Discerning Catholicism: Part 01

It's 6:57 PM Eastern on Sunday as I begin to write. I've been thinking all day (well, between a couple of naps) about whether or not God is calling me to a Sunday morning Mass obligation. It's a very complicated question and Sister Laurel has given me much to chew on in Notes from Stillsong Hermitage: Questions on Sunday Obligation and the Hermit Life. I've also taken into account Bishop Barron's most recent Sunday sermon, the daily Bible reading in the Catholic lectionary, and Code of Canon Law - Book II - The People of God - Part II. (Cann. 573-606). While I must confess there is a part of my personality that is profoundly resistant to Catholic conversion, the lion's share of my conscience now seems to have tilted in the direction of serious Catholic inquiry - thanks, I trust, to the continued leading of the Holy Spirit.