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Was raised protestant, with some Catholic family so I have attended services before, making Catholic services extremely fascinating and exotic to me (was a pallbearer at one a few years ago - some mafia there, but I'm not Italian). Only attended one mass with Catholic friends in high school on one of their youth group retreats - believe I took communion though Protestants are usually not permitted. More of a Deist now, but my faith is complicated - just got back from my non denominational Church. Went to a funeral for a bartender friend who drank himself to death last fall, just took the blessing. Did do the cross with holy water when exiting.

What should I expect if I go to a Latin mass?

/U/AOU move to religion if necessary

Was raised protestant, with some Catholic family so I have attended services before, making Catholic services extremely fascinating and exotic to me (was a pallbearer at one a few years ago - some mafia there, but I'm not Italian). Only attended one mass with Catholic friends in high school on one of their youth group retreats - believe I took communion though Protestants are usually not permitted. More of a Deist now, but my faith is complicated - just got back from my non denominational Church. Went to a funeral for a bartender friend who drank himself to death last fall, just took the blessing. Did do the cross with holy water when exiting. What should I expect if I go to a Latin mass? /U/AOU move to religion if necessary

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Just so that you're fully aware, Catholics aren't Christians. They think that praying to dead guys who had enough wealth/influence to be deified will get you into heaven. The only path to heaven is through Christ, and the understanding that he died for all of our sins.

While the Bible does state very plainly that the church is absolutely necessary, you can't get into heaven by going to mass and saying magic spells to dead dudes. Just food for thought.

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This thread is a breath of fresh air, maybe there actually is a solid group of real believers left. Its easy to get discouraged these days with all the heresy