You know you are a Roman Catholic when

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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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😃 As a Star Wars junkie, that’s hilarious, and also because I think the same thing! Oh wait, nowadays it’s, “And with your spirit.”

The rosary is one of the biggies with me, and my contribution to this thread is that I get weird looks and giggles from others because I have rosaries all over - in my purse, at work, at home, in the car, etc.
 
nickybr38 said:
… 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’.
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I love this: I want to print and hang it in my office
 
janetg06 said:
when after your lapsed catholic professor starts criticizing the Church leaders, and how some of them have done bad things and that there are bad people in the Church, etc…and you can’t help that you are burning inside and you jump into the conversation and start doing apologetics in the middle of the nurse’s lounge in front of everybody and speaking (passionately) about how you don’t leave St. Peter because of Judas, that look at all of the apostles how they abandoned Jesus, and that Jesus himself, God on earth, chose them, etc… and when you finish there is complete silence in the room and they change the topic. 🤷
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This happened with me with a professor. Not funny at all. 😦
He kept badmouthing the Church, and finally claimed that he knew why there were sex abuse scandals in the Church (in his opinion, because priests are celibate :mad:). I couldn’t stand it anymore, and had to speak up - reminding him that we don’t discuss the merits of marriage by discussing those who break their vows, why discuss the priesthood in that manner?

cj
 
You know your Catholic when any NGC Bible Special comes on and your blood boils.

Also for Catholic scifi fans You know you are Catholic when you begin to wonder what Christ’s form and Church would look like on other planets and other alien races like the Transformers.
 
You Know You’re a ROMAN CATHOLIC…

– If the line of your head-Pastors extends back at an apostle.
— When you declare the Universe is not a Matriarchy.
— If your church has its own air-space and its own flag.
— When you can consider Scripture only as good as its interpreter.
— If you think Peter was totally God’s Prime-Minister.
—When you’re not afraid to kiss a ring- no matter where it’s been !
— If you’d rather have a Visible Church made up of fools and sinners than a non-existent, Invisible Church without sin.
— You know more than ten guys named “Innocent”.
— You learned Roman Numerals from reading a list of the popes.
—If you can visit a Synagogue without getting confused- after all the Jewish people are like your “older brothers”.
— When your manner of worship is described by others as “Vaticanish”.
— When Christian humility means you can call a man who’s not excellent, “Excellency”, a man who’s not emminent, “Emminence”, and a man who isn’t holy, “Holiness”.
 
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You Might be a Closet-Catholic if…
  1. You can’t sit still in church.
  2. You feel the urge to wash your hands before and after entering the sanctuary- it just gives you such a clean feeling.
  3. When hearing “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” during a Christmas service, you say to yourself: That’s neat…is it Latin?
  4. You have no qualms telling a complete stranger all the bad stuff you did last week.
  5. You’re tired of happy-clappy Gospel music!
  6. The whole candlelight effect at Christmas looks cool.
  7. You could use a little more guilt.
  8. You’re sick of Communion once every month and really wish they’d use wine… like in the Bible.
  9. You think it’s perfectly normal to eat fish on Fridays.
  10. That pope-guy looks sort of charming in his funny hat.
  11. No amount of rules and regulations can drive you crazy.
  12. On hot, summer days, you wish there was something to get the church smelling nice.
  13. Rome is…so romantic.
  14. You consider last-rites as an R.S.V.P.
  15. During Western History Class, when discussing the Reformation, you briefly think Martin Luther needed to take a chill-pill.
  16. When deciding what church to attend in a new town, you look for a bell-tower.
  17. There’s something about Mary.
  18. Once or twice, you’ve thought about calling an exorcist.
  19. You’ve always wanted to spend the night in a gothic cathedral.
  20. You feel that something 2,000 years old can’t be wrong!
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You know you’re a Catholic when…

When your favorite t-shirt has a list of dead people on it.

You have a St. Michael dog tag.

You are highly tempted to make a t-shirt w/ st. Joan of Arc on it saying, “God’s princesses don’t need knights or princes- they lead glorious armies into battle against the heretics themselves!”

Three of your four culture papers for Spanish were about Catholicism.

You hate the way the bishop was portrayed in the original Ghostbusters and wonder where the exorcists were.

You talk about several books on spirituality as 'field guides".

Your favorite saying is “St. Ignatius used to be an adventurer like you, until he took a cannonball in the knee.” (I know it was the shin, but this just works with the video game meme better)
 
You know you’re a Catholic when you get attacked by anti-Catholics and then refute their attacks to the point of sheer recklessness. And then, the anti-Catholic would either flee or continue getting the debate wrecked.
 
Crescentinus said:
You know you’re a Catholic when you get attacked by anti-Catholics and then refute their attacks to the point of sheer recklessness. And then, the anti-Catholic would either flee or continue getting the debate wrecked.
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That’s more like when you unlock ‘fully automatic RPG’ mode on your Sword of the Spirit. 😃
 
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