(BTW - Marcus Grodi interviewed Doug Gonzales 2 years ago. He too was a Nazarene. He lost his wife and children in the process of his conversion. His story is well worth reading.
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will read and share later. thanks.
This is a wonderful article. Thanks for posting it.
Do you still worship the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Israel ?shalom b'shem Yah'shua Hamashiach
Come’on in folks, the water’s fiiine!
Makes me wonder how many converts are out there in spite of RCIA rather than because of it!
Good article! Thanks for posting!
bookmark thanks.
I like this, CatholicTim
Excellent
Great testimony. You would appreciate how John Henry Newman a major figure in English literature and founder of England's Oxford movement put it after joining the Catholic Church.
"converts come to the Catholic Church not so much to lose what they have, but to gain what they have not, by means of what they have, more may be given to them..."
He is remembered for a poem best recalled by its opening lines Lead Kindly Light which perhaps was his motto in his journey from Anglican minister to Catholic priest halfway through is life of some 90 years. He later became a Cardinal. "Lead thou me on. Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see -The distant scene—one step enough for me."
The Tide Is Turning Toward Catholicism: The Converts
Journey Home - May 21 - Neil Babcox (former Presbyterian) - A minister encounters Mary
Going Catholic - Six journeys to Rome
My (Imminent) Reception into the Roman Catholic Church
A Convert's Pilgrimage [Christopher Cuddy]
Lutheran professor of philosophy prepares to enter Catholic Church
Patty Bonds (former Baptist and sister of Dr. James White) to appear on The Journey Home - May 7
Pastor and Flock Become Catholics
The journey back - Dr. Beckwith explains his reasons for returning to the Catholic Church
Famous Homosexual Italian Author Returned to the Church Before Dying of AIDS
Dr. Francis Beckwith Returns To Full Communion With The Church
Catholic Converts - Stephen K. Ray (former Evangelical)
Catholic Converts - Malcolm Muggeridge
Catholic Converts - Richard John Neuhaus
Catholic Converts - Avery Cardinal Dulles
Catholic Converts - Israel (Eugenio) Zolli - Chief Rabbi of Rome
Catholic Converts - Robert H. Bork , American Jurist (Catholic Caucus)
Catholic Converts - Marcus Grodi
Why Converts Choose Catholicism
The Scott Hahn Conversion Story
FORMER PENTECOSTAL RELATES MIRACLE THAT OCCURRED WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD
Journey Home - May 21 - Neil Babcox (former Presbyterian) - A minister encounters Mary
Going Catholic - Six journeys to Rome
My (Imminent) Reception into the Roman Catholic Church
A Convert's Pilgrimage [Christopher Cuddy]
Lutheran professor of philosophy prepares to enter Catholic Church
Patty Bonds (former Baptist and sister of Dr. James White) to appear on The Journey Home - May 7
Pastor and Flock Become Catholics
The journey back - Dr. Beckwith explains his reasons for returning to the Catholic Church
Famous Homosexual Italian Author Returned to the Church Before Dying of AIDS
Dr. Francis Beckwith Returns To Full Communion With The Church
Catholic Converts - Stephen K. Ray (former Evangelical)
Catholic Converts - Malcolm Muggeridge
Catholic Converts - Richard John Neuhaus
Catholic Converts - Avery Cardinal Dulles
Catholic Converts - Israel (Eugenio) Zolli - Chief Rabbi of Rome
Catholic Converts - Robert H. Bork , American Jurist (Catholic Caucus)
Catholic Converts - Marcus Grodi
Why Converts Choose Catholicism
The Scott Hahn Conversion Story
FORMER PENTECOSTAL RELATES MIRACLE THAT OCCURRED WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD
(BTW - Marcus Grodi interviewed Doug Gonzales 2 years ago. He too was a Nazarene. He lost his wife and children in the process of his conversion. His story is well worth reading.
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And there you have it!
Catholic Tim, your article leaves me in tears. It is the most riveting and thorough explanation of the Catholic Church that I have ever read outside of Scott Hahn.
You are to be complimented over and over again. What a precious person you are to share your entire testimony and all your Catholic thoughts with us.
Thank you.
Since the Catholic Church no longer engages in slaughtering those of other faiths... more power to you!
I look forward to the day when the same can be said for many of the Muslim faith!
Since the Catholic Church no longer engages in slaughtering those of other faiths... more power to you!
I look forward to the day when the same can be said for many of the Muslim faith!
**Today I tell people to read the Catechism and take what they hear in RCIA programs with a grain of salt. I started RCIA in September and by Christmas I was ready to quit. **
Sorry you had this experience, and sadly it is the experience of many. I think we have three or four RCIA instructors on the Catholic Ping List. Hopefully they will join in to encourage you.
BTW, you could definitely teach an RCIA class!
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“....Catholics don’t know what they have....”
The foregoing statement is particularly true in respect and adoration at Mass. Every Church should have a “Code of Dress while attending Mass” posted on the entrance doors of the Church. If I were a potential convert I would be taken back by how the parishioner’s dressed and their participation in the Mass.
My wife and I went this AM to Mass and a half block in front of us a couple were walking hand in hand up the steps of the Church. This was not a couple of kids and to say the least the female was put together especially with her skirt somewhere between her knees and hip bone.
When we entered the Church a few rows in front of us were the two sitting as if they were in the balcony of a movie with her under his arm rap.
We quickly moved to the other side of the Church and sat behind the gym shorts’ crowd.
Tiber swim bump!
CatholicTim,
When, exactly, were you born again?
For me, Matt. 16-18, although only one of many reasons, was the kicker. Jesus telling Peter that he, Peter, would be the rock upon which the church would be built, and that the gates of hell would not prevail against that church pretty much says all that needs be said.
Arguments that the Catholic Church became apostate when ....(take your pick), are saying that the word of Jesus in Matt. 16-18 are not to be believed. I choose to believe Jesus, not the come-lately re-interpretations!