I am so happy that I can share this journey. I can not wait till I have the time in a few weeks to explore the forums more. It is really helping me in ways I can not explain to have so much support and encouragement.
Prayers mean so much to me.
I was really surprised she bought them for me. She is not a Catholic and wants nothing to do with any church. She is very supportive and I am very blessed by that.Welcome Home, TwinMommy.
It was so nice of your Mom to let you get your Rosary, Catechism.
About Fatima. That is the name of a town in Portugal where Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three peasant children. This apparition is known as Our Lady of Fatima. This apparition is approved by the Church and is known as a private revelation. Catholics are not obligated to believe in any private revelation, Church approval just means that there is nothing contrary to the teachings of the Church. However, most Catholics do believe in Fatima because there is much evidence that it is true. I bet you are just about in information overload now, so I won’t say anymore about it now
I echo others in thanking you for allowing us to share your journey!
Thank you
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I loved that the priest at Mass yesterday did that. Glad to see everything was tied together.
That’s their job and I love when a good thing comes together.
Yep, first one!! I loved it. There was an older couple walking in when I was and I stopped them and explained what was going on and asked a few questions. The lady was so excited. She showed me the books in the pews, told me what would be going. It was so helpful. It was inspiring, humbling, and beautiful. It seems to go way too fast.That’s their job and I love when a good thing comes together.
Was that your first Mass? How was it for you?
Typically you would kneel on one knee facing the tabernacle where the reserved (consecrated) host is kept. The reason for this is that we are aware it is none other than Christ tabernacling (pitching his tent, as it were) in there. So think of it this way, picture seeing corporal Christ literally standing there by the tabernacle, what’s the logical thing to do? Genuflect.
I’m a little late to the party here, but do you use google calendar at all? Something you might love is adding a reference in your google calendar to ‘Univeralis’. This is a full calendar of all feast days and solemnities, plus it offers the readings of the day and insightful information about the saint or occasion being celebrated. Best part is that, while they do make an application (for iDevice only) which costs money, the google calendar trick is offered by them 100% free. That’s now I’ve integrated it into my android device.
Beautiful!
I don’t use it but can start. Thank you so much for letting me know about it. This will be tremendously helpful.
Did you do the sign of the Cross too? And the Holy Water? Anyway, just asking…if you need help what these are…
The sign of the cross I have been doing at home when praying and at Mass. I did not use the Holy Water. When I was reading up about Mass, I read it is to remember our baptism. I figure since I have not been baptized in the Catholic church, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to do.Did you do the sign of the Cross too? And the Holy Water? Anyway, just asking…if you need help what these are…
And during the Mass…were there Altar boys? When you bring your sons to Mass, you could point them out and tell them they could be these altars one day.
Hers is the story of St. Tarcissus…a 12 yr old acolyte, the patron saint of acolytes:ewtn.com/library/mary/tarcisi.htm
ST. TARCISIUS, MARTYR
A tradition dating from the sixth century says that St. Tarcisius was an acolyte whose fidelity and courage so impressed the leaders of the Church during the persecution of Valerian that he was entrusted with taking the Blessed Sacrament secretly to the Christians who awaited martyrdom in prison. This custom arose when the priests who ministered to the prisoners would be easily discovered, while the acolytes were less known to the heathens. The Roman Martyrology, based on the fourth-century poem of Pope St. Damasus, gives the story of the “boy martyr of the Eucharist” in these words: “At Rome, on the Appian way, the passion of St. Tarcisius the acolyte, whom pagans met carrying the sacrament of the Body of Christ and asked him what it was he was carrying. He deemed it a shameful thing to cast pearls before the swine, and so was assaulted by them for a long time with clubs and stones until he gave up the ghost. When they turned over his body, the sacrilegious assailants could find no trace of Christ’s Sacrament either in his hands or in his clothing. The Christians took up the body of the martyr and buried it with honor in the cemetery of Callistus.” In his poem Pope Damasus compares St. Tarcisius with St. Stephen who was stoned by the Jews, and praises the martyr for suffering a cruel death rather than surrender “the divine Body to raging dogs.” The body of St. Tarcisius was most probably laid to rest with those of Pope St. Zephyrinus and others in the Basilica of St. Sixtus and Cecilia, but at present it is said to be in the Church of San Silvestro in Capite. St. Tarcisius is venerated as a model for altar boys and as an example of loving and heroic devotion to our Lord in the Holy Eucharist.
Third Century
I do believe 100% that I have been
I did see many doing that on the way out.It should be noted that so vital is the sacrament of batism in the eyes of the church, that it is actually one of the easiest to obtain. All that is required is water, proper form, the person being baptized, and another individual to perform the baptism (they need not be baptized themselves).The sign of the cross I have been doing at home when praying and at Mass. I did not use the Holy Water. When I was reading up about Mass, I read it is to remember our baptism. I figure since I have not been baptized in the Catholic church, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to do.
There were no altar boys and I was wondering why they weren’t any. I have one more Mass here before we more and will be interesting to see if the parish I end up in has altar boys.
Thank you for the great info