| You Know You're Catholic When:
1. Hearing of a family of ten kids is not unusual.
2. You know your friend likes a guy when she sits next to him at Mass
3. You know a couple has broken up when they have different hours for Adoration
4. You have been to, or at least can name, six different retreats with in two hours from your house.
5. You can identify three different prayers in Latin.
6. You reach in your purse for your keys and a rosary falls out.
7. Everyday objects remind you of the Eucharist... no matter how unrelated.
8. In "Star Wars" when someone says "May the Force be with you," you instinctively respond "And also with you."
9. You go with a Protestant friend to his worship service(Cause they aren't cool enough to have a Mass) and are the only one making the Sign of the Cross.
10.You know CCC doesn't stand for Chocolate Covered Cake
11.You can name all the mysteries of all the decades of a full Rosary
12.You know the difference between a normal Rosary and a full Rosary
13.You say grace before meals to the point where it's a subconscious thing
14.You know Pope Benedict the 16th did not name himself after Benedict Arnold
15.You have a Church song as a ringtone
16.You have that Church song set as your current ringtone
17.You know the "difference" between Christianity and Catholicism
18.You learned the ABC's as "A is for Apostle. B is for Bible. And C is for Catholic"
19.You've reproduced Calvary using a big cookie and french fries
20.You've make a necklace with a cross hanging from it using Twizzlers
21.You get more than 2 of these
22. When you actually like going to confession.
23. When you know exactly where your bible is and that it never gets dusty.
24.You try to bless your food twice in the same meal.
25. When you look forward to youth group and look forward even more to Church.
26. On Monday you get look forward to going to church the following Sunday you know you are Catholic.
27. Without thinking about it, you almost genuflect as you leave the aisle in a movie theater.
28.When you see a brown string around someone’s neck, it isn't just a brown string, it’s a Scapular of course.
29.When you make the sign of the cross and get weird looks.
30.When you hug everyone you see during the sign of peace even if you don't know them.
31.When you know there is a patron saint that will pray for you for everything even headaches.
32.When you actually have a Rosary for praying it not for style.
33.When you walk into a protestant church and genuflect out of habit
34.When you say Amen, and actually know what it means! 35.When someone asks you to go to praise and worship and you expected adoration too
36.When on your birthday you get crucifix's and bibles
37.When some one asks you how many kids you want you respond with "how many God wnats"
38.When you tell a person you have a vocation rather then a job
39.You know the difference between a cross and a crucifix.
40.You have several of each.
41.You know what transubstantiation is, and you can use it properly in a sentence.
42.You eat meat on a Friday in July and can't help feeling like you're doing something wrong....
43.When someone offers you their hand for a handshake, you are overwhelmed with the desire to give them a giant hug.
44.You can say a Hail Mary faster than most people can recite their phone number.
45.Those rosary beads hanging from your rearview mirror? You prayed with them at least a dozen times before they even went up.
46.You like your Bible with ALL the books in it, thank you very much!!!!
47.Waking up at 6 am for school is torture, but waking up at 6 am for an early Mass is no big deal.
48.You know at least 10 saints and their patronages, and are quick to tell people to ask for their intercession when their problems fall under those categories.
49.You know you are catholic when instead of singing happy birthday well you wash your hands (the appropriate amount of washing time) you say a Hail Mary.
50.You know you are Catholic when you use the word catholic in an essay in the Lower-case form. And laugh because of how awesome that word is.
51.You know you are catholic when you were a kid and had to explain CCD to all your school
friends.
52.You know you are catholic when you know the pattern of "Stand, Sit, Kneel" for mass.
53.You know you are catholic when you walk into a store see a man from behind all dressed in black and mistakenly call him father.
54.You know you are catholic when a friend is about to curse and say "You are full of.****.." and you butt in and say Grace.
55.You know you are Catholic when you gather with a BIG group and hold hands to make a circle. Then let go of their hands to Make the Sign of the Cross and then re-attach hands...
