Getting My Marriage Validated In The Catholic Church

Well, my next quest in becoming a "Complete Catholic" is to have my present marriage validated.  We found out that my hubby was lied to by his own mother......she told him he was baptised in the Presbyterian church.....yeah not so much.  I was dreading telling Sr. Annette this little piece of news!!!!!!  To my surprise she said we could work with that!  OK....so what is next?  I tried to make an appointment with Fr. Mark but he said that Sr. Annette is not ready she has pieces of the puzzle that she needs before we can move forward on that front.  I can tell them now if they think that my hubby is going to convert to Catholicism they are wasting their time he has already been put off  by the church because of the hoops I had to jump through with  my annulment.  He just doesn't understand why things have to be so complicated, well, that is MY religion, and it is complicated, I wouldn't change a thing except for the amount of time it takes to get things done.....it's worse than the our government!!!!

Once we get the marriage validated then I can move on the getting confirmed.  That is the biggest thing I wanted to get done.  Hence the name of my blog.....I feel INCOMPLETE without being confirmed. I know, all good things come to those who wait.  I'm just one that doesn't like to WAIT!  I want to get it going, get it done and move on to the next thing, can you blame me?

As I've stated before I can't do anything in the Catholic Church until I'm confirmed!!!!!   My goal is to take classes so that I can distribute communion, something I know my Mom would have been front and center doing!   I think she would be proud of me for all that I am doing, she loved her religion so much!  I can relate!  There is NOTHING BETTER than being Catholic!

My Little Oratory

This is my version of  the little oratory.  I didn't have any pictures or icons to use, I instead used my Willow Tree figurines, as you may or may not know that I am a very serious collector of these angels and figurines.  I have them all over my house, dare I say I have over 100 of them?  To me they are very inspirational, and a reflection of my faith.  I also have a Scentsy warmer I got from my daughter it has a very intricate metal cross on the front of it and of course my favorite cross with my "word" on it Faith. I used a crackled glass votive holder that was from my daughter's wedding, it has special meaning to me.  It may not be the perfect oratory but it's what inspires me to pray!  Check out more little oratories here:  http://www.likemotherlikedaughter.org/your-little-oratory/

Attending Mass

In the spirit of trying to be the best Catholic I can be, I've tried for the last three weeks to go to Mass on my day off, however it's not working for me.  The first and second week I tried to go to Mass, and I was met with a funerals, the third week Mass was being said at another church and I didn't have time to make it over to the other church.  So I've been more than a little disappointed that I couldn't attend Mass.  I feel so much better after Mass and I wanted to have that feeling more often.  I wish I could go everyday!

I remember as a kid going to Catholic school we were expected to attend Mass everyday, first thing in the morning....at the time I thought it was a great big pain, (I would give anything to be able to do that now) and wished sometimes that I went to public school.).  Boy I really had it all when I was kid and didn't even appreciate it. I guess that's the way kids think. Now that I'm an adult I wish I could go back and do it all over again but of course with all the knowledge I have now, wouldn't that be great?  Unfortunately don't get a "do over".

So I will make the best of it and continue to try and attend Mass on my day off. I did go to Mass on Labor Day which was nice and there were more people there than I had thought.  So I'm not alone in my quest!