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To: NYer

Not looking for a debate, but: The real presence in the Eucharist, communion of saints, the immaculatness, and perpetual virginity of Mary, prayer to saints and Mary, the lifelong chastity of Joseph - to name a few.

I thought my heart was in the right place, and that my faith would increase through prayer and participation, but it’s becoming more of a problem.


43 posted on 03/30/2011 8:00:43 AM PDT by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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To: Jack of all Trades
Why would you leave issues like that until later? Having studied for years prior to deciding that the Catholic Church is in fact the real Church, I don't understand how you could defer such things.

The people I've known who became Catholics after a lot of soul searching and then later had problems with some issues were all really having a problem handling peer pressure, not the issues themselves. I'm just pointing out that I've seen those same things mentioned before by folks and saying what the real problem ended up being. I don't have any way of knowing whether that's a factor in your personal situation or not, it's just interesting to me to see the same subset of potential issues. Maybe just the way phrased things seemed familiar, I dunno.

46 posted on 03/30/2011 8:20:38 AM PDT by Rashputin (Dennis Miller for President, Dennis Leary for VP)
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To: Jack of all Trades; Rashputin
Thank you for the response. As freeper Rashputin commented, Why would you leave issues like that until later?

I am a big fan of Marcus Grodi's program, The Journey Home, and watch it on a regular basis. The same issues you noted - the real presence in the Eucharist, communion of saints, the immaculatness, and perpetual virginity of Mary, prayer to saints and Mary, the lifelong chastity of Joseph - are always mentioned as stumbling blocks from Grodi's convert guests. Marcus has an excellent site - The Coming Home Network International. It has a forum where such issues are discussed on a daily basis. Perhaps it would be worth your while to visit his site, read through the library articles and meet up with others like yourself, who are still struggling with these issues.

Coming Home Network

Just curious but why would you swim the Tiber with so many unresolved issues? Were these not properly addressed during RCIA?

Please drop me a line and let me know how I can be of assistance. Rest assured of my daily prayers for your intentions.

51 posted on 03/30/2011 10:02:56 AM PDT by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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