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Galway Cathedral

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insecurity ahead, BEWARE

when i attend the Latin mass (not at my main parish) i wear a veil and am completely comfortable doing so. i want to wear one to my novus ordo masses as well, but... i’m afraid that i will attract so much attention since i’m already tall and stick out like a sore thumb. a few women and girls veil there. i’m doing it out of reverence for the Eucharist, imitation of the Blessed Mother, and God’s call for women to cover their heads in prayer.

i’m just tired of people seeing it as some sort of statement. so many (usually older) women in my parish dress so casually for mass, and i just KNOW one of them will cast some awful glances my way. but that’s not what matters, i know— but my insecurity is getting in the way.

i also don’t want my priests to be like ????? Does she even know what she’s doing ?????

HELP PLEASE

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Pope Pius Xll

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I think one of the best pieces of advice I have ever received is to be the person you want other people to be. So, what does that mean in practice? The first time I really applied this piece of advice was in my friendships, I found myself desperately wishing my friends would text me more and that we could make more plans together and then I was like why don’t I be the friend I want to them- and guess what? It worked! My friends and I text almost every day, we do things together over discord like play DnD or work on grad school applications, or just talk over tea or hot chocolate at least twice a month. When I don’t text them first to set things up because I’m busy they text me to check in and get plans set up! They became the friends I wanted because I became the friend I wanted.

And this doesn’t just apply to making and keeping friends. For example, if you want people to pray more then you need to start by praying more yourself. If you want Confession to be more readily available make sure you are going when it is available if you can. If you want to see more young people go to Mass start by going yourself, and then start inviting other people to go with you (you can even make it into a day if Covid restrictions in your area let you- “hey do you want to go to Mass with me on Sunday and then go get breakfast/brunch/lunch at ______? I’ve missed hanging out with my friends!). If you want to see more of something at your parish (community events, adult learning opportunities, young adult ministry, prayer groups whatever the case may be) talk to your priest and see 1) if there is already something available you didn’t know about 2) if there isn’t what it would take to set it up and 3) volunteer whatever time you have to help.

If you want to see more holiness in our society start by working on yourself. And I mean really work on yourself- take time every day for prayer, go to Mass at least once a week, go to first Friday Mass if it’s available, go to Confession at least once a year (preferably once a month), read Scripture, do an examination of conscious every night, love the people you interact with both in person and online (and consult the examination of conscious to see if there are areas where you could do better every day), listen for God’s voice in your life. Become a genuine example of why holiness is attractive and desirable and you may lead others to it.

Be the person you want to see others become because 1) it will be good for you 2) because it will be good for the people around you and 3) it may change the people around you for the better too.

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A wounded soldier in Venezuela clings to a priest (1963)

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“Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.”

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Pope John Paul II

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Seminarians of the North American College having a snowball fight in St Peter’s Square, 1956.  

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this is NOT my way of saying that i’m better than anyone, that i’m quirky or different, just a remark.

everyone in my rcia class is 21+, with the majority over 30. i sometimes feel so out of place because i’m only 18. now, i’ve always been very mature and have preferred being with older people, but of course i have faced the problem of not being taken seriously because i’m young. everyone tells me not to wish my youth away, but... i’ve never really felt like i’ve had good teenage years? people my age put me down and call me a prude, stuck up, and arrogant for not partying, sleeping around, etc. (again, i’m not passing judgment, nor being “holier than thou”)

back to the original meaning of this post. i don’t know any 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 Catholics close to my age. the majority of my parish is elderly/middle-aged. i feel like no one, even the priests whom i enjoy very much, takes me seriously! what should i do? i’ve prayed about it but come to no end.

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totus tuus,

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The Chaste Heart of St. Joseph

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Modern society doesn’t care about kids. Adults have become so self-absorbed that we don’t care about shaping society to accommodate some of the most vulnerable and innocent members of it. We would rather push for more opportunities to remove kids from society (abortion, birth control) than tackle the economic and societal issues that cause children to struggle. We whine about paying taxes towards public schools to ensure as many kids as possible can get an education/three meals a day, because it doesn’t directly benefit us if it’s not our kids going to the schools. “Fuck them kids!” has become a viral meme shared by hundreds of thousands of adults all across social media. We want to change children’s shows and movies to cater almost entirely to adult fanbases. We want to indoctrinate our children with inappropriately adult themes and politics, because we want the kids to walk around and be mini parrots for our ideologies with little room for personal growth and self expression. We’ve become too fat and happy on pursuing adults’ comfort and happiness at the disastrous expense of our children.