I was baptized as a baby Catholic, all of my Dad's family are catholic. I imagine we would have stayed Catholic if not for that knock on the door,,,,,,,,,,,,damn JW's. My mom and dad moved away from the family and we were living in Houston, Texas, and as far as I know they didnt go to church but did do holidays.
I know a little about how my Catholic family worshipped and it always seemed so easy compared to being a JW.
They went to mass on Wed, and twice to church on Sundays, and alot of my cousins wore pants,,,,,,,ahhhhh the horrors of that can you imagine.....lol. But if some of them got in trouble they went to confession, it was over , it was done and they never had the quilty conscience or felt overburdened. Now I will say, my Catholic family was from a small town, very rural and it may have been alot more laid back than some bigger city churches of Catholics. My grandmother was a very faithful Catholic and never was overboard in it. She was the most saintly person I ever knew, she was so much what I imagine a female Jesus would be, she never cursed, she never lost her temper except one or two times when it was justified, she was a hard worker, she loved the Bible even thou she couldnt read, she loved to be read to, she would just hold it . She had her prayer beads, that I thought were beautiful. I would lay my head on her lap and she would have them in her pocket and she would hold them as she did her prayers, and I could hear her mumbling the prayers as I laid on her soft lap, she would look down on me a smile and I never felt so safe. My dad was always witnesses to her and she always listened and just believed that God would take care of everyone, didnt matter what religion you were, as long as you loved GOd and tried to be the best you could be.
After all the years of my dad witnessing to her, she died still believing she was going to Heaven to be with my grandfather and all of her relatives that she was sure were waiting on her. She had a strong faith and even my dad who could charm alot of folks out in service , her faith in what she believed was strong.
I miss her sooooooo much and would love to talk to her now about me leaving the JW's, I have talked to my aunts and they are so happy for me, my uncles too. THey look at me now and see a big differnce in me , even thou I havent seen them much thru the JW years, until lately.
But if I lived down home where they are all at I would be sitting right next to them all at the Catholic church,,,,,,,,,,,not so much because I believe everything the Catholics say, but because I love them and boy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,wouldnt it be funny to hear what my Dad would say about all of that........he wouldnt say anything to them, but it would burn him up. I might just have to go to church with them next Xmas so he will hear about it............... Am I just evil or what.........LOL.
