I thought it meant when a cahtolic worships and is pretty much a proper cahtolic but my friend said its the opposite? help!!
2007-02-28 08:42:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A practicing Catholic is one who follows the precepts of the Catholic Church in addition to keeping the 10 Commandments.
1. You shall attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation.
2. You shall confess your sins at least once a year.
3. You shall humbly receive your Creator in Holy Communion at least during the Easter season.
4. You shall keep holy the holy days of obligation.
5. You shall observe the prescribed days of fasting and abstinence.
6. The faithful also have the duty of providing for the material needs of the Church, each according to his abilities
7. You shall marry according to the laws of the Church.
8. You shall raise you children in the Catholic faith and provide a Catholic education for them ( this can be in the parish school, or in CCD)
2007-03-01 00:45:46 · answer #1 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I am a practicing Catholic. I do feel bad when, at Christmas and Easter, all those "twice a year" Catholics come out - but then I realize that it could be worse. It could very well be possible they don't come out at all. It's easy for someone, who attends Church every week, to go to Mass on Christmas, Easter, and Holy Days of Obligation. I often wonder just how much more difficult it is for people, who don't attend Mass regularly, to get out and go to Mass a few time per year. We can't imagine it, because we know what we'd be missing. I don't think these "twice a year" types can fully appreciate what it is they're missing. If they did, they'd be at Mass more than twice a year. I am proud to be Catholic, so it's all the more disappointing when I see people taking an "oh hum: attitude towards their vocation as lay Catholics. All we can really do about it is pray, and hope that they example we set will, someday, motivate them to start living the Catholic lifestyle all year round.
2016-03-13 04:40:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholics usually go through their sacraments of initiation (baptism, confirmation, first communion) as children or teens. This is, btw, what makes a person "Catholic."
Many people were raised in the Catholic church, received their sacraments, but as teens or adults do not go to church. This could be for any number of reasons. They don't feel the need to convert or "be" some other religion, but they also don't participate in community life. (Meaning, they don't go to church or events or bible study or whatever.) These people will often say "I was raised Catholic" or "I'm a non-practicing Catholic."
Being a practicing Catholic means you have receieved your sacraments and you go to church... maybe even a potluck or two!
2007-02-28 09:01:25 · answer #3 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A practicing Christian of the Roman Catholic church attends Mass, Communion, and other activities on a regular basis.
I'm a Pagan, and you wouldn't believe how silly Protestants appear in denying that the Roman Catholic Church is Christian and actually a seminal Church of Christianity. When it comes to truth or faith.....truth must win or there is chaos.
2007-02-28 08:52:10 · answer #4 · answered by Terry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Who is just in the eyes of the Lord?", asks Jesus.
Keep this is mind, "proper" is not the same thing as "perfect".
The proper Catholic receives the Sacraments, studies the faith, reads the Bible (on his/her own that is), goes to mass, teaches their children about the faith, lives their life as best they can in accordance with the teachings of the Church as handed down by Jesus and the Apostles. This is a proper Catholic.
The "improper" Catholic is one who is Baptized and Confirmed but is a slave of the sin of spiritual sloth. They do not go to mass, read the bible on their own, teach their Church's teachings to anyone.
It's not enough just to 'be' a Catholic, A methodist, Lutheran, Evangelical, whatever. You have to 'DO' it as well.
In my humble opinion, that is what a proper Catholic is.
2007-03-02 05:33:29 · answer #5 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "practicing Catholic" is someone who follows the Catholic Rite...I, personally, consider myself an "accomplished Catholic" because I don't feel a need to "practice" it anymore...hehe *wink*
2007-02-28 08:47:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are correct a practicing catholic is one who practices the catholic faith as closely as possible.
2007-02-28 09:02:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A practicing "whatever" means someone who is participating it "whatever". Such as a practicing Catholic would be someone who does to church, confession, etc. regularly - tries to "practice" or live what they learn at church. As opposed to someone who is Catholic "in name only" - they call themselves Catholic but never go to church, etc.
2007-02-28 08:49:16 · answer #8 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dictionary to the rescue.
Practice: to follow or observe habitually or customarily: to practice one's religion.
2007-02-28 08:46:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just like rehearsal, they have not goit it quite right yet. So they practice getting their lines right for their audition with their director. Hope this fnord helps
2007-02-28 08:47:14 · answer #10 · answered by U-98 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