Did I mention that we are Catholic? The "we" part of that sounds so great to me...but in truth, I am the only practicing Catholic in the lot. When I say to my family, "I'm going to Mass who wants to come?" they all look at me like I've asked them to eat raw chicken, a little curious but mostly disgusted.
King George was raised Catholic and I was raised very, very Lutheran. Part of being Lutheran is knowing WHY you AREN'T Catholic. However, when I was 32 I got a call from GOD to be Catholic....so my first two girls, the Princesses CoCo and LuLu were baptized Lutheran but Princess MiMi was Christened Catholic (the difference, you ask? in a word: pagaentry). There are a lot of similiarities between the two religions but my Parents were flabbergasted...to say the least. They literally think that my immortal soul is in danger.
Actually, their distaste for Catholicism may feed my fervor for it. It's nice to be the expert on something when I talk to them. Although I have lied to them about a couple of things: Purgatory and Indulgences they are both still around. I make them think that if Martin Luther were alive today he'd be Catholic instead of some heretic private property vandal. Look it up, bookworm.
I took the bait and checked out your blog. Nice work. Was the March entry for real, though? Are you keeping a chore chart and threatening boot camp and such?
I, too, am a convert from Lutherans who believe Vatican II almost succeeded in making the Catholic Church Lutheran (and so are only mildly horrified that I joined up with the papists).
I'm also the more fervent party to my marriage (a sad commentary on fervency) having twisted my wife's lapsed-Baptist arm to get her to sign up for RCIA concurrently with our engagement and now having to drag her to ass to mass, mostly.
We have two girls, too, one who'll be four in November and the other freshly minted. So I'm interested in the advent of this blog and the apparent defeat of the Oprah-inspired get-tough program.
Posted by: Rufus McCain | August 20, 2007 at 03:23 AM
I am a recent Catholic convert too! I am so happy I found your blog.
Posted by: Sister Honey Bunch | January 15, 2008 at 08:44 AM