I grew up in a small town attending an Episcopal Church and LML grew up in our current town attending an Episcopal Church. In fact, we actually met growing up through the church since he was older than me by a few years and attending a different school. LML attended Catholic College for one year and converted while there. While I often attended Catholic church with my best friend in college, I did not convert until LML and were getting married.
I feel that this decision was the right decision for us and truly love the church where I am a member. I love the tradition of the church and the silent service aspect of the community. I love sitting in church on Sunday morning and listening to the concise yet poignant homily of our parish priest. I never walk out of church without feeling some sort of Aha moment.
Now the point of this post is not to be a love note to my religion, it is instead to cover some issues i am confronting.
I long for a group of women that are in the same place as me that gather for the intent of supporting each other spiritually. This is just not offered at my parish. I want a group to hold me accountable in my relationship with Christ. This is not an issue in the churches we grew up attending, not that I wish to change my church.
I am feeling a little disoriented right now on my journey with God. I am trying to take initiative and start new habit. I bought a Catholic year bible, where there one manageable reading from each the old and new testaments. Though I am learning from this, I still miss the discussion of a group.
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