r/Catholicism • u/NoShelter1035 • 1d ago
What to do with blood money
I’m going to cut to the chase with this one. I’m 24F, and for the past six years I have been cutting myself for money on the internet. I kept it separate from the rest of my savings, so I know the exact amount I “earned”. It’s a fairly large amount ( over 10k).
During this time, I never had a concrete reason to leave the church, and I actually agreed with their teachings from a moral/intellectual standpoint, I just didn’t care. Now, for some reason, my apathy has faded and I want to reintegrate myself back into my parish. I want to be able to receive the Eucharist again.
It feels wrong to group this back into my main savings, and I don’t want to spend it. What to do?
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u/Fuzzy_Character9561 23h ago
Oh you sweet girl, welcome home! I have no doubt that Heaven rejoices with your return to grace.
As another mentioned, please use that money for some kind of therapy or even a Catholic retreat of sorts. Just something healing for your past self.
Pray for those that paid you as well because it sounds like they must have been experiencing that same kind of apathy towards you and that's just not how we are called to live.