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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone is welcome to Mass. As the PP said, don't take communion (not because you're Muslim, but because you aren't Catholic in "good standing" - there are lots of Catholics who shouldn't be taking communion too). You can either just wait in the pew (step out so people can get by) or go up, cross your arms over your chest, and you'll receive a blessing rather than communion.

You also don't have to kneel (fine if you want to), if you don't, lean forward a little bit so the people behind you aren't right up in your neck :)

You should definitely go - if you are serious about this boyfriend, sounds like his faith is important to him. You will have to figure out how to have your faiths co-exist, and it's easier if you start earlier than say "We'll figure it out if/when we get married." He should also be participating in your faith with you to some degree.

If you're not serious about him, well - then who cares either way? [/quote]

My bf and I are very respectful of each other's faiths and we're not super religious. He only goes to church on Christmas Eve with his family and he wants to include me in their tradition. For Eid, he takes me out to nice dinners but I've never asked him to attend a Mosque with me...I don't want him to feel exposed to stuff he may not want to hear etc.
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OP, if your BF "doesn't want to be exposed to stuff he may not want to hear" he is not the right man for you. Your religious teachings are part of who you are, for both of you. Take each other to services a few times then talk about it, even if you aren't religious. You need to be able to talk about your spiritual lives. [/quote]

OP here. Oh no. We definitely do talk about our faiths and each have no problem with the other being christian or Muslim I just meant that we don't go out of our way to include the other in the few religious practices we do partake in. I thought we kept it like that so as to not encroach on whatever faith based boundaries we may have.[/quote]

You sound very young and naive. And your bf is making it clear to you that faith is going to be an important part going forward -- otherwise, you will be isolating him from his family every Christian holiday. The successful interfaith marriages I know either picked one religion, or embraced both traditions.

I think you are better off splitting if you can't even entertain the thought of going to a Mass. [/quote]

I don't agree with PP about faith being that important to your BF. It sounds like he is not very religious but has a family tradition of going to mass on Christmas Eve. That is very common.

I do think OP is a bit immature if she can't imagine attending mass for one night. Unless you are practicing a very strict version of your religion?  Most religions would have no issue with you attending a ceremony/celebration of another religion, just don't take communion and don't kneel or repeat the prayers if you feel uncomfortable. You are observing a celebration and learning about a different culture and set of beliefs. You know what your beliefs are so unless you are very insecure in them, the mass shouldn't be something that makes you doubt your own religion.

If you still feel uncomfortable about it, just tell the BF that you aren't comfortable and meet him afterwards. [/quote]

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