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To: Mad Dawg

“People, despite themselves and their preconceptions are sure of the sacramental presence of Christ, and their longing for Him leads them to RCIA.”

No doubt we should be thankful for every convert to The Faith. And yet, MD, if the priests stood on the front steps of the churches and handed out 100 dollar bills to everyone who would come in, the churches would be filled to overflowing. In a fallen world, offering God just doesn’t have the same effect.


14 posted on 12/28/2008 5:26:12 AM PST by Kolokotronis ( Christ is Born! Glorify Him!)
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To: Kolokotronis
Merry Christmas, D00d!

It's interesting why some have their chain yanked and others don't. (I'm too tired to be coherent this AM).

I was asked a few years ago to meet a person who sort of kind of thought she ought to convert from the Pepsicola Church to the Roaming Catlick. So we talked about this and that until she said that she was just persuaded that Christ was somehow present in the Tabernacle. At that point I asked her whyever, if she was so persuaded, she did not join right away. I guess it turned out that she just needed someone to say that. She took the next available RCIA class.

So I guess, in a way, she's evidence for what you are saying. She knew that the Church was, as you say, "offering God," but she still needed some prodding to get moving.

15 posted on 12/28/2008 5:59:31 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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