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161 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 6:44 AM UTC
Posted by /u/i_like_tempeh
My 7yo daughter left a letter by the cross in our prayer corner. She wrote: "Dear Jesus, Holy Mass is always so boring... is there another way to praise and worship you?" How would you handle this? Also, she asked Jesus himself, should I even react at all?
120 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Britto___Augustus
I am a convert from a protestant background. I grew up going to a CSI (Church of South India) church, which was a mix of presbyterian, methodist, and various other reformed churches. After the sunday service we used to always have a tea fellowship, getting to interact and social…
93 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 2:15 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Such-Classroom-4271
Im a recent convert to catholocism and i just wanted to come here to report that last night i started the liturgy of the hours, and i prayed to God to take my drugs away or to do whatever He had to do to help me stop taking 7oh.... i used to be a fentanyl addict and got duped in…
85 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 1:43 PM UTC
Posted by /u/BrickFTL
I was born and raised Jewish. Now at age 71 Christ has found me and now I try my best to walk with him. I know there’s nothing I can or have to do to “earn” salvation as it’s already been gifted to me, but I want to show gratitude for that by doing right going forward. Yesterday…
67 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC
Posted by /u/expandablebutthole
Today I attended my first Divine Liturgy and overall it was a BEATIFUL experience. As someone discerning conversion from Catholicism to Orthodoxy i genuinely felt spiritually at peace, it was an Orthodox Church in America parish so everything was in English which made it much ea…
62 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC
Posted by /u/contortionsinblue
Hi, 30 yr old dude here - really do not mean to be confrontational with this post. I was raised areligious and really was only brought to born again churches when I was younger, in high school. After both of my parents died and my grandparents, I feel something is pulling me to…
55 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 4:01 AM UTC
Posted by /u/BackroomsCitizen
"Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you." - Matthew 5:42 I live in a big city where panhandlers are at every corner and not all of them are homeless. Some even admit that they ask because people will give, and they stand in front of church…
53 upvotes
Jul 27, 2026, 12:25 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Proper-Teach-4210
I am a 26-year-old woman born into a traditional Muslim family, yet my heart found its way to Christ seven years ago. Ever since I was a little girl, I remember asking my father to take me to a church just so I could light a candle and pray. He would look at me with bewilderment…
53 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Beautiful-Finding-82
Today's gospel is quite the bomb-dropper. Angels gathering people and tossing them into hell yet no discussion on this whatsoever? Are we just going to keep pretending it's not serious business? Neither the mass homily nor my booklet that has the daily mass/commentary ever menti…
49 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 6:10 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Time_Dot621
I’m very serious about it, go to mass daily, pray the rosary, divine office and so on. I do find Catholicism very intellectually stimulating, I love studying its history fascinating, and its philosophy full of precious fruits. Yet, the religious practice itself, makes me pretty…
34 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 9:20 PM UTC
Posted by /u/_marsattacks
I was always told not to ask their name or try and talk to them other than in prayer. However I just saw a video from a ‘Father Rocky’ explaining how to get your angels name, so im just curious if other Catholics do this?
33 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 1:57 PM UTC
Posted by /u/No_Apricots_88
We have been visiting my in-laws for a couple of weeks and we went to their church this morning. (For the more curious of you, I think it's Pentecostal, I don't really know. They don't consider themselves part of a denomination, they're "just christian"). Here are a few thoughts…
30 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC
Posted by /u/jmeyer73
Will God understand if I just take a break from religion? I'm very mentally ill and I'm getting professional help, but it will take months, maybe even years for me to be treated. I love Catholicism and I want to keep being a Catholic but religion has been very damaging to my men…
27 upvotes
Jul 26, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC
Posted by /u/bookish_cat_
I’ve finally made it back to church, and today marked my second week after being away for almost half of a year. I’m grateful to be back! At Mass I suddenly developed a severe panic attack soon after it began. I was surprised and tried to find a trigger. It was so overwhelming t…