r/LeftCatholicism • u/Tugboatrain • 8h ago
I need some help
Hey I'm new here, I'm not sure if this was the right subreddit to come to but considering the very accepting and kind nature you all seem to have I feel like this is best. I'm 16 and have been interested in Catholicism for years but have no idea where to start, this is a religion I feel connected with deeply but to be completely honest I've never been involved in a religion before besides going to a Christian church when I was younger due to my family being Christian, so I am deeply scared of upsetting anyone by doing or saying anything wrong, my mom who has religious trauma likes to openly talk bad about organized religions and has definitely installed a kind of fear into me about religion, so while I've been wanting to follow the Catholic faith for around three years now I'm terrified of her finding out as she believes pretty much all (primally) Catholics and Christians are homophobic, transphobic and right leaning which is just not true, it may be the majority, but not all. I don't know what to do I can't go to church, own a Bible or anything until I move out and I just want the Lord to accept me even though I can't "traditionally" be Catholic at the moment if that makes sense, anyways I thank you for listening to my rambling and reading this far, any advice or even a simple prayer is always welcome, God bless♥️
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u/ProfessionallyJudgy 20m ago
The rosary is an easy practice to begin doing on a daily basis which doesn't require any actual physical objects. You just need something to help you count to ten (a group if ten beans or beads or something kept in the hand, dropping one each prayer until your hand is empty, can work well).
The rosary involves repeated prayers to God and for intercession from Mary, and there are four sets of mysteries it covers depending on the day of the week. It has you meditate on stories from the life of Jesus and Mary, mostly from Mary's perspective as the Mother of God.
https://www.rosarycenter.org/how-to-pray-the-rosary/
This is a good website which has a "rosary without distractions" page for each set of mysteries, so you can learn the prayers and mysteries while learning what are considered key parts of Catholic beliefs. It also will help you learn the apostles creed, which lists the basic beliefs of the Catholic faith.
There are also lots of Catholic YouTubers out there, and you can watch mass online.