Catholic Revert

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[Biggirl]

Welcome Home and Merry Christmas in advance.

[Salvation]

Welcome home! and blessings through rejoicing.

[Salvation]

God forgives you, and your humble plea enables all of us to forgive you.

Merry Christmas a little bit early.

[ccmay]

Welcome back. I’m a convert too and just went to my first Latin Mass today. Loved it. The incense, Gregorian chant, and leisurely pace really invite introspection. I’ve never felt quite the same hunger to partake of the Eucharist.

[chris_bdba]

Welcome to the light. :) I was born Catholic and will die that way too.

[Beeline]

So well hidden amongst the barbs, prejudices and quick dismissals of others, yet intellectually true... Catholicism!

[Running On Empty]

Welcome home and God bless.

There is much rejoicing in heaven. :-)

[tiki]

The Holy Spirit at work.

[Churchjack]

I like your tagline. Something that I have been conscious of for about a year or so. When I became Baptist, there was a lot of “unlearning” of my Catholicism that, now, I find had poor roots, when it came to differentiating theologically. And some poorly related characterisations of Catholic belief.
And though I have thoroughly come around to my Catholic faith, I would never cast aspersion on Baptists for their beliefs or practices. They simply are what they are. And they bear good fruit in many people! My weak self, however, needs sacraments...Gladly!

[tiki]

I’m a convert myself, I would never deny the faith of others, I just believe that the Catholic Church holds the fullness of the truth.

[annalex]

Welcome home. God bless you.

[RJR_fan]

I was raised Catholic, then marinated in a simple-minded variety of Protestant pietism for a decade or so, which dealt with cognitive dissonance by carefully putting the brain on hold, and going with "the heart." And "heart" was, by their definition, non-rational, emotional, "personal."

However, the hard-wiring was Catholic, and demanded whole-world solutions. Somehow, the Lord I served had to be more than a guru, more than a personal spiritual adviser. Somehow, the faith I wanted to give my whole life to had to be more than a private devotional hobby, a superstitio.

I found my home in Calvinism. Other whole-world-view Christians are Orthodox.

And quite a few are Catholic.

The Baptists are a bit behind the curve on this, since they focus on the subjective side of the faith. Baptists in California are cool with K-12 sodomite indoctrination, since not even this is enough to get them to disavow public education. The Catholics, OTOH, knew from the beginning that Horace Mann's scheme was religious, not neutral. And the religion of public education is not Christianity.

[big'ol_freeper]

Alleluia! You made my morning already! Welcome home and God Bless you on your journey.

[netmilsmom]

>>And though I have thoroughly come around to my Catholic faith, I would never cast aspersion on Baptists for their beliefs or practices<<

Good for you! That’s a Catholic thing. Most Catholics don’t evangelize by telling another how wrong he/she is.

[NYer]

Good to have you back in the forum, Jack! And welcome back to the Catholic Church. Still maintain the Catholic ping list. Freepmail me if you wish to be added.

Christmas Blessings to you and your family!

[A.A. Cunningham]

Pennance? No. Penance? Yes.

[A.A. Cunningham]

You should be more thankful for the current RM!

You two are one in the same.

[the invisib1e hand]

thx.

[Religion Moderator]

No, we are not.

[onedoug]

Well met, C.