I stop going to mass when i found out i was pregnent with my daughter who is now 3yrs 8mths as i thought we would be looked down on, so 4yrs later i feel lost and i want to return i live in a new area my daughter isnt baptised but i want her to be, will i be welcome back?
2007-10-06 05:07:32 · 21 answers · asked by nikita k 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you are not welcomed back at the first church, I would look around until you find a church that you are welcomed into. Although I do not think you will have a problem.
I am sorry for the anti-Catholic rants you are bound to receive.
Some people cannot answer the simplest questions on Catholicism without spewing lies and hate or trying to convert you to their faith.
Find a church that you feel welcome in and good luck on your journey.
2007-10-06 05:12:28 · answer #1 · answered by Pangloss (Ancora Imparo) AFA 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
OK, so you were fornicating (having sex outside of marriage).
The good news is, you didn't have an abortion!
Do you know how many women HAVE abortions and then profane the Eucharist by receiving it without confession?
If you are now not in a sexual relationship outside of marriage, you only need to go to confession and you are all set.
Make an appointment with the priest and let him know why. A confession of 4 years is too extensive for Saturday afternoon.
You can also arrange to have your daughter baptised!
Welcome home!
2007-10-06 21:46:51 · answer #2 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ABSOLUTELY you will be welcome back, no doubt about it!
Do you recall the parable of the Prodical Son, who asked for his inheritence (effectively telling his father he couldn't wait for him to die to get his share) early only to squander it. . . The experience showed the son why he was much better off staying with the family, and even in light of the insult towards his father, the father welcomes the son back with open arms.
The Bible speaks of there being more rejoicing in heaven over the conversion of one sinner than the salvation of one who has always been faithful.
If one cannot be redeemed, what's the point of it all, right?
That is why you will be welcomed back to the Church with open arms. Don't be afraid to tell people your story. It is full of inspiration.
Come back to the Church. Have your child Baptized. You've only reason to fear if, for whatever reason, you decide not to come back to the Church.
2007-10-07 13:28:23 · answer #3 · answered by Daver 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear Nikita,
Happy to hear you want to come back to your Father and your Holy family of Catholicism. Surely, you will be welcomed back. Hoping you are wholesomely ready to be truely back. Knowing that coming back is not just to be part of the physical activities but to be back to the state of GRACE, to the life of VIRTUE and to the LIGHT and GUIDIANCE of the Holy Spirit.
Since you must promise in the course of your child's baptism that you are ready to bring her up according to the Holy FAITH, you'll need to decide and be reconciled via the Sacrament of Penance, so that you can be disposed to give the innocent child what is ideally good. For no one gives what he does not have.
So, prepare for confession and walk up to the Catholic Priest in your locality, make your intention known to him. He after hearing your confesson and giving you penance will baptize your child on a scheduled date. Very easy! Isn't it?
I look foward to hearing the fulfillment of this Holy desire of yours. Please do not hesitate to forward further questions incase of any difficulty.
Wishing you God's super-abundant graces.
2007-10-06 13:15:48 · answer #4 · answered by Osuji M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are always welcome. Just talk to your priest and go to confession. And remember:
Jesus promised, "I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). This means that his Church will never be destroyed and will never fall away from him. His Church will survive until his return. Among the Christian churches, only the Catholic Church has existed since the time of Jesus. Every other Christian church is an offshoot of the Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox churches broke away from unity with the pope in 1054. The Protestant churches were established during the Reformation, which began in 1517. (Most of today’s Protestant churches are actually offshoots of the original Protestant offshoots.) Only the Catholic Church existed in the tenth century, in the fifth century, and in the first century, faithfully teaching the doctrines given by Christ to the apostles, omitting nothing. The line of popes can be traced back, in unbroken succession, to Peter himself. This is unequaled by any institution in history: Even the oldest government is new compared to the papacy. The Catholic Church has existed for nearly 2,000 years, despite constant opposition from the world. This is testimony to the Church’s divine origin: Any merely human organization would have collapsed long ago. The Catholic Church is today the most vigorous church in the world (and the largest, with a billion members: one sixth of the human race), and that is testimony not to the cleverness of the Church’s leaders, but to the protection of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus’ Church is called catholic ("universal" in Greek) because it is his gift to all people. He told his apostles to go throughout the world and make disciples of "all nations" (Matt. 28:19–20). For 2,000 years the Catholic Church has carried out this mission, preaching the good news that Christ died for all men and that he wants all of us to be members of his universal family (Gal. 3:28). Nowadays the Catholic Church is found in every country of the world and is still sending out missionaries to "make disciples of all nations" (Matt. 28:19). The Church Jesus established was known by its most common title, "the Catholic Church," at least as early as the year 107, when Ignatius of Antioch used that title to describe the one Church Jesus founded. The title apparently was old in Ignatius’s time, which means it went all the way back to the time of the apostles.
http://www.catholic.com/library/Pillar.asp
2007-10-06 12:12:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Yes you will be welcomed back, the Church is for everybody who seeks union with Christ and forgiveness for sins. Nobody in the church is sinlessly perfect. Never let anybody look down on you if Christ's body was broken for you and if his blood was shed for you then nobody can justly look down on you.
2007-10-06 12:36:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sure. I'm Catholic and am pretty far from being sin-free...although I try to be...most of the time. Our Parish is chalk full of sinners...theives, adulterers, liars, etc. All are welcome.
Anybody who "looks down on" you is committing a sin, then and there.
One of the requirements for being a Christian is that one be a sinner. Presently, there is NO member of the Catholic Church...nor any other Christian denomination who is not a sinner.
2007-10-06 12:16:05 · answer #7 · answered by 4999_Basque 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
i just had to contribute to the many Catholics that answered! I'm sooooo happy for you and your daughter for wanting to come back.... sure you are welcome but confession is nessesary before you go to communion, and you gotta go to sunday mass every sunday.... but thats GREAT!
good luck and God bless!!!! thank you so much.
2007-10-06 22:34:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
sure. Talk to your priest, if you are unmarried just go to confession but, if you were married outside of the Church there needs to be some clarification done so sure!!! Welcome back and talk to your priest sister in Christ!!!
2007-10-06 12:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by Midge 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course you will be welcomed back.
The church is full of sinners trying to be saints. Everyone is welcome.
This is what the parables of the prodigal son, the lost sheep, and the lost coin are all about.
With love and prayers in Christ.
2007-10-06 12:16:42 · answer #10 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