double faith
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Catholic Upbringing
I was raised Roman Catholic. I was taught to pray to God, to Jesus, to Virgin Mary. One night when I was having a sleepover at my Granna’s, I pretended to be asleep, and from my bed, I watched my Granna kneel down beside her bed and pray, the traditional way. The palms of her hands in prayer beside her heart, her head bent down in reverence. I can’t recall hearing what she murmured to God that night, perhaps her whispers were too muffled or my memory has faded. I prayed every day, usually at bed but often during the day. I lived on a farm, so I found areas…