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[married21]

I used to know a Mennonite minister who grew up Catholic. She said that when she left the Church as a young adult, she had thought that the rituals were chores that people were going through the motions of, and thought herself well rid of them.

As a mature adult, she looked back and realized the value of rituals and deepened in her appreciation of Mennonite rituals. The ritual that sparked our conversation was the washing of feet. Mennonite brides and grooms wash each other’s feet at the wedding ceremony, while Catholics witness the same ritual with the priest and lay people on Holy Thursday.

[Salvation]

Great article, thanks.

She bares many truths there, I know I am guilty of the long view — I want to skip today and just get it done with.

A good example is on the threads today about the lawsuits against Obama — my take was the long view.......get all the Bishops on board with this or else Obama has loopholes.

[HarleyD]

I always enjoy reading about these “faith-journey” to the Catholic faith. They're just brimming full of self-discovery. Why bother with scripture...which, btw, I notice is always missing from these testimonies.

[Cronos]

I find two of his points resonate so well with me:

The both/and.
Liturgy is plurality.

I find it so beautiful and all encompassing -- we come to God as a family -- His children, together, we believe together, and there is no God is only singing or only solemnity , but 'singing and solemnity' etc.

[Jvette]

When I came back to the Church, my husband was always asking questions. So many times I would say, “You have to understand the Catholic way of looking at things.”

It’s funny that I was away for more than twenty years, and yet that Catholic way of looking at things was still there.

[Iscool]

In either case, given the amount of time and energy it takes me to decide just about anything, I'm grateful that I wasn't required to pinpoint one "conversion moment." For us it's not about one decisive moment when you "get saved" so that you can someday go to heaven, but about being in the process of being saved so that, to borrow phrasing from my days in RCIA, your whole life is God getting you in shape to "do heaven" – because "heaven isn't just a place you go, it's something you do."

Interesting non testimony...

For us it's not about one decisive moment when you "get saved"

That's exactly what it's all about...That's what is was all about to the Apostle Paul, to the Eunuch, to Cornelius; to everyone who has even been saved...

You may attend a church for your entire life but unless and until you have that one personal encounter with Jesus that puts you into Him and Him into you, you ain't saved...You aren't a Christian...

Act 2:21  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Act 2:47  Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

You don't even belong to Jesus Christ's church until you are saved...A Christian...