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Hello all, i hope some of the fine people on this forum will be able to help me out. I’ll give a little background that got me to this post today, and why i need your guy’s help.
For the majority of my life there was no church. When there was church it was an Anglican church that my parents attended. I was baptised anglican and served during services sunday morning. I didnt really understand most of what went on.
Fast forward 7 years later, 6 years of no church, and i met the most wonderful girl. This wonderful girl was a devout catholic. At this point in my life, religion was a grey area. I felt a nagging notion in the back of my mind that jesus was there, but i never really knew him, nor acted on my notions. I accompanied them to church, at first to make them happy. My first time in church with them, not knowing any better, i received holy communion. Now i know this to be a terrible thing to have done and i feel deeply ashamed for it.
I have since been attending mass with my g/f every Sunday, for about a year now. Just recently, the priest blessed the medal my gf gave me when she returned from Poland, and told me that i had to recite three hail Mary’s a day for strength in faith that will never fade. I’d never done that before, but was willing to give it a try. That very night i went home, and barely able to finish without having to look at the paper i did it. Immediately i felt this emotion come over me, and i found myself talking to Christ. It was wonderful really, a complete transformation.
I asked for guidance of what to do next. From the dreams i had, i gathered i was being asked to pray the rosary, so i made one (rosaryarmy.com )and now pray it as often as i physically can.
The first miracle that our Lord and Mother have worked for me was the complete removal of desire to watch pornography and masturbation. I cannot explain how 9 years of habit turned normal daily activity could be lifted so easily other than through the salvation and grace that is come from Jesus alone.
My question is, where should i go next? I have asked through prayer for guidance, and each time i pray, i am filled with a greater passion to learn all i can about the history of the church. I find myself defending it, i feel upset when its teachings are attacked. From all that i’ve read to date, it is the only church that completely satisfies all the teachings of the holy gospels, and rightly so because it is the original! My questions are many, but mainly, as follows:
What should i do about my mortal sins (masturbation, pornography, receiving communion) Can i go to confession if i am not catholic?
How do i go about becoming a catholic?
For the majority of my life there was no church. When there was church it was an Anglican church that my parents attended. I was baptised anglican and served during services sunday morning. I didnt really understand most of what went on.
Fast forward 7 years later, 6 years of no church, and i met the most wonderful girl. This wonderful girl was a devout catholic. At this point in my life, religion was a grey area. I felt a nagging notion in the back of my mind that jesus was there, but i never really knew him, nor acted on my notions. I accompanied them to church, at first to make them happy. My first time in church with them, not knowing any better, i received holy communion. Now i know this to be a terrible thing to have done and i feel deeply ashamed for it.
I have since been attending mass with my g/f every Sunday, for about a year now. Just recently, the priest blessed the medal my gf gave me when she returned from Poland, and told me that i had to recite three hail Mary’s a day for strength in faith that will never fade. I’d never done that before, but was willing to give it a try. That very night i went home, and barely able to finish without having to look at the paper i did it. Immediately i felt this emotion come over me, and i found myself talking to Christ. It was wonderful really, a complete transformation.
I asked for guidance of what to do next. From the dreams i had, i gathered i was being asked to pray the rosary, so i made one (rosaryarmy.com )and now pray it as often as i physically can.
The first miracle that our Lord and Mother have worked for me was the complete removal of desire to watch pornography and masturbation. I cannot explain how 9 years of habit turned normal daily activity could be lifted so easily other than through the salvation and grace that is come from Jesus alone.
My question is, where should i go next? I have asked through prayer for guidance, and each time i pray, i am filled with a greater passion to learn all i can about the history of the church. I find myself defending it, i feel upset when its teachings are attacked. From all that i’ve read to date, it is the only church that completely satisfies all the teachings of the holy gospels, and rightly so because it is the original! My questions are many, but mainly, as follows:
What should i do about my mortal sins (masturbation, pornography, receiving communion) Can i go to confession if i am not catholic?
How do i go about becoming a catholic?
The next step is to talk to your priest and ask to start RCIA. Also, hang out on the main CA site and read read read. Learn all you can about the faith, it is a labor of love. I was where you are about 6 years ago. The 5 years since I converted have been the happiest of my life. Welcome home! 
. Met with a priest today, starting RCIA catch up classes every tuesday!
But since returning home I now try to go weekly. Sometimes I feel like going every day (I read somewhere that St Joan of Arc would go to confession several times a day! She would say “I need to see a priest!” Sometimes I walk around the house thinking, “I need to see a priest!”). I am happy for your continuing journey to Truth.