O LIGHT THAT FOLLOWEST ALL MY WAY, I YIELD MY FLICKERING TORCH TO THEE;

[catholicisms]

characters: matt, & other people
location: many places
date/time: first half of november
content: matt is doing things
warnings: i'm still hot garbage at this... and i'll add if anything comes up



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sᴄᴜʟʟʏ. (sometime before the event.)

[catholicisms]

( he's been in the church a lot lately.

not to say he hadn't been there frequently before, he had. whether it's a catholic church or not, Matt has always treated it about as such. there might be a creature hiding beneath the floorboards, and it might be incredibly lacking a priest, but it's close enough and it's a good place to pray. he'd managed to fish a rosary he requested out of the drink and especially now, he goes to pray every morning.

for the people he has here, for the things that he doesn't want to lose. if God can hear him, even here, even now, he hopes that his prayers will mean something for the people he cares about.

he notices, sooner or later, that he's often not alone here in the mornings. they don't talk, but they're here for the same thing. eventually, despite the fact it would probably make the nuns that raised him recoil in terror, he finally breaks the silence. )

Catholic? Or Lutheran? ( yes, this is based entirely on the fact she a.) prays and b.) doesn't make smalltalk. )

CATHOLIC SQUAD

[paraskeptic]

[ discovering that the afterlife had a church located within it had been something of a surprise, and dana had found herself drawn to it in the days after realizing it was there. it's not the kind of church she's used to attending (hers never had a creature living underneath the floorboards, for example), but it's reminiscent enough that she's found herself there on a near daily basis, although she's not praying so much as she is reflecting. she's not sure what she's trying to find in her near daily attendance; solace seems beyond her reach in this particular situation, but it feels better to attend than to not. occasionally she'll pray for her family and for mulder in hopes that they'll take care of themselves now that she's gone, but it leaves her feeling hollow and angry, reminds her too much of when she had been dying slowly two years before her actual quick, foolish death. if God is still listening, she doesn't think it's to her.

she's seen the man seated nearby before, head bent in obvious prayer, but hasn't introduced herself for the same reasons he hadn't. she's not expecting the intrusion, but given that she's not actually praying, she doesn't mind it. ]

Catholic. [ she's about to hold out her necklace as she turns towards him, but then notices his sunglasses and realizes the gesture would be moot. he's holding a rosary that gives away which one he is. ]

[catholicisms]

( he equally doesn't know if his prayers are reaching anyone in particular. that said, when has Matt ever felt like his prayers were actually heard? he's always struggled in his faith, in the idea that God didn't hear him. that he didn't hear God's voice either, no matter how desperately he wanted to. so really it's nothing new to feel a little ignored. Father Lantom had always impressed on him that God spoke in a whisper, so Matt supposes he might just not have been listening hard enough lately.

Matt has always rather enjoyed finding kinship in his faith. the idea he might not be the only catholic in Beacon is a bit of a reassurance. he offers half a smile in Scully's direction, subdued by their location and simply an outward reflection of the wearing on his mood, but genuine even in its simplicity. )

Not quite the same as Mass, but I'm glad the church is here. Makes it a little easier. ( obviously one didn't need a church to pray, but the familiarity of the routine is still nice. )