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SkippingM
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Greetings,
I recently returned to Catholicism (a few months ago), after having thought myself a Protestant. Since my return, I’ve been pretty good concerning doubts, questions, and concerns, and I’ve been attending Mass regularly. However, this past Sunday, my family & I were feeling sick with a cold, and the weather had turned colder. The Mass we go to is further away because we’re currently in a country where we don’t speak the language, and that’s the one that’s in English.
Since we weren’t feeling all that well, we thought we would go to the one near here, in a language we don’t understand. But we weren’t ready in time, so we decided to go to the regular one, which is further away but was at a later time.
We then decided to not go at all, so as to not get even worse with the colder weather.
I started getting worried that this wasn’t sufficient reason to miss Mass, and also that I would be more prone to temptation during the week because, well… I had been relying on communion to keep me strong in mind.
By the next day (Monday) I had already spiraled into questioning whether I believed in Catholicism at all, or if I was Protestant. It was almost like a switch turning on/off. It lasted until yesterday night, after I spoke with a Protestant friend of mine about my concerns.
Seeing her reactions to my concerns, unexpectedly caused me to feel more “Catholic.” Today, I feel like I’m just lacking information and understanding, but I’m trusting that God wants me here in the Catholic Faith for now, even with all my reservations.
So now… I’m wondering what to do Sunday. Have I sinned by going down this whole Protestant vs Catholic spiral and so I should avoid taking part in communion. And even further, was it indeed sufficient reason, staying home from Mass, or should I also go to confession before HC for that reason. I ask because the next opportunity I will have for confession in English is after Sunday. So I don’t know what to do. What if missing another HC makes the whole temptation worse?
Thank you. Hopefully all of the details weren’t annoying.
I recently returned to Catholicism (a few months ago), after having thought myself a Protestant. Since my return, I’ve been pretty good concerning doubts, questions, and concerns, and I’ve been attending Mass regularly. However, this past Sunday, my family & I were feeling sick with a cold, and the weather had turned colder. The Mass we go to is further away because we’re currently in a country where we don’t speak the language, and that’s the one that’s in English.
Since we weren’t feeling all that well, we thought we would go to the one near here, in a language we don’t understand. But we weren’t ready in time, so we decided to go to the regular one, which is further away but was at a later time.
We then decided to not go at all, so as to not get even worse with the colder weather.
I started getting worried that this wasn’t sufficient reason to miss Mass, and also that I would be more prone to temptation during the week because, well… I had been relying on communion to keep me strong in mind.
By the next day (Monday) I had already spiraled into questioning whether I believed in Catholicism at all, or if I was Protestant. It was almost like a switch turning on/off. It lasted until yesterday night, after I spoke with a Protestant friend of mine about my concerns.
Seeing her reactions to my concerns, unexpectedly caused me to feel more “Catholic.” Today, I feel like I’m just lacking information and understanding, but I’m trusting that God wants me here in the Catholic Faith for now, even with all my reservations.
So now… I’m wondering what to do Sunday. Have I sinned by going down this whole Protestant vs Catholic spiral and so I should avoid taking part in communion. And even further, was it indeed sufficient reason, staying home from Mass, or should I also go to confession before HC for that reason. I ask because the next opportunity I will have for confession in English is after Sunday. So I don’t know what to do. What if missing another HC makes the whole temptation worse?
Thank you. Hopefully all of the details weren’t annoying.
