u/sugarmountain44

I just need to vent. I've been interested in converting to Catholicism for several years now and what's held me back is lack of support from my parents, especially my dad. Even though I am a full grown adult and nearly 30, I still live at home and my parents are paying for me to return to college, which I'm very grateful for, of course.

I knew I would have a hard time with my dad expressing my growing interest in Catholicism as he is a spiritual/new age person and very strongly Anti-Christian from experiences he has as a child. When I first brought my interest in converting up to him he was very upset and blamed it on my Christian friend influencing me (my friend is Protestant btw and my interest in Catholicism preceded him by a couple years and has nothing to do with him). My dad has said its just a phase, I'm only interested in the "aesthetic" of Catholicism and he brings up all his negative childhood experiences almost every time I've brought up something sympathetic to Christianity. My parents are actively new age and occult and try to steer me away from the Church any chance they get, they try to encourage me to be as I was before, which was a new age pagan, I was completely miserable, lost and confused living that lifestyle and its sad to be that my dad is so willing to be anti-Christian that he would rather steer me into sin than try to be supportive

It's sad because I feel like I have been wanting to do OCIA for years now and I keep seeing Church life and feeling left out, as if I'm being held back from my spiritual calling. I've also grown so much as a person since being Christian in my heart and I would have hoped the fruits of my evolving beliefs would show my parents that being Christian has been good for me and my life, I've never tried to convert them and I avoid discussing religion with them beyond a surface level because my dad always becomes passive aggressive and condescending when I bring it up

It also makes me wonder how my parents would be as grandparents- I wouldn't want them to be disrespectful about Christianity in front of my future children ):

I don't think God would want be to defy my parents and disrespect them, and I've decided to wait to convert until I leave home, I just feel disappointed and I wish my parents could be supportive, I feel guilty about wanting to be Catholic which feels wrong and unfair.

Please pray for me and my family!

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Thank you!

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