bless

AND WELCOME!
That verse would almost seem to justify children (under 18) converting to the faith against the wishes of their parents.
 
At 19, you are definitely free to choose your own path to God – even coming home on weekends does not give your parents the right to force you to do something else. Choosing your own religious path does not mean you are disobeying your parents (especially since you’re an adult ;)). As someone said, seeking the truth would certainly be honoring your parents. 🙂
 
I will pray for your parents, that they will see your love of God and how you seek to follow Him in knowledge and truth within the Catholic Church. God bless you on your journey to Him.
 
That’s a great question. You still have to Honor your Father and Mother but converting to Catholicism is not wrong. If in case your mother or father asks you to clean your room, and you say ‘No’, that is an act of disobedience and goes against the commandment.

In this particular situation, what if your parents were both members of the Satanic Church and told you not to convert and your father says you have to please your mother you have to attend service at the Satanic Church. (This is an extreme example, by all means I am not saying that your parents are that. Baptists are also our brothers in Christ)

If you make the choice by going to that Satanic Church, you will be disobeying God.
Yet, making your parents happy will be the opposite of what is right.

Prioritize Jesus first, and set your parents aside in this case. Yet, even converting to Catholicism, you need to pray that the Holy Spirit guide you in your process of doing so.

You can’t scream at the top of your lungs and pick up a baseball bat and threaten them if they don’t allow you to convert. Rather, tell them calmly and with a loving heart that you want to follow Christ into the Catholic Church. Also mention to them that you will still be their child, and will obey chores, work, etc. You will know by the Holy Spirit as to whether your actions in these type of situations will be an act of obedience.

You will be welcomed Home by God! - Praying for you! (I’m also 19)
 
Hello, I am converting to Catholicism and I am in RCIA now.

My mom doesn’t want me to convert to Catholicism and my dad told me to go to the Baptist church to make my mom happy.

They have not forbidden me to convert though.

So does honoring your mother and father play a role here?
Put God 1st! then family. Your dad just wants to keep peace in the home, and not see your mom upset. He means well, but he doesn’t know that you are digging up the biggest treasure of your life! The Church of Jesus Christ! For he is the head, and we are the body.

If your mom is a Baptist she has most likely been told horrible lies about the Catholic Church. The more people whom she loves, and trusts who spread these rumors, the more it looks like truth to her. But they are just lies. She will have many pointed questions for you. Out of fear she may challenge you. Just say, “I’ll look into that.” Don’t worry. There are good, Holy explanations for every thing the Church teaches. We have 2000 years of wisdom, and learning how to love God behind us! Jesus Christ entrusted the Sacred writings to The Catholic Church which protected them, compiled them into the Bible, and gave it to the world! How exciting is that?

I would encourage you to buy the Catholic Answers topic tabs. These color coded tabs, stick to the pages of your bible. Then you will have Bible verses at your fingertips to back up teachings about the Priesthood, Saints, the Sacraments, and why “bible alone”, and “Once saved always saved” contradicts scripture. I love how the Church looks at the whole picture. Like it’s not faith vs works, It’s both! The Church looks at the whole picture, Written Tradition (Bible), Oral Tradition (what Jesus taught the Apostles) and the Teaching Magisterium of the Church. (which collects, preserves, and passes on the truth of God’s teachings through out the ages)

Welcome home!
 
That verse would almost seem to justify children (under 18) converting to the faith against the wishes of their parents.
This is why we must see the meaning of Christ’s message as a whole, not in bits and pieces. Many a bad interpretation has been propogated because some verse “seemed” to say this or that to someone.

Christ gave his Church the authority to determine what we are to do in such cases, so we need to listen to the Church. 🙂
 
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