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I'm a young adult. I'm a really sensitive person so sometimes I've been withdrawn at church b/c ppl have hurt my feelings. That's been for about 3 yrs. I鈥檓 not mean, I just don鈥檛 say much, since it seems no one wants to hear. Like sometimes ppl have just literally turned their backs when I鈥檝e tried to talk to them. I used to be called the 鈥渕ost dedicated acolyte鈥? And ppl told me I should be a priest. I told them no b/c I make too many mistakes. I finally figured out they were just using me. I've finally stopped going a couple months ago. Before I left I asked for the head priest to speak w/me and I told him about a lot of the disappointments I had, including one with him, when he asked me. I never look him in the eye b/c I'm shy and I cried and talked to him for about a 30 min. He never acknowledged the crying. He also asked me what he could do to make things better; I felt he was trying to hurry up the conversation. I told him I wasn鈥檛 really sure just ideas about how to handle my anger. We talked about me switching activities I was involved in to get a different perspective. He asked me q's about school and says he knows some students work to hard and forget to have fun and other random stuff. When I break in the conversation came up, I finally said thank you & left b/c I felt he wanted me to leave. Also, no one has been in contact with me, do you think they're glad I'm gone. What do they feel about me? Do you think the priests and congregation members hate me? What would you think if you were him and them? Thank you!

I think you're too sensitive. The priest probably didn't acknowledge the crying because he didn't want to embarass you any further. You left, maybe they think you're through with them. Should they chase after you and beg you to come back? They probably don't "feel" anything about you, or even think anything about you. They don't hate you. The world isn't against you. Most of us don't notice you at all. I'm not trying to be mean, but it's really very seldom that someone goes out of his way to ignore you. Everyone is wrapped up in his own world and you're merely a sidebar once in a while. Not YOU specifically, but one...each of us is just a comma in other people's lives.

When people suggested you should be a priest, they were trying to be nice to you, to compliment you. By saying no, no, I'm not good enough, you throw their compliments back at them. How do you think they were using you? How could you have been benefitting them?

When you never look people in the eye, they think you're hiding something, or being sneaky.

Maybe you could just go to a different parish and get a fresh start. If that's not possible, try to remember you go to Mass for the glory of God, not to impress other people. There will always be people in the church (any church, not just Catholic) that will disappoint you. But those are people. Even the priest is just a human being and very fallible. Go to Mass, receive the Eucharist and focus on Jesus, the reason you're there. If you still want to serve Mass, great. (For those who don't know, an acolyte or server assists the priest during Mass...getting things ready for him, holding things. At one time they were mostly boys who were seminary bound, but now girls and adults can do it too.) But you can also just sit in a pew and pray. Try singing in the choir. If your choir is anything like mine, we'd welcome a new member with open arms.

Remember, the church is a place to worship God. If it's your source of social interaction, swell, but that's not why you're there.

First of all stop whining......not everyone is going to like you and you can't let the fact that some people are ignorant stop you from making new friends.
I understand you are shy....and that sometime that can be considered being rude but you have to push past that and let people see that you are a nice guy.
Find a new church and enjoy life.

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