Welcome Home, Fellow Converts, and May Truth Sustain You Always!

NC Register ^ | March 26, 2016 | SCOTT ERIC ALT

[NYer]

The Real Pres­ence mat­ters. It is the one thing that sets us most apart. When the good feel­ings and the peak expe­ri­ence start to fade, find refuge in the sacra­ment. Find refuge in the Eucharist; find refuge in Ado­ra­tion. These aren’t magic bul­lets that will sud­denly make you feel a surge of eupho­ria, but they will keep you focused on the one thing that mat­ters: Truth; for Christ is Truth.

Easter ping!

[Tax-chick]

We had a nice group receiving the Sacraments last night, including representatives of some our Hispanic clans. They’re not “converts” in the sense that I am, but cultural Catholics who had missed the Sacraments due to factors like life in El Salvador.

I thought of Mrs. Don-o, who is RCIA coordinator at her parish, and wished them all a blessed night.

DP and I joined the Church in 1993. Today is our daughter Anoreth’s 25th birthday. She was Catholic before we were!

[Biggirl]

Congrats and God Bless the new converts.

[Mom MD]

There are plenty outside the RC that recognize the real presence of Christ in His sacrament

[verga]

There are plenty outside the RC that recognize the real presence of Christ in His sacrament

Yeah I thought that too, before my reversion. Thankfully I was smart enough to listen to God's call to come back to the Catholic faith.

[Tax-chick]

That is true of the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Orthodox. If someone in the Church of England believes in the Real Presence, he is at sea vis-à-vis his own church’s doctrine.

[Mom MD]

There are also many Protestants and nondemoninationals who believe what Christ says about His Supper

[Tax-chick]

I believe you, although I cannot say from personal experience. The Presbyterian Church, in which I grew up, recognized only a recollection of the events of the Last Supper.

[Mom MD]

The Missouri synod Lutherans teach the real presence I have several nondenominational friends who hold the same beliefs...

[Mom MD]

Actually not trying to start an arguement just dispelling the myth that the RC church is the only one that recognizes the real presence On this we agree...

[Tax-chick]

I understand. Nobody except the individual can say what he or she believes, irrespective of the church they attend. Plenty of people attending Catholic Churches do not actually believe in the Real Presence, according to surveys.

[aimee5291]

Reported that Mother Angelica has died on Easter Sunday

RIP Mother and condolences to us all

[Salvation]

I liked this line:

**dif­fer­ently than that, let’s get that set­tled before we do any­thing else.

If I would impress any­thing upon your minds, it would be that Truth alone mat­ters, and Truth is not an emo­tion (how­ever beau­ti­ful it may be) but a Per­son.**

[Legatus]

I just checked the EWTN news page, it’s confirmed.

I made her laugh once.

[Not gonna take it anymore]

Thanks for posting. This is my eighth Easter as a Catholic.

[NYer]

There are also many Protestants and nondemoninationals who believe what Christ says about His Supper

Believing does not make it so. Jesus is made present in the Eucharist through the ministerial priesthood that was given to the Apostles at the Last Supper and passed on to their successors, through the laying on of hands. Only the Catholic and Orthodox Churches trace their origin to that event.

[Bigg Red]

Well, now dear Mother Angelica is with the Lord whom she served so well. May Perpetual Light shine upon her.

[Bigg Red]

That is wonderful. Easter blessings to you.

[Mom MD]

Wrong wrong and wrong But neither of us will convince the other instead I wish you a blessed Easter