Buzz·Posted on Jul 25, 201426 Struggles Anyone Raised Catholic Will Totally UnderstandThe guilt is real.by Javier MorenoBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Battling through nerves your first day as an altar server. View this photo on Instagram 2. You still haven't forgotten the awkwardness of the First Communion outfit... View this photo on Instagram 3. ... And your mom still proudly displays the photos so you get to relive the awkwardness over and over. View this photo on Instagram 4. You had a love-hate relationship with uniforms. View this photo on Instagram 5. Growing up, the definition of sin always confused you. View this photo on Instagram 6. You were totally, totally lost when it came to folding the palm tree leaves into a cross on Palm Sunday. View this photo on Instagram 7. You felt extremely guilty about taking the Lord's name in vain in front of religious relics at home. View this photo on Instagram Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 8. At church dances you always had to abide by the Bible length rule. View this photo on Instagram 9. You loved Christmas, but fought to stay awake during midnight mass. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. You somehow always got a meat craving every Friday of Lent. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. And you slowly got tired of a diet of Filet-O-Fish. View this photo on Instagram 12. However, you always managed to overindulge on Easter candy the second Lent was over. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. You sometimes had very "interesting" literature at your house. View this photo on Instagram 14. You always had to fight the crowds before and after mass to dip your fingers in holy water. View this photo on Instagram 15. You never knew exactly what to say during confession. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. Your knees physically ached because of how much you prayed. View this photo on Instagram 17. You got hit with overwhelming guilt when you didn't have any money for the collection plate. View this photo on Instagram 18. Strangers always said, "You have something on your head" on Ash Wednesday, but you wore it with a sense of PRIDE. View this photo on Instagram 19. You have a large stack of church bulletins at home because you can never bring yourself to throw them away. View this photo on Instagram 20. You always tried to chew the Eucharist as fast as you could before receiving the Blood of Christ. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 21. Getting a parking space for the Easter Vigil required aggression and a little bit of improvisation. View this photo on Instagram 22. You knew incense was holy, but couldn't hide the fact that it made your eyes water. 23. You scoffed at always getting a secondary role during the Nativity play. View this photo on Instagram 24. You had no idea how to act when you saw your priest outside of a church setting. View this photo on Instagram 25. Sometimes going to CCD felt like a chore... View this photo on Instagram ...Because you wished that you could've slept in on Sundays. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 26. And of course you know that Catholic guilt is a very real thing. View this photo on Instagram