C&E, Or Devout Catholic? (Or Another Way?)

Do you consider yourself a devout Catholic that goes to church every Sunday and on holy days of Obligation, receiving all 7 sacraments (baptism, first Communion, Confirmation, Holy matrimony,...what are the 2 before Last Rites?), etc, or are you a C&E catholic, - that is, you only go to church on Christmas and Easter?

I'll start. I refer to myself as a C&E Catholic/Cristian. I heard this term used many, many, many years ago in jest by a priest of the parrish that I used to attend weekly. Won't go into the details ('couse I don't remember all of them myself,) but I had lost all faith at some point, then realizing that there is something out there that's greater than us, I call myself 'spiritual.' having been raised and familiar with the Catholic church, I began going back to services but only on Christmas and Easter, if not watch a televised mass. When I kneel and pray in silence before and after mass, I pray for just about everybody I know except for myself, feeling I may be a lost cause and no amount of prayers will do me any good. What's interesting is, at some of those masses, the celebrant seems to acknowledge in a humorous way that they are aware that they know that they will not see some people again until the next Christmas or Easter mass. Many parishioners sheepishly smile and chuckle.

So, how about the members of this group? How do you think of yourselfs?

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