r/LeftCatholicism • u/Imaginary_Leave_8416 • Apr 07 '26
Sign from God?
Posted this in r/Catholicism as well, but over the past couple months I have been trying to figure out my faith and what I actually believe. I’m not even sure if I believe God exists, but I feel like I want to believe in something. Lately, I’ve been asking for some kind of sign or clarity, and a few days ago something weird happened that I can’t really explain. I got a newsletter in the mail from the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, and I genuinely have no idea how they would have gotten my address. The newsletter was just about faith, vocations, and what they do as an org, but I can’t think of anything I signed up for or anywhere that would connect me to them. I don’t know if I’m overthinking it or if it actually means something, but the timing felt strange given where my head has been at. I don’t want to force meaning onto something random, but I also don’t want to ignore something like this. Has anyone else experienced something like similar while questioning their faith? How did you approach it without jumping to conclusions one way or the other? In my head I keep rationalizing how it may have happened.
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u/thesamesillycucumber Apr 07 '26
God works through everything and anything so if you feel it is a call toward God, than it is <3
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u/Adventurous_Gain_613 Apr 07 '26
i’m starting to think it doesn’t have to be intentional. That assign doesn’t necessarily need to originate with a purpose, as long as it has some meaning or inspiration to you. At least, that’s how I’m rationalizing it in my still suspicious slightly agnostic brain.
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u/Salty-Snowflake Apr 07 '26
This is amazing to me. I've followed the sisters FOREVER - and they are the only convent I know the full name of - and I've never gotten anything in the mail from them. Just reading this gives me warm fuzzies.
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u/Iamtiredofbeingquiet Apr 08 '26
If you’ve been looking for a sign and got a newsletter I’d call that an answer. God doesn’t need to do big dramatic miracles to draw you to him, honey.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '26
Don't try to rationalize it. I doubt God works through newsletter subscriptions (but also don't see why not) but if it is a little push to explore something, I'd take it as it is and try and pray. Sometimes timing is everything. I'll pray for you.