(crazy it takes 10 minutes to get everyone to hold hands then you immediately let go)
56.When someone says "hey Mary" and you say "full of grace".
57.When you can find the cross in random things like tree bark and car tires.
58.When entering a protestant church you panic because there is no alter.
59.When you recognize Latin words in other languages.
60.When seeing a commended with an exorcist, instead of laughing you turn to your friend to make sure they understand exorcisms are done in Latin not English.
61.When you stand up when someone else stands up and sit down when someone else sits down.
62.When in a car accident instead of cussing, you start praying a hail Mary.
63.When at a event, the prayer leader decides to say a hail Mary and nothing else (that actually annoys me a bit).
64.When you've gotten in trouble you've told your Dad, "but I thought you were suppose to bless me father for I have sinned!"65.When you like the smell of incense.
66.When you can stay awake during a homily.
67.When you naturally don't eat an hour before mass
68.When you know what the word "transubstantiation" means and you use it to make yourself sound smart around your non-Catholic friends
69.When you know someone, possible someone in your own family, named John Paul and EVERYONE calls him John Paul, not JP, or John, or Paul.
70.When half of your family comes from Ireland
71.When you would NEVER sing anywhere besides Church, and there you don't just sing, you SING.
72.When your favorite way to tell your siblings they are wrong is by yelling "That's a SIN!!"
73.When you and your siblings get into arguments about whose Guardian Angel is higher up.
74.When you've named your Guardian Angel and call on him for help.
75.When the best way to get out of trouble is by saying to your parents "But Jesus says that Blessed are the MERCIFUL!"
76.And when that doesn't work you say, "Okay, let's calm down and say a Rosary for diving intercession here."
77.When you come to Lifeteen WHENEVER you are bored
78.When you're on a long road trip and instead of doing your art homework start doodling different chalices or crosses.
79.People can identify your car by the rosary hanging from your rear view mirror.
80.Every time you hear a siren, there is a short pause while everyone prays a hail Mary
81.The first thing you head to in the bookstore is the religion section.
82.You have exhausted all your resources for a project and scream "why me God?"
83.Knowing the rosary like the back of your hand
84.Getting up in the middle of the night realizing that you need to find the mass bulletin to check what church activities are when.
85.When you have a rough day and the first thing you do is either go to Adoration or say a Rosary.
86. When you have holy cards in all your drawers, your wallet, your backpack, or anywhere else you can think of.
87.When you have a St. Francis statue instead of a lawn gnome or a lawn jockey.
88.When the receptionist at the rectory lets you in without having an appointment.
89. When you realize that your about to make the sign of the cross passing important places that aren't churches.
90. When you act like priests or sisters are celebrities.
91. When you are at church practically every day of the week.
92. When you notice your wardrobe is filled with Eucharistic, Pope, 100% Catholic, and Mary t-shirts.
93.When you have more devotional booklets than you know what to do with.
94. When you are excited about a retreat happening in another two or three months.
95.When it is time for the church to close for the night, and the priest has to ask you to go home.
96. When you spend twenty minutes trying to read all of these!!!
97. When people ask what you're doing friday night you answer, "Reading my Bible baby!! Wanna join?!"
98. When, during lent, fish tacos seem appealing...
99.When you go out of the house you remembered to bring your Rosary but not your wallet.
100.When you hear the name Peter and instantly think of the Pope.
101. When you say you have two mothers and over a billion bothers and sisters.
102.When you put up a crucifix where others might put a poster of their favorite celebrity.
103.When your house has a crucifix in every room and you instinctively know where they all are.
104.When you joke about mass being "Catholic Aerobics."
105.When you are able to recite mass along with the priest.
106.When you keep getting your cross chain, your medals, and your scapular tangled up.
107. When you have a piece of paper in your wallet that says "I am a Roman Catholic, in case of an emergancy please call a priest! Thanks!"
108. When as soon as you walk into a building you look for the Holy Water font
109. When you can name the seven corporal works of mercy, give a definition for each of them and at least one example of how to show them.
