sarahzilla

This sounds like my grandma. I was staying at my cousins house, as was she and we'd both gotten up early. I was sitting at the kitchen counter waking up and she was making a huge breakfast for some unknown army. She then asked if I wanted oj and poured me a glass. Then before handing me the glass, "oh. I'm sorry. How much vodka do I need to add for you?"

Really Grandma? It wasn't even 7am yet!

Thanks for the reply! It's been a neat process to watch, I knew him back in college when we were both a couple of nerds. He mentioned a few times in school how he thought about becoming a priest, and I'd joke that he had my vote for pope. He's moved around a lot, so I can't speak to him in person, but I think we'll need to find some time to talk about stuff. I guess I'm also seeing replies from some extremely pious and zealous individuals on his Facebook page too. I think he's attracted some Catholic extremists and I'm seeing some of the views that may not actually be his, so I'm going to need to keep that in mind.

I have to say that it's comforting to know that priests are redditors too. I know a lot of people can have trouble relating to priests as human beings, when in reality you've got hobbies, likes, dislikes etc... And although God is a Huge part of your life you still do other things too. I'm glad you take the time to so this so people can see this :)

I have a friend who recently became a Jesuit priest. I follow him on Facebook and through his many posts on doctrine I've been learning a lot about my Catholic faith. Even though I've grown up in it, I have to say I'm not a very good Catholic and am just now understanding the reasoning behind many of the rules. And to be honest it has me thinking about becoming Episcopalian. The main reasoning is because I don't think the primary purpose for women is to have children. It seems like that is what Catholicism focuses on telling women to do, and that's it. The other issue is homosexuality, which I'm guessing is a sin because sex outside of marriage is bad, and marriage is only for reproduction, which means homosexuality will never fit into the way the church is set up. (Simplified but you get the gist)

So my question actually is, how do you address these types of concerns people have? Are you seeing them more often? And I would love to discuss them more with my friend, but I'm a little nervous to tell him I've pretty much decided to jump off the Catholic boat. Any advice on how to approach him? I feel like I've almost let him down.