i wanna live inspired

This spring is going to be an odd season…

with Lent coming up to bring in Easter.. this will be the first time of not participating in the Catholic rituals and going to Mass on all the special days like before.. 

I know I have some Catholic followers who probably initially started following me because I was Catholic. So I just want to briefly try to explain myself. 

It’s been a weird few months. I stopped going to Mass right before Advent, before all the new changes to Mass. I stopped going because without meaning to, I offended the Catholic Church and had an ugly confrontation with my priest about me being baptized at my other church. In other words, “I got burned by the Church” for doing something that I thought was appropriate for myself in my relationship with Jesus. I ask you, please do not start sending me messages of confrontation because I have already heard it all. And to an extent, it sucks. But I am also happy with the church family and community that I have been apart of for the last year and a half. I don’t regret my decision to get baptized in September. Jesus doesn’t care what denomination you are affiliated with. He only cares about your heart. My label is not Catholic, ex-Catholic, Baptist, or non-denominational christian. I’m HIS. and the rest doesn’t matter. I’m glad I have my Catholic foundation because I have no idea where I would be without that. And I never thought I would “stray” from the Church. I guess this is growing up and learning what matters, for me.  

Tumblr is a place to be open and honest so there you go. 

Transparency is something I have been trying to embody more often.