I doubted much of what went on in Catholic
churches early on in my life. I told my dad it was creepy that we had
to kneel in front of an old guy in a robe at mass when I was 10 or 11. I
weaseled out of my confirmation at 15 and thought I was skipping into a
sacrament-free future as a young modern feminist.
Yet, years later I found myself having ‘words’ with the avid church lady in Galway
who was leading a confirmation prep class that I had to attend in order
to receive confirmation at St. John’s in Galway so I could marry my
Irish fiance in the Church, but I felt like I was prostrating myself
again in a front of a man in a robe.
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