Train Crossing
Have you guys heard of Train Crossing? It’s a facebook group “formed to encourage Catholics like you and me to be bold about professing our faith in public”.
It may sound simple at first, the idea of praying on the train, but try it and you may find yourself squirming. It’s an idea that’s been ingrained in my mind ever since the group got started and I joined it and I’ve been trying bit by bit to build up enough confidence to pray in public. I’m glad to say a habit’s starting to form after all those botched attempts (e.g. praying while pretending to sleep, looking to make sure no one’s watching before making the sign of the cross, saying the rosary with fingers to avoid taking out beads etc.)
I’m beginning to feel comfortable taking out my rosary and saying the entire 5 decades on the train to school, or if I need before school time to catch up on my readings, on the way back from school. Also, taking solitary rosary walks. It’s great for meditating on the mysteries of the life of Christ, and you get some exercise in too! And you know what, far from cowering from the eyes of the public, I actually feel happy when people look at me and my rosary when I’m praying.
Because I’m proud to be Catholic.
-s
s, i admire the courage in your post. i dun think i can say out loud that i am proud to be a Catholic… even making the sign of a cross before meals is awkward at times for me.. i guess it makes me question what it means to be a Catholic.
C
oh i agree. sometimes i try to blend in with my other christian friends by saying grace without making the sign of the cross. then i’ll convince myself that it doesn’t matter. but the sign of the cross is the most obvious sign of our Catholic identity, and what better way to share my faith than to profess it?