"Impressive, huh?"
I'm sure we all have "geneologies" like that, sadly.
In my own family, my parents, though one might call them "cafeteria" Catholics, are very devout, attend Mass on every Sunday and Holyday, and pray daily.
My own brothers are entirely apostate. My sister tries, but has many things in life that keep her from being much of a Catholic. It's worse with my extended family, who make my parents look quite orthodox.
But though folks may not be completely orthodox, there is hope! This was brought home to me dramatically with my mother. An allegedly devout Catholic, she was "pro-choice" for a good 25 years after Roe v. Wade, which upset me to no end whatsoever. But I prayed for her everyday, and I knew she prayed the Rosary frequently. I knew that even if her heart were slow to change, she couldn't both pray the Rosary everyday and persist in her hard-heartedness.
A few years ago, when my parents came to visit, she was talking idly about upcoming elections and why she was voting for the Republican candidate. It was because he was pro-life! I nearly fell out of my chair! I inquired as to this change of heart. She started to lecture me, "Do you know how many abortions are performed every year? Why, it's almost a million and a half a year!"
* chuckle *
Nothing I'd said to her for a quarter century had so much as left the smallest dent. An off-hand comment by a friend opened her up to the truth of it all.
sitetest
Great story.
Ask, Seek, Knock. God's timing is not always our timing.
SEEK YE FIRST
Chorus:
Seek ye first
The kingdom of God
And His righteousness,
And all these things
Shall be added unto you
Allelu, Alleluia
Man shall not live
By bread alone,
But by ev’ry word
That proceeds
From the mouth of God.
Allelu, Alleluia
Ask,
and it shall be given unto you
Seek,
and ye shall find
Knock,
and the door
shall be opened unto you
Allelu, Alleluia
Truly said. They are in my prayers daily. My wife is a convert after being raised a Congregationalist. That PROVES anything is possible :)