You know you are a Roman Catholic when

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… when your college roommate laughs at you because all your socks are blue knee socks (to match your school uniform) and all your shirts are white blouses

… you’ve heard of (and actually use) the word consubstantial at least once a week

… you have fond memories of “playing mass” and using vanilla wafers for hosts

… your 4-year old grandchild is seen walking around the house holding a big book over her head and singing

… even as a lapsed catholic, you go to a protestant church service and know deep down that something important is missing

… your church festival is the only one in town that has bingo and a beer tent
 
You know you are Catholic when…

You almost genuflect in traffic court.
 
You genuflect when you walk into a movie theatre and say “amen” after the pledge of allegiance
 
When you where young, you gave a baptist kid in your neighborhood a black eye for spitting on your Virgin Mary garden statue, then felt terrible and went to confession the next day!(true story, happened to me when I was 10, I pinned him to the ground, and yelled DONT YOU HURT MY MAMA MARY EVER AGAIN YOU LITTLE BAPTIST FREAK!!!😡 And gave him a black eye. I still feel bad, even though it makes an awesome story)😪😋
 
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When you where young, you gave a baptist kid in your neighborhood a black eye for spitting on your Virgin Mary garden statue, then felt terrible and went to confession the next day!(true story, happened to me when I was 10, I pinned him to the ground, and yelled DONT YOU HURT MY MAMA MARY EVER AGAIN YOU LITTLE BAPTIST FREAK!!!😡 And gave him a black eye. I still feel bad, even though it makes an awesome story)😪😋
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You know you’re Catholic when you’ve ever timed the priest during his homily or the Mass in general.
 
arcangel49 said:
When you where young, you gave a baptist kid in your neighborhood a black eye for spitting on your Virgin Mary garden statue, then felt terrible and went to confession the next day!(true story, happened to me when I was 10, I pinned him to the ground, and yelled DONT YOU HURT MY MAMA MARY EVER AGAIN YOU LITTLE BAPTIST FREAK!!!������ And gave him a black eye. I still feel bad, even though it makes an awesome story)������������
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You know you’re Catholic when you can identify Mary in your church’s Advent/Christmas play just by the color of her costume
 
You know you’re Catholic when someone says Happy Holidays to you and you automatically assume he’s a Latin lnguist.

When you pass in an assignment late, you ask your teacher to be as merciful as the prodigal son’s father. I did that.

When you buy an iPad just to get iMissal.

When you have five cousins named Patrick Paul, and Mary Margaret.
 
arcangel49 said:
When you where young, you gave a baptist kid in your neighborhood a black eye for spitting on your Virgin Mary garden statue, then felt terrible and went to confession the next day!(true story, happened to me when I was 10, I pinned him to the ground, and yelled DONT YOU HURT MY MAMA MARY EVER AGAIN YOU LITTLE BAPTIST FREAK!!!������ And gave him a black eye. I still feel bad, even though it makes an awesome story)������������
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See, this is the kidn of thing that tells me that entering the priesthood will be interesting, if nothing else. I pray that God will grant me grace for that “Confession door opens, person kneels, door closes and crying begins” confession. I think that I’ll need to pray for grace to keep from chuckling during some of them.

Who teaches their kid to spit on a statue of the Mother of God? Honestly.
 
You know your Roman Catholic when you watch a Traditional Latin Mass everyday before school! ( That’s Me ) 🙂
 
You hear that white Catholics can now join the Ku Klux Klan and reason …

They can’t be any better …

… where have we gone wrong?

(Don’t know or care if the above is TRUE … but I did hear it … and that was my first feeling).
 
When you hear the words “Peter, Paul, and Mary” and don’t think of a 1960’s folk singing group.
 
When you completely rearrange a business trip to attend a Holyday of Obligation while you are in RCIA and are not technically obliged to attend…
 
when you wear black shoes to Mass every week just in case Fr, needs you to altar serve
when your family bribes you to change the channel from EWTN
you find waiting in long lines the perfect time to pray the Rosary
you fantasize about your vocation
going to Mass is the best part of your week.
 
When…

-You get a little upset whenever a family member jokingly turns the channel to EWTN and then quickly changes it in three seconds.
-You decide to look up some of those names in the Eucharistic Prayer. {I either didn’t pay attention as a kid or wasn’t taught it, so I remember I decided to look it up on my own. :p}
-One of the first things you think when starting to learn a new language is “I wonder how to say the Hail Mary in -this language-?” {Alternatively, you learn how to read {i.e., sound out correctly} a language for the sole purpose of learning the Hail Mary. Icelandic for me…I get bored.}
-You read the comments in this thread and think, “Yep, that’s me!” to nearly all of them.

-You and your friends all go to daily mass before lunch or supper.
-You read Church documents and ECF writings when you get bored.
-The front page of your Facebook feed is full of posts about Jesus, Mary, prayer requests, etc.
-{if you go to school}, You do your best to schedule your classes around daily mass.
 
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