110. When your dream vacation is to Rome.
111. When you aren't afraid of dying
112. When Sunday is your favorite day of the week.
113.You know the spiritual works of mercy, the 7 virtues, and 7 deadly sins.
114. You learned the Luminous mysteries.
115.When it's 8am in the morning, and the announcements at school come on to signify homeroom and...
Out loud: "...indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
To yourself: "Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Amen!"
116.When you go swimming, all your friends just strip to their bathing suits and jump in, but you have to carefully remove your cross, medals, and Jesus wristbands first.
117.When you know all of the 3-line song-prayers that come after each Station in the Way of the Cross.
118.When you'd rather go to Mass than do anything else in the world.
119.When you take pride in calling yourself a "sheep."
120.When other people say the Lord's name in vain, you silently (or sometimes audibly!) add, "I LOVE YOU!" and make it into a prayer.
121.When you're simply scratching an itch on your forehead and suddenly you find your hand traveling to your chest, then your left shoulder, then your right shoulder....
122.When you're channel-surfing and you spot a televised Mass, you always stop to watch.
123.When people yell "JESUS CHRIST!!!" and you say no im just humble ol' me... thanks for the compliment though.
124.When there is a veggie tales song for just about everything... and whenever you hear a tuba the veggie tales theme song pops into your head.
125.When someone at school asks about your brothers and sisters and you have to ask if they mean your siblings or your youth group buddies.
126.When you have more Catholic t-shirts than normal t-shirts.
127.When more than half of your cds are Christian/Catholic.
128.If you know who Matt Maher, Righteous B, and Bob Rice are.
129.If the top college on your list is in Steubenville, Ohio
130.If you can't wait to be confirmed.131.When you can’t get enough of LifeTeen in general and avoid doing your homework so you can post on the boards!
132.You know you are Catholic when all the old ladies know who you are
133.You know you are Catholic when going to daily mass is part of your school day
134.You know you are Catholic when you walk into a protestant church and just want to cry
135.You know you are Catholic when your favorite reading material is the life teen page in your church bulletin
136.You know you are Catholic when you say grace at Mickey D's
137.You know you are Catholic when you pray to St. Anthony if you lose something
138.You know you are Catholic if you have a godchild party every summer
139.You know you are Catholic if your mom writes icons, and gives them as gifts.
140. You know you are Catholic if your mom writes icons, and she taught your sisters how.
141.You know you are Catholic if you don't need a hymnal, because you know the song by heart.
142.You know you are Catholic if strangers ask you what time a church event is, and you tell them even more than they wanted to know.
143.You know you are Catholic, if, at a Life Nite, they have adoration for ten minutes, and it felt like one.
144.You know you are catholic when you know the literal meaning of "catholic"
145.You know you are Catholic when you are on a road trip, tired and hungry, and you see a car go by with a rosary hanging from their rearview. You wave, and your day is made.
146. You know you are Catholic when your protestant friend finds out and says "But...you're so CHRISTIAN!!!"
147. You know you are Catholic when yo come half an hour early to mass.
148. You know you are Catholic when the priest is your hero.
149. You know you are Catholic when Mary is yo'momma.
150. YOU KNOW YOU ARE CATHOLIC WHEN YOU LOVE JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
151. You know you're Catholic when instead of flipping to MTV, you ask your mom to drive you to Adoration!
152. You know you're Catholic when you are walking down the halls, and you can't help but say to some random person, "I love you brother/sister."
153. You know you're Catholic when your friend is nervous or scared, and you take thier hand and pray over them, even if they aren't religious!
154. You know you're Catholic when you don't care how people look or judge or label you, especially if they call you a "JESUS FREAK"
155. You know you're Catholic when all you think about is what is Father going to talk about this Sunday.
156. You know you're Catholic when before you perform or do an audition, you take aside the judge and ask for a prayer.
157. You know you are Catholic when you see your priest, choir, and youth group more than you see anyone else, including parents! SO GUILTY!
