Former RC here looking into EO. Hope to become a catechumen perhaps later this year.
I will live and die a Catholic. I do respect the EO church (husband is an EO and we were going to both Mass and Divine Liturgy for 10 years, in the choir, fairly tough Great Lent and all that.)
I admit I've got a big advantage over some Catholics, in that my parish and the Dio of Knoxille are good. It would be a whole lot harder for me if we had a Judas Priest or a Bishop who was on the take (or on the make.)
If I were you, I'd probably see if there was a good Cath parish/Dio within an hour's drive or so. But you may have an entirely different landscape.
God bless. Periodic reports, please!
Welcome to you!!!!
My arrival at the Byzantine Rite was kind of roundabout, but when I got here, I knew I was home. Smells and bells, reverence and joy. We all stand for the whole Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. We all sing the whole thing all the way through. Altar servers are men. No guitars, no pipe organs. Just our voices.