You know you are a Roman Catholic when

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When you feel the need to criticize the Pope for being too liberal
 
When your 7 year old knows more about catechism than half the adults in the room
 
Waiting said:
When you say a prayer for the Poor Souls in purgatory as you pass a cemetery.
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whenever you hear sirens you automatically make the sign of the cross, say and OF and HM no matter where you are.
and if you are my age, you also make the sign of the cross when passing a hospital
 
you have to buy a new nativity set because you dropped a lamb or a cow or something on the way back from having it blessed at blessed
 
You have to explain to the police office you couldn’t see the stop sign because you sacramental of the Pope’s visit hanging from your rear view mirror was in the way
 
When you enter a Protestant church and realize “Oh yeah I don’t have to genuflect or cross my chest here”

When Fr Mulcahy’s (from MAS*H) brief references to Catholicism are suddenly very funny. (Listen to some of them, they are very subtle but also very funny.)

%between%
 
Z_Ninja said:
when you watch Star Wars, and when they say, “May the Force be with you.” You fight the urge to say,“and also with you.”
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Now we have to fight the urge to say “And with your spirit” 😃
 
shouldnt this be in the “Water Cooler” area, and not in the “Traditional Catholicism”?
 
… you find a patron saint for your non-catholic friends. Ex: Your name is Joseph, so here is a St. Joseph prayer card for you…😉

… anytime you find something you lost you say “Thank you St. Anthony!!!” (I’m constantly losing stuff so St. Anthony is one of my favorite saints. I’m fairly certain he knows me by name :D)

… you think "even if I did lose my mind and decide not to be Catholic, I wouldn’t join any other religion. It’s either Catholic 🙂 or heathen :mad:.

… you might as well had been praying the rosary in utero because you can’t remember a time when you didn’t know how to pray the rosary (for us cradle Catholics) :curtsey:

… you see a Catholic friend’s or family member’s child and wonder “Why doesnt he/she know how to pray the rosary? My two year old can say it!!”:eek:

… you hear ESPN commentators call it a “Hail Mary” pass, and you’re not too sure how to take it 🤷

…you encounter a non-catholic talking craziness about Blessed Mother and you say “Say ONE MORE THING about my MOM and we’re going to have a PROBLEM!!!” :slapfight:
 
When you have a picture of the Pope hanging in the dining room–oh wait–that means you are an ITALIAN Roman Catholic 😉
 
… you see an exorcism in a movie and you think: That’s not how you do it.

… you see someone genuflecting in a movie and you think: That’s not how you do it.

… you see someone make the sign of the cross in a movie and you think: That’s not how you do it.

… you see children as a blessing rather then a burden.

… you enter a non-Catholic church and can’t figure out why they don’t have kneelers. 😉

… you call it the ‘sanctuary’, not the ‘stage’.
 
Despite all your raising and ingrained prejudice, selfish desires, and in direct challenge to the world and your family: you convert to Roman Catholicism and the authority of Holy Mother Church.
 
anodos said:
…when you practise kneeling in the fitting rooms to see if the new clothes are going to work properly.
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😃 I do this!! The sales people think I’m nuts when I tell them the shirt has to pass the kneeling at the communion rail test. I feel bad for our priest with what some of the girls wear to Mass. :eek: I think they need to get a bigger paten.
 
OP, thanks for starting this thread. Laughing is so good for the soul! I relate to so many of these!

Keep them coming!
 
You choose which Guess purse to get based on the fact it has the perfect pouch to carry your 1962 Roman Missal to protect it.

You watch Boondock Saints and get annoyed the priest is wearing his stole over his chasuble, and they don’t match.
 
CB_Catholic said:
When you have a picture of the Pope hanging in the dining room–oh wait–that means you are an ITALIAN Roman Catholic 😉
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Or a Polish one (my sister-in-law’s family has a picture of JP2 in the dining room)

or a GERMAN Catholic (especially those of us with Bavarian ancestors, who have a picture of Pope Benedict XVI!!!)
 
Prefer the taste of sacramental wine: Check.

Pray whenever seeing an emergency vehicle (regardless of whether its lights are flashing): Check.

Get irritated by anything written by Dan Brown: Check.

Feel no sense of reverence on entering a protestant church building: Check.

Feel completely nonplussed by lack of kneelers in protestant churches: Check.

Tell the TV commentator (fruitlessly of course) to SHUT UP when watching a televised Mass: Check.

Idly browse houses-for-sale websites and work out which room on the floor plans can be used as a personal chapel: Check.

Pray at the sight of an ‘occupied’ hearse: Check.

Collect really poor quality religious ‘tat’ just so nobody else will feel compelled to buy it: Check. (I knew a seminarian, now priest, who did that!)

Daydream about God: Check.
 
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