You know you are a Roman Catholic when

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Right now, no one in your house says “Merry Christmas” if anything, it’s “Happy Advent”
 
You have to force yourself not to genuflect before sitting in the pew on the rare occasion that you visit a non-Catholic church.

You cannot help but make the sign of the cross, even if you are only silently praying along with a Protestant.

You have logistical conversations about how to get everyone to various mass times during a visit from out-of-town family without abandoning the house guests for two hours.
 
PGNewton said:
…no matter how old you are, when you see a nun coming the first thing you do is spit out your gum.
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…you know that the main difference between a nun and a terrorist is that you can negotiate with a terrorist.
 
When your 4yo son is singing a children’s song and when he gets to a place in the song where he can’t remember the words, he substitutes a very loud and drawn-out “Dominus…”
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When you feel guilty of pride when you merely observe that you are the only one in mass NOT using the cards with the new responses for mass. 😊
 
PGNewton said:
…you have more than one recipe for salmon loaf.

You know you are a product of Catholic Education when…

…no matter how old you are, when you see a nun coming the first thing you do is spit out your gum.
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Yep, that’s me. You also know when you are a product of Catholic education when…

…guilt has become a part of you.

…You NEVER want to see plaid AGAIN.

Maybe we should start a " You know you went to Catholic school when…" thread?
 
The sign outside the front door says “THIS IS A CATHOLIC HOME”. Do JW’s ever heed those signs?
 
You see someone with road rage and assume he burnt himself with the car lighter. You immediately start praying for a healing.
 
You know your Roman Catholic when you make the sign of the cross when you hear police sirens.
 
You also know your Roman Catholic when you make the sign of the Cross before leaving the house 🙂
 
You follow the Pope on Twitter.
You try to pray in Latin, but accidentally somehow switch in to Spanish halfway through.
You go to church during the summer and on vacation.
Every Friday you resolve to go meat free, and every Friday you forget.
 
When you tell someone you’re affiliated with Opus Dei and they ask if you’ve seen the Da Vinci Code …
 
When someone asks you what day it is, and you say, “The Sorrowfu - I mean, Tuesday.”
 
You fling yourself from your former sin into nigh gnostic guilt upon conversion.
 
If you saying you’re “going to Mass” instead of saying you’re “going to Church.”
 
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