Respecting your parents or the Lord?

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Most of my family are Wiccans, except for my father who only uses his religion (Christian) as just to fill in the religion portion of papers he has to fill out. I want to be a nun when I turn 18, so I have two years until I can leave and go join my future nun family in Philadelphia! However I don’t know how I can cope with two years of waiting for my departure moment. My family constantly disables me from doing anything related to Catholicism, no Church, no talking about my religion, my mother keeps pushing me to do spells and chakra stuff with her, and absolutely no covering your head while praying. If I don’t obey her she constantly tells me how out of all the kids she has I am the worst one of all, and mixes in a few slurs to spice up how much of my soul she’s chipping away. She will do anything to make sure I do not become a nun, the rest of my family agree with her.

I don’t know what to do y’all. In the commandments it says to do what your parents say, but if I do that then I don’t know how the Lord will feel. I need to follow what the Lord tells me to do which is become a nun as soon as possible, however is it okay in this circumstance to not do what my parents say? To not honor them and do the Wiccan stuff like they tell me to?
 
You can respect your parents, be kind, and not cast spells.

Respect your parents, when you are 18 and can support yourself, speak with a vocations director.
 
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See this time as a time of exercising patience and in prayer. We do not have to cover our heads in prayer or in Mass. That is optional. I would gently continue stating to your mother that you cannot participate in the new age things as it is against your religion and your beliefs.

I know of several Priests whose family entirely disowned them because they joined the Seminary and went on to become Priests. The family gets used to the idea over time.

If our parents are asking us to engage in occult or witchcraft or the new age, we can say no and not be breaking the Commandments and in fact we are keeping the first and greatest commandment. "love the Lord your God with all your heart soul and strength.
 
Much of what your family advocates, and wants you to do, is sin! Avoiding sin overrides doing anything occult. Including much of what you mention.

I’m wondering if anything they are doing would count as abuse. You could contact Child Protective Services and see if you could be removed from your home. At your age, you would probably be put in a group home.

Is there any way for you to contact the religious order you are interested in, and live there for a while? I know many orders work with orphans and abused children.

If your family is not abusing you, you must stay where you are until you are 18. But see if you can talk to someone. You may be subject to verbal abuse. Either way take care. Try not to focus too much on outer signs of being religious. It’s not a sin to be kind and polite to anyone.
 
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