The problem with following Christians on this website is that half of them seem absolutely fine and then they are and they're lovely people and it's all ok but the other half seem equally fine and then they'll tell you they don't think women deserve rights

I bought this for my husband when he started going to Mass before he converted

It's a little bit difficult to get the hang of off the bat, because there are parts you gave to skip [like for example, 4 different Eucharistic prayers, so you have to skip the 3 that aren't being used. For Sunday Mass it should always be the first one]

But, wear something business to business formal, sit in the back, and just observe. You don't have to participate the first few times you go. My husband wanted to, because he personally felt like it was important, but it isn't mandatory.

You could, if you don't want to spend money, download the ibreviary app instead, however my husband said he didn't like being on his phone during Mass, and felt like it was a little clunky. There are other people who don't feel this way, that's just what my husband said.

If you're concerned about the quality of the Mass, you can look on reverentcatholicmass.com to find Masses in any language that are more conservative/reverant. From there, you can check a parish [church building] Mass times to see what time works best for you :)

Pretty much no one will be paying attention to you, except maybe the ushers in the back, but tbh they don't usually say anything. The more reverent the church, the less they are likely to notice you.

My husband also found it a lot more helpful to read a couple different 'A Minute In The Church' books, specifically the one about the Mass and the one about the Eucharist, so he could more understand why we do things and the flow of Mass. It can be a little overwhelming the first time, just because everyone will know what to do, but it shouldn't take too many times of going to start getting the hang of it. I think it took my husband a month? So going 4 times. And 1 of those times he had traveled to a different state in order to visit his family, and he still went to Mass. He wasn't familiar with any kind of service, except for more of those rock-concert type protestant services, that he had been to occasionally growing up with friends.

Also, if you're able to go to my wordpress/FAQ on my desktop blog, I link to all these things and more :)

This might sound silly but I want to start going to Mass, I've only ever been to protestant church services before. I have no idea what to expect or do or wear and I've watched a few YouTube videos but for whatever reason I'm still anxious.

I just have nasty social anxiety and I don't want to stand out as a total newbie who doesn't know what they are doing. Any advice and prayers would be appreciated

I’m just curious and trying to figure something out so please vote and reblog if you can ☺️

I disavow the map post lol

Thus is your sign to become Catholic ☺

Happy 2 year anniversary to this post

Thus is your sign to become Catholic ☺

Wait the original comment was YOURS wtf dude

Hyperspecific poll

Hyperspecific poll

Well that was fun, anyways

So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

could you pray for a friend who's struggling with a loss right now?

Of course 🖤

one of my relatives is missing please pray for him

Please some prayers for my area, the storm has made it so windy that a tree fell and cut off people's power. It isn't expected to take long to fix, but just that they can fix it quickly, and that no other trees fall 🙏

Side note: I still have power, but my brothers house doesn't, and he is only 5 minutes away. A couple of the buildings in my complex also do not have power.

Links to my free sewing patterns! - big manta ray - smaller manta ray - monster friend (those monsters with horns I’ve been making lately, but without horns) - pie slice - Fred, the Fish of Minimal Effort - tiny cat (aka Jiji) - mini mothman - whale shark/donut whale shark - juggling frog/toad (aka my smallest, simplest frog pattern of the three I’ve made) - large frog - tiny hedgehog - minecraft bee - minecraft zombie - blorbo - Strawberry Hearts quilt pattern - starfish - little octopus

I saw no such flag 😭 I only noticed the notes of a post, and then when I went to send the ask I saw it said 'Aussie' in your bio 💀

How did I not know that you were australian????????????

My tiny Aussie flag on my tumblr page didn't alert you to the fact?? Very strange

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed while he was giving a sermon. He is alive and in a stable condition. Please pray for his health and his safety.