Talking To My Mother About Catholicism

[rhetoricfemme]

I'm visiting home for a few weeks, and this conversation has been on my mind for a long time. I really want to talk to her about how I feel about the Church in general, and how much I love it there, and how conflicted I've been feeling. The only other two people I've ever had this conversation with are my best friend girlfriend and my husband, who are both supportive of me (though Hubs isn't planning on converting himself, so please pray for that, too!). I'd love to have my mom understand, and I think she would.

She knows that I have an affinity for Catholicism, and that I am a practicing Christian, but for several reasons we never talk about it. I'm apprehensive because my mother and sisters, while they respect religion, they have come to expect certain hypocrisies and whatnot out of those who practice Christianity. A few years ago my sister, who was unwed at the time, got pregnant, and while I would have rejoiced with her from the beginning, I was told last. She waited as long as feasibly possible, and she had my mother tell me about her pregnancy, because she thought my being a Christian would cause me to think poorly of her. And that was pretty heartbreaking, as we're otherwise very close.


Anyways, please pray for me to find the nerve to have this conversation with my mother. I asked her for a dollar today because I want to go light candles at the local parish, and she even gave me extra to light candles for the grandchildren in our family. So that felt pretty great. Please pray for us.