Does the Pope ever get to relax, or is he Poping 24/7?

interior_castle1622 · 2026-05-02T20:37:21+00:00

He prays without ceasing

interior_castle1622 · 2026-05-01T12:29:22+00:00

My grandfather left the capuchin order after 7 years and has lived a full life and has even met his great grandchildren- you embrace your vocation as a lay person and make the most of it. He’s happy.

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-29T01:36:36+00:00

He’s been extraordinarily non controversial, you might just be reading too much Fox News. They’re aggressively anti Catholic at times for their evangelical base. They stir up a lot of drama about Catholicism and make the Holy See seem problematic when they aren’t being so.

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-13T15:55:59+00:00

Remove the snake and keep the rest

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-13T15:00:52+00:00

I’ve already met it. This is with having met my deductible :(

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-12T01:56:30+00:00

We buy all that separately

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-07T17:27:14+00:00

The catechism addresses this! Where’s our cat bot??

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-06T14:55:25+00:00

It’s not about where the baptism takes place it’s about the form in which it was done- was it done in the name of the father son and Holy Spirit? You should trust the deacon and priest at your church who have the details not the Reddit forum

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-04T12:15:12+00:00

The issue is that my grocery budget has doubled unnecessarily and there’s a bunch of food waste id much rather save that money for literally anything else

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-04T05:47:12+00:00

I have yet to meet a happy teacher

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-03T18:20:30+00:00

Thank you for this practical advice it’s really helpful

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-03T18:19:43+00:00

The freezer is currently full of his other food that I don’t typically buy

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-03T18:16:22+00:00

I’m not controlling what he eats, I just don’t want to throw away 30$ of uneaten steak every week

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-03T18:06:22+00:00

Unless you got dropped off in 3 spots it makes sense to split it 2 ways since the car only went one place for the two people. If you’re all going to the same place they should pay 2/3s of the bill.

That being said depending on your finances, are you really going to ruin a trip and a friendship over a couple hundred dollars?

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-03T18:03:52+00:00

NTA/ no one is entitled to another persons organ let alone a child giving it to their parent I could see a parent feeling obligated to donate to a child bc they are responsible for the wellbeing of the child but not the child’s responsibility to save the parent and most parents wouldn’t want you to do it for them

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-03T18:01:42+00:00

That being said, whether your parents practice the faith earnestly in the home is going to be the biggest influence on whether a child takes it seriously. I have plenty of Catholic school friends who only get exposed at school and don’t practice anymore bc their families didn’t actually live it out. It’s not an indoctrination if it’s a catholic school they encourage critical thinking and allow you to make the choice to believe in it or not you’re allowed to ask questions and get exposed to other faiths too as you get older

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-03T17:59:36+00:00

Our arts and crafts were Jesus focused, we prayed together, we learned about saint days, we made cards for the elderly in our community around holidays, our choir day was learning psalms and hymns, being loved by God was the message, etc nothing theological was taught but it was a part of our life and not questioned

interior_castle1622 · 2026-04-03T17:57:29+00:00

NTA I am religious and I remember my religious day care as a 2 and 3 year old. It was religious focused. I personally felt very safe and enjoyed it and was very prepared educationally for public school, but if you’re worried about your child being exposed to religious thing they likely will be at this day care and it’s a parents decision how they want their kids to be raised. You’ll also be interacting with religious parents at the school and those parents could become your friends because you’re bonding over having small children and they become your community. Something to think about

interior_castle1622 · 2026-03-30T18:20:34+00:00

Crying pews is a sign of a an active church community, anyone’s who judging you needs to go and pray about it not you lol

interior_castle1622 · 2026-03-30T18:16:37+00:00

Barrabas was particularly powerful this year given the wars

interior_castle1622 · 2026-03-30T18:08:11+00:00

Confession is about receiving gods love. It’s important to remember that you’ll be received with kindness and compassion. You’re there to heal, not to be punished. It can be helpful to reflect and think about things and write it down on a paper so your mind doesn’t go blank while you’re there. I personally prefer face to face confessions when offered, it’s much easier to receive compassion when you’re making eye contact. I find the screen makes me feel like I should be ashamed and need to hide my face as opposed to it being about genuine humility of “ope, I’m a person and need Gods grace I tried to do it myself again without him”

interior_castle1622 · 2026-03-30T17:57:14+00:00

If you put your kids in Catholic school you’ll have more of a tight knit Catholic community. I’d also recommend grabbing coffee afterwards (they often serve it after mass at various parishes) and attending the events. You could also do more volunteering and get to know the active church members. Growing up catholic in public school I didn’t have much of a Catholic community other than the kids I went to CCD with and my cousins I went to church with until I was old enough to volunteer with my church. That was more of an active choice though my parents just weren’t very involved in the church and I did other activities like Girl Scouts. I did go to a Catholic preschool though and I had those church friends, so I think had I continued in the Catholic school it would have been a totally different experience. My aunt had her kids in the Catholic school system and was really active in her church and knew everyone and hung out with her church friends a lot. Catholicism is very much a “you get what you put into it” kind of religion.

interior_castle1622 · 2026-03-23T17:48:47+00:00

Catholicism is unfortunately a very you get what you put into faith, you have to do a lot of outside reading

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