weirdo catholics - opinions please

[Tortington]

dh wants a wedding ring for xmas - he had his cut off 15 years ago - anyway this is v. much of a surprise to me.

dh is agnostic. so the blessing of the ring doesn't matter to him - mine is blessed

so do i go to back of church and ask priesty to bless the ring? dh isn't bothered and i don['t know if i am

i know its not important but any replies would help

DH is a total non-believer but when he lost his wedding ring on holiday I asked him if he'd mind having his replacement blessed and he said yes, pretty much to keep me happy. Having had it done, he now says that he is very glad we did.

The vicar (sorry, a wierdy CofE here) did it after the service and didn't just bless it. He also got us to say that little bit of our vows again and me to put the ring on DH's finger. MIL (who was staying with us for the weekend) cried - bless, whilst I just felt odd stood there in my jeans.

i love it

all the guilt and self flagulation - the stick in the muddyness and not going all liberal like the proddies and their hippy churches.

incense.

rosary

self flagulation

confession

stations of the cross
genuflection

weirdy weidry weirdos

don't forget Benediction

hee hee I like all that stuff as well. Specially the incense and the big candles. I still don't really understand any of it.

ashes on ash wednesday - how weirdo is that!

We're not too hippy. Still pray to the 'holy Catholic church' and it's been know for the odd bit of incense to be wafted. That being said, I haven't been for months.

Stations of the Cross were a particular passion of ours at primary school - we'd all really want to read the one where Veronica wipes the face of Jesus, don't know why

Oh, yes, the ashes smeared on your forehead on ASh Wednesday are the pinnacle of weirdyness, aren't they?

OMG me too what is it with veronica?

ashes are just fecking weird if you think about it

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I've always wanted to try confession, actually. It sounds very therapeutic. And I like candles and incense.

LilRed, that's a lovely story and very sweet!

I used to reinact Mass,complete with altar,rice paper hosts and a drop of sweet Martini...my long suffering great aunt was the congregation.

And all the blessed Virgin stuff is so kooky as well. My gran always had loads of scary pictures and paintings in her house. I would love some now just to freak people out.

Rosary beads!

what a lovley aunt.

JJ - confession, as a child was torturous for me - for one thing I know they can see you through the grille and the other thing was trying to round up some decent sins to confess,because I'd never really done anything

Oh and the saCred heart pictures - they are well weird.
Reenacting mass -

Yes I used to try to make some up as well.

omg those large statues and jesus picturs are fecking freaky. rhubarbs mum used to have big jesus sacred heart and virgon mary statues - even as a kid i thought WTF overboard overboard.

We had an Irish/Italian family friends with scary holy pictures - the Sacred Heart behind bars and phallic light fittings with crucifix elements

I've always fancied confession too.

dya know what is weirder than a virgin mother?

a man who stuck by her and believed her.

i always had mucho respect for Joseph.

This is the same as mine

yep, he must've had a pretty hard time