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Hi,
This is a link to the last update I gave to my previous Prayer Intentions thread:
I'm sick, I can't pay rent, and I don't know where to go Prayer Intentions
I am interested in lay communities, because I think that that would be a good option for me long term. Christianity is not something to do alone. I have same-sex attraction. So I’m thinking about ways for my future to include lots of Catholic people in it on a daily basis. You know, basically a replacement for what my family should be, but isn’t. I’d like to be part of a men’s Bible study, God willing, I’ll go to somewhere that does. Just to rant very briefly, people that say “oh, you’ll find community at your parish.” I don’t know how you can say that if you go to a parish that doesn’t have any small groups, doesn’t have any Bible studies. The only two games in town are like something akin to a rotary club, and the Knights of Columbus (which, for the record I’m not against joining).
I am not often a brief man lol. But, I think this is all relevant background for my prayer request. I really need to go somewhere where I will grow in holiness. Practically, I need somewhere to stay. But, ideally, once I’m there (probably living with a family or something in Alabama), then I’d like to work. And make relationships in my life so I don’t fall into depression/ despair. That’s why I’m in this mess in the first place. I had a place to stay. I didn’t like my roommates. I didn’t meet anyone in the town I was living in. I went to Mass on Sunday, but there were really very little ways to get involved in any of the parishes in town. Plus, the town I was living in is very economically depressed. They’re getting a new steel factory because of Trump, and a priest said to me, “250 jobs and we won’t be able to fill half of them, because so many of the men around here wouldn’t pass the drug test”.
So yeah. I have a place to stay tonight. But I don’t know about tomorrow. If my one friend is back from a work trip, then I’ll be able to stay with him. If not, I might have to ask for charity at a parish or something. I called a monastery which is close to me about staying there a few days, but I haven’t heard back from them. I left a message at 2pm, and the answering machine said it was in the guestmaster’s room. That was 2 hours ago. Like… heard of cell phones? Anyways…
Pray for me.
This is a link to the last update I gave to my previous Prayer Intentions thread:
I did indeed get to visit this lay community in Georgia. They are charismatic and ecumenical, but apart from that they were basically solid orthodox Catholics. They kept saying “pray about it”. So, I guess its not the kind of place you just up and move to. So, I won’t do that. So, plan B, as I said in that post, basically comes down to praying and Divine Providence. I know several priests in Alabama, one works for EWTN. And I’m friends with pretty much all the Benedictines at the Benedictine Abbey there. So, the hope is that someone I know will be able to find me a place I can stay. And after that, I will hopefully get a job and start having an income again.
I am interested in lay communities, because I think that that would be a good option for me long term. Christianity is not something to do alone. I have same-sex attraction. So I’m thinking about ways for my future to include lots of Catholic people in it on a daily basis. You know, basically a replacement for what my family should be, but isn’t. I’d like to be part of a men’s Bible study, God willing, I’ll go to somewhere that does. Just to rant very briefly, people that say “oh, you’ll find community at your parish.” I don’t know how you can say that if you go to a parish that doesn’t have any small groups, doesn’t have any Bible studies. The only two games in town are like something akin to a rotary club, and the Knights of Columbus (which, for the record I’m not against joining).
I am not often a brief man lol. But, I think this is all relevant background for my prayer request. I really need to go somewhere where I will grow in holiness. Practically, I need somewhere to stay. But, ideally, once I’m there (probably living with a family or something in Alabama), then I’d like to work. And make relationships in my life so I don’t fall into depression/ despair. That’s why I’m in this mess in the first place. I had a place to stay. I didn’t like my roommates. I didn’t meet anyone in the town I was living in. I went to Mass on Sunday, but there were really very little ways to get involved in any of the parishes in town. Plus, the town I was living in is very economically depressed. They’re getting a new steel factory because of Trump, and a priest said to me, “250 jobs and we won’t be able to fill half of them, because so many of the men around here wouldn’t pass the drug test”.
So yeah. I have a place to stay tonight. But I don’t know about tomorrow. If my one friend is back from a work trip, then I’ll be able to stay with him. If not, I might have to ask for charity at a parish or something. I called a monastery which is close to me about staying there a few days, but I haven’t heard back from them. I left a message at 2pm, and the answering machine said it was in the guestmaster’s room. That was 2 hours ago. Like… heard of cell phones? Anyways…
Pray for me.
