Reactions Every Eastern Orthodox Convert Has When Joining the Catholic Church

So many to choose from, but here’s the most common things each Eastern Orthodox convert has, and their apt reactions. Enjoy:

 

When you attend your first Mass and everyone else is kneeling after receiving

Getting used to receiving Communion the Western way

Getting used to receiving the Host without the Wine

You, at you first guitar Mass

You, at your second guitar Mass

You, at your third guitar Mass

When you realize just how many religious orders and Rules there are, and how many communities each one has…

…and then you learn there is such a thing as Third Orders

Finding Byzantine icons of your favorite Western saints

The first time you pray a rosary

Getting used to a different liturgical calendar

When your patron saint isn’t on the Roman calendar

When your patron saint is on the Roman calendar, but on a different day

The first time you see your old Presbytera out in public after you convert

The first time you see your old priest out in public after you convert

When someone tells you you don’t “have” to wear a veil anymore now that you’re “Westernized”

You, hearing Stabat Mater for the first time

When you find out there is daily Mass and you can receive Communion every day

Your first time at Adoration

The first time you recite the Act of Contrition from memory without using a book during Confession

Whenever you think how awesome it will be when East and West finally reconcile