158. When you’re out of the house, you remembered to bring your rosary but not your wallet.
159. When you hear the name Peter, you instantly think of the pope.
160. When you say you have two mothers and two fathers and over a billion bothers and sisters.
161. When you put up a crucifix where others might put a poster of their favorite celebrity.
162. When your house has a crucifix in every room and you instinctively know where they all are.
163.You (& the group you’re in) don’t know how to form a circle with your bodies.
164.You’ve never seen a bass clef in your hymnal.
165.Half the people in the room are clapping; half of those that are clapping are off-tempo.
166.Not everyone is singing; most of the congregation is off-key. You don't care.
167.You go to a Catholic high school & think the skirts are too short.
168.You know that "hell" and "ass" are OK 'cause they're in the Bible. And you can find them
169.You know that "Thou shalt not kill" includes hurtful words. (<-not really a joke; just true)
170.Someone breaks the 2nd Commandment & you want to say "Amen"
171.You're the only one in your HS band that's not completely perverted.
172.You think the words to Notre Dame's fight song should be a hymn. Even if you're a fan of a Big Ten school.
173.You are looking at a college (UNF in my case), and you immediately go to the diocese website to see what parishes are near to campus, and try and find a CSU or Newman center. and if there isn’t one, you plan on starting one if you go to that school.
174.When you want so bad for non-Catholics to feel what you feel, and you know they would be extremely happy if they did.
175.When you ask for a miraculous metal for your birthday.
176.When you know the EWTN program schedule by heart.
177.When there's no overhead projector in your church.
178.When you try to say a Chaplet or Rosary for your agnostic friends daily.
179.When you want to get a job so you can put in the collection plate on Sunday.
180.When learning about the Israelites and their deliverance to the Promised Land in history you start sing the song that goes "well I’m on my way..up to Canaan land"
181.When you see someone make the sign of the cross and you say in the name of the father, son, and holy spirit as the do it.
182.When you see a brown necklace string you think scapular
183.When you drive home fast to see Life on the Rock.
184.When your little brother plays pretend Mass with oreos and water.
185.When you have a poster of the Pope in your room.
186.When you just watch The Real World to see Matt Smith.
187.When you have pictures of priests in your locker.
188.You’ve worked for five weeks to setup a car wash to raise $12.18 for your youth group.
189.90% of your wardrobe consists of conference and work camp t-shirts.
190.A Friday night out includes jr. highers dancing, lukewarm pizza, and flat Safeway Select cola.
191.You carry a rosary with you everywhere
192.You know what the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is
193.When you quote The Blessed Mother.
194.You carry a spare Bible in your car instead of a spare tire.
195.You have XLT and prayer nights marked off on your calendar five months in advance.
196.You've stopped by the rectory just to say hi
197.Your car spends more time in the church parking lot than anywhere else
198.You plan your Sundays around whether or not you can make it to mass
199.You get mad when people treat prayer like some kind of hassle that they are forced to do, especially when they're the principal.
200.When the best thing to receive is the Eucharist!201. You are shooting your free throw in a important basketball game you make the sign of the Cross first.
202. When all your friends are friends you met at church
203. You get a cast on your right wrist and one of the first things you think about is how you cannot make the sign of the cross without great difficulty
204. You are the only person at your lunch table who knows the name of the current pope.
205. When you plan on getting together with a group of people to go bowling or something and you deciding your meeting place is at your Church...
206. When you know how far everything is in relation to the Cathedral and local parishes.
207. When you keep coming back to this post to see if anyone added any more "You know you're Catholic when’s"
208. You know you're in a room full of Catholics when you can get them COMPLETELY silent by saying "In the name of the Father..." and making the sign of the cross
209. When you practically have a Catholic book library at your house- and other people come to check them out.
210. When at college you and your friends ask the security guard to unlock the chapel so you can sing God-songs, and he actually does!!!!(this really happened)
211. When you miss daily Mass and feel like part of your day is missing.
212. When you and your friends talk for an hour every night about how cool God is.
213. When you can't stop smiling when someone talks about Jesus and how cool He is.
214. When you feel utterly overwhelmed after communion and can't wait till next time.
215. When all you want to do is pray, sing about God and go to Mass.
216. When you realize how much Protestants are missing out.
217. When you and your friends are trying to find something to do and you end up going to adoration or just sitting in the church parking lot.
