Finaly Broke The News Of My Conversion To My Mother And It Didn't

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Since tomorrow I'm going to be attending catechism classes, I figured I should break the news to my parents about my conversion. It was at the end of a visit to my parents, with my sister. And it did not go well, to say the least. My mom flipped out and tried to guilt trip and manipulate me into being a Protestant again and acted extremely un-Christlike towards me. She has a lot of pain from things that happened during and after her rejection of the Church and it all came pouring out at me. Thankfully, she didn't reject me as her son and said that she still loves me "despite this" (the fact that that qualifier was even used is something I find disturbing). I'm very hurt by how she reacted towards me, as we were extremely close for a long time, but i remember what Jesus said about those who have left family for Him and that is comforting. On the way back home, I called my friend who was instrumental in my conversion and he was at a Christian coffee house. He asked if I wanted to meet him then, which I appreciated. My sister dropped me off there and he and I talked for awhile and since I had forgotten my rosary that day, he let me use his. It helps a lot to have that kind of support and I'm very grateful for it. When I was praying the rosary, I saw Mary come from behind me, hug me, and say "I am your mother now." I nearly broke down.

The good news in all of this is that my Dad is being completely rational about the whole thing and didn't say anything about it (he was talking to my sister at the time, who was using my situation as a podium for her scientology... ugh). While leaving, I briefly told him that I would discuss things with him online and he was happy about that. Not once did he show irritation about it. We have a strong relationship and he was never Catholic, so he has no baggage from that. Please pray that God would bless our discussions and that he won't let me mom manipulate him into doing anything that would hurt my health coverage or finances.

I have to leave for mass soon. Thank you for reading this.