Personal Narrative: Moving To Church

Growing up I attended private Catholic schools and was surrounded by hundreds of loving and devoted Catholics. As a very young child, I remember walking to church with my family every Sunday morning and going to mass, or we went to church events and dinners with each other and our friends. However, as I grew older we moved from California to Alabama and my faith changed. We still went to Church but less frequently and it felt less like a family reunion where God greeted us all. My faith and opinion of the mass changed quickly after my eyes were opened to the cruelty and the evils of the world. Mass felt like a chore and didn't make me feel closer to God or Jesus. I kept questioning why all these terrible events were happening and I was confused
as to why God was letting all this suffering take place. As I entered middle school, I was lost as to what I believed in and why. Now the Mass is just an event that I go to rarely because it's expected of me. My church has been St. Dominic since I moved here, and I've always felt like it was not the church for me. I believe that going to McGill Toolen will allow me to find my faith and fully appreciate the mass again. I'm looking forward to learning more details about the scriptures and mass because they are key parts in the Catholic faith that I wish I knew more about. My faith and love for my religion will be stronger at the end of the year.