218. When you can't stay away from the Church.
219. When you go church-hopping.
220. When you remake dirty songs into God songs.
221. When Adoration is what you want to do 24/7.
222. When you invite any one to daily Mass because you love it sooooooooo much.
223. When you pray Lectio Devina over the phone.
224. Your Catholic friends and family tell you too stop acting so Catholic.
225. You actually like going to Confession
226. You can take anything and somehow relate it to Jesus
227. You would much rather go to the nearest Christian bookstore than the mall
228. Whenever someone says the word "awesome" you think 'Our God is an awesome God...'
229. Someone asks you what your favorite romance movie is and you say The Passion
230. Whenever someone mentions Ohio the first thing you think of is the Steubenville youth conference
230.When at school, you mistakenly but subconsciously end the pledge of allegiance with Amen.
231. When you go on trips with school, and have a meeting before you go to bed or something, you always expect to end with a prayer.
232.You cut class to go to mass....
233.You spend an hour reading these
234.When you give the sign of the cross after morning announcements and everyone stares in home room
235.You always carry a rosary and throw a fit when you forget it
236.Go to LifeTeen when your bored
237.On Mondays you can't wait til next Sunday
238.Get mad when LT is cancelled for one night
239.When your constantly at church and your friends make fun of you for it
240.When your Church parking lot is full of 15 passenger vans.
241.when you want to make the sign of the cross after the pledge.
242.You start to do the sign of the cross after the pledge of allegiance.
243.You have nicknames for the pope.
244.Your homepage is set to mycatholic.com
245.Instead of doing your homework you research your faith instead
246.A report on Communism is boring, but you'll happily write posts for hours on Lifeteen
247.When you know at least three different churches weekly schedules, weekends and weekdays.
248.Your heart skips a beat when your friends use words that i wont type in this reply
249.You bust out your Bible or CCC after you've finished your class assignments. (and everyone always asks, "Are you Catholic?")
250.Everytime you hear the word "mass" in science class you cant help but think of the church
251.When you go on vacation or move and the first words out of your mouth are "Are we going to mass?" or where's the nearest Catholic Church, what time is confession, etc..
252.When someone you know jokingly adds "Mary" to her baby's name, (Hailey Mary)
253. You have a moment of prayer in your birthday party.
254. You have like 7 rosaries in your house.
255. You keep every prayer card you get.
256. You play Christian music during a party.
257. You dance to the Christian music during said party.
258. You look forward to Mass.
259. You start going crazy if you didn't go to Mass that week.
260. You practically live in the Church.
261. You make the Sign of the cross everywhere you go.
262. You hear "I love Jesus yes I do I love Jesus how 'bout you?" and you know what to answer.
263. When somebody says Steubenville quickly and everyone except you thinks they said
stupidville
264. You accidentally say amen after the pledge
265. You can say mass as quickly as the priest
266. Somebody says peter, and you pipe up and say “that means the rock!”
267. You know the difference between a retreat and a conference
268. You know the lyrics to 'Jesus Christ super star', 'on eagles wings,’ 'here I am Lord', and 'I am the bread of life.'
269. You know tons of prayers but you fall to pieces unless you say them in specific order.
270. You call your mum and dad, father and mother.
271. You're 7 years old and go into the garden and re-enact St. Bernadette's 'finding of the spring' ....yes including washing your face and hands in dads fresh wet mud...272. You re-enact the mass with white chocolate buttons!
273. You know all the local churches days and times for adoration, and when they do different stuff during them.
274. You know NFP isn't a sports league.
275. You can kneel for over 5 minutes without falling over.
276. When in first grade, when the teacher asked what everyone wanted to be, instead of saying, "Vet, fireman, or astronaut," you replied, "A priest (or) nun!"
