In Need of Catholic Advice. HELP PLEASE!!!?

I just started taking classes to convert into the Catholic Church. I will be attending my first mass since starting the classes tomorrow morning. Am I suppose to bless myself when I go in and leave? Am I suppose to kneel and do what they do? Or am I just suppose to sit and watch while soaking up all the info that I can and wait to do any participation until I am finished with classes? Someone please help me..





Thank you so much in advance.In Need of Catholic Advice. HELP PLEASE!!!?
SO much has changed! I am 41, and I stick to the way I learned as I grew in the Catholic Church. I will not ';change'; the value I hold on the reverence of mass. I hope I can help you:





1)I use the holy water in the archway to bless myself as I enter the sanctuary.


2)and yes, I pause again to bless myself as I exit the sanctuary.


3)Yes honey, there are times is it to kneel. Get the mass book in front of you, behind the pew in front of you, and try to follow along, if you get lost, OK! just go with the flow. Don't be worried about it! at all!


4) NO ONE will fault you for ';not kneeling ';on time'; . You will still be ';soaking up'; the experience.


5) I also genuflect as I come to the edge of the pew I sit, before entering my seating place. And again when I exit the mass.


I wish I would be @ mass w/ ya tomorrow, but God wil be, and He is the One you are there for. Not the crowd:) You will do well. God bless! Relax~~In Need of Catholic Advice. HELP PLEASE!!!?
Deo Gratis! Of course you can bless yourself with Holy Water as you enter the Church (you do the sign of the Cross with your fingers.) Before you go into the pew, you genuflect before the altar (kneel and do the sign of the Cross). Remember to do it again at the end of the Mass when you leave. As far as your participation in the Mass itself, you can stay seated and watch or move along with everyone while trying to learn more about these actions. When Communion comes, you are welcome to stay seated or to kneel and pray. Fear not!
OK maybe God doesn't care, but the Sacraments exist for some reason. The communion is not just a piece of bread, it's Christ's body!!! You can't have the communion if you're not baptized, just wait...


As for what you're supposed to do, why haven't you asked those who are giving you the classes? I THINK you can go to mass, but not participate in the sacraments. Going to mass involves doing everything people do except having the Eucharist.





Congratulations on your convertion. I'm really happy for you, and I hope that you help us correct this world and our own institution.
I would suggest doing what the other Catholics in Church do, but you cannot receive Holy Communion. May I suggest going to this website, which has a ';Being Catholic'; section which goes through the Mass, devotions, confession everything you would be scared about. Good Luck.
It is better for you to just watch and observe what is happening during the Mass. Just listen to what the priest and the people are praying during Mass. Relax. Try and find peace and ask the Holy Spirit to bring you peace of mind and heart. God Bless you! Welcome!
The only thing you can't do is receive the Eucharist, everything else you can participate in.
Just do what everybody else is doing.
stay away from that church! if you have to ask how to behave you've found the wrong place! ask Jesus into your heart and let him be the life change you need!
You can do either.


You can ';fake it til you make it';


Or


You can sit and just observe. Don't worry, God doesn't care either way. he cares about your Heart
Hun please look at what they are teaching, What are you converting from? There teachings are heresy.