I have a big day coming up next month. It’s a day I’ve been coalescing towards for most of my life. Big, little, forwards, backwards, all my steps got me here, to the point where I could make my decision.
On April 7th, I’m shedding my journey of one, and becoming a Catholic.
Organized religion is full of prats, pitfalls, and pecksniffery. It’s also full of individual people, many who are there for the same reason as me. Catholicism drew me because they interpret rather than read. It’s a thinking encouraged environment. Before I started taking my classes, I would have sworn Catholics excelled at guilt, ate fish on Fridays, and put on a lot of pageants. I understand a lot more now. It’s interesting to come at a religion as an adult, rather than sponging it up as a child. While I believe that the organization of the Catholic Church has some serious issues, I’m old enough to see the difference between the structure and the message.
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