277.When you get in fights with your Youth Minister because he says youth can't be on the Core team. You end up arguing so much, they make a spot for you!
278. When the best method of procrastination is by posting on lifeteen.
279. When someone says the word vocation in a secular setting and you immediately sit up because you assume that they are going to talk about discernment.
280. When no one has seen your stomach exposed, except, perhaps your parents and your doctor
281. When you stand up to say the Pledge of Allegiance you make the sign of the cross be for
continuing.
282.When instead of having posters of Movies and Rock stars above your bed, you have posters of Jesus and the saints.
283.You have to try to stay calm when people call the Eucharist "the bread"
284.You can kneel for over 5 minutes without falling over.
285.You also know that NFP is not related to SPF in any way...trust me...I've heard it said before.
286.When your favorite saying is Be Not Afraid (JPII)
287.You are sitting in class and the teacher says "one God" and you say to yourself "Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth...."
288.When the mere thought of public speaking makes you hyperventilate, but you can lead a rosary in front of 700 people without breaking a sweat
289.When you can come up with almost 300 things that make you know you are Catholic(as opposed to other religions!)
290.You’ve been in the sports section of a store and have considered buying knee pads for prayer sessions.
291.You say a quick prayer for help when a non-Catholic calls you an idolater.
292.The second thing you ask is someone's confirmation name.
293.The first thing you ask is which church they go to.
294.You know you’re catholic when you offer up darn near everything throughout your day.
295.When you hear someone swear you say an Our Father for them.
296.You know you are Catholic when you have either used one of the Catholic Pick Up Lines.
297.You know you're Catholic when your teacher says "HAZAA" and mistake it for him sayins Hosanna and want to say "in the highest"
298.You know you're Catholic when your economics teacher asks who is the savior (of economics) and being in day dream say JESUS!
299.You know you're Catholic when you have a picture of JP2 on the dashboard of your car.. along with a cross from Palm Sunday, and a rosary on the rearview mirror.
300.You know you're Catholic when your friends who aren't religios say "Thank you God" whenever You speak (in reference to God speaking through you)
301.You know you're Catholic when you spill Holy water in your backpack and are convinced that now you have holy books
302.You know you're Catholic when you get blessed by the Pope and you're wearing jeans with holes in them and refer to them as your holy pants
303.You know you're Catholic when you pray before a huge Calculus test
304.You know you're Catholic if you constantly sing Rise Up or Experience the Glory.. along with the hand motions no matter where you are
305.You know you're Catholic if you know who the "Lord's team" is... ND haha (Fr J said it at mass..
306.You know you're Catholic if you say God bless after every conversation.. no matter who it is
307.You know you are Catholic when can't say the word "Announcements" without everyone jumping up and screaming.
308.You know you are Catholic when your pastor uses a super soaker to spray everyone with holy water.
309.Your homework diary is full of lyrics from Christian songs
You don't wish people "good luck" before a test but "God bless!"
310.You say goodbye by saying God loves you, God bless, and good night.
311.You won't go to sleep until your prayers are said.
312.The first thing you think of when you wake up is God and start praying for being alive one more day.
313.You wear a t-shirt that says 110% Catholic and correct people when they say 10% Catholic.
314.You tell someone what they're doing wrong when they diss God and blasphemy him.
315.You write poems and all you write about is God and being a Catholic and reformation
316.You don't care if someone hurts you and causes you pain because of your faith
317.You know you're catholic when your oarish priest starts his homlies with 2, 4, 6, 8 who do we appreciate? Go God Go God
318.You watch the Passion of Christ every Good Friday to get an image of what kinda of happened to Jesus.
319.When you feel like saying amen after you say the pledge of allegiance.
320.When you randomly look down at the bottom of your computer screen, and see that you have lifeteen dot com, biblegateway dot com,and your parish calendar on the bar.
321.When you can't write the letter "t" without thinking of Jesus and the Cross.
322.When you count down the days until the following Sunday...and think of every day of the week as "5 days till Jesus...4 days till Jesus..etc".
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