Comments on: The Challenges and Graces of Conversion http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/ News, Commentary, Exploration of the Catholic Church Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:32:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nora http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/#comment-300 Nora Sun, 17 May 2009 15:18:12 +0000 http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/#comment-300 I converted on easter vigil.i was an anglican by birth.my parents dont know yet not as if they would mind. Being an anglican, i miss service a lot but now converted i have changed because there is something different within me.imagine before when someone talks to you about death you shout God forbid.but now i understand that someday we will all die and living in accordance to God's will is worth the while.what scares me about death is "not dying in a state of grace".that is why as christians we should struggle.it doesnt matter how many times we fail,what matters most is our ability to stand firm again.giving up everything for the sake of love,mortifying ourselves in little things,being able to say no to our selfish desires.we should also learn to deny our body so many things and concentrating on our soul"feeding it with the holy Eucharist,spiritual reading etc. Cos is the soul that lives till eternity.we can also offer prayers through our daily work and relation with other people.offer them for love.God bles I converted on easter vigil.i was an anglican by birth.my parents dont know yet not as if they would mind. Being an anglican, i miss service a lot but now converted i have changed because there is something different within me.imagine before when someone talks to you about death you shout God forbid.but now i understand that someday we will all die and living in accordance to God’s will is worth the while.what scares me about death is “not dying in a state of grace”.that is why as christians we should struggle.it doesnt matter how many times we fail,what matters most is our ability to stand firm again.giving up everything for the sake of love,mortifying ourselves in little things,being able to say no to our selfish desires.we should also learn to deny our body so many things and concentrating on our soul”feeding it with the holy Eucharist,spiritual reading etc. Cos is the soul that lives till eternity.we can also offer prayers through our daily work and relation with other people.offer them for love.God bles

]]> By: Barbara Edsall http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/#comment-272 Barbara Edsall Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:36:18 +0000 http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/#comment-272 Grace and peace to you! I enjoyed your observations and have experienced some of them. I attended Protestant, Jesus-movement type churches for 27 years, while having an increasing "pull" toward the Catholic Church since the early 1990s. Most recently I attended a Calvary Chapel for over 4 years, with my husband. I have not experienced too much Protestant resistance (yet?) from friends to my plan to become a Catholic. My husband has been utterly kind and supportive, though he doesn't plan to leave Calvary, and I think he has set the tone for other people's reactions. I am from a secular Jewish family and may have experienced enough rejection, for becoming a Christian, including being disinherited, that perhaps the Lord has prepared me this way to meet what there is to meet. Part of what put me "over the top" to make this move was purchasing and devouring a little book by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta entitled "Jesus Is My All In All." This book was so spiritually penetrating that it lit a fire under me and I had to be in the Catholic Church. One thing she emphasizes is not to expect God to consult us about what He is going to do with us. I almost have to laugh as I consider that He certainly didn't consult me about becoming a Catholic. I couldn't stay away! Rationally one might say I had a choice, but I didn't! This has become one of the great lessons of my life. I am almost 60 years old and am overjoyed at the prospect of spending the rest of my life as a Catholic. Please pray for me; both my husband and I must have our prior marriages annulled, and this could take some time. If you ever publish my story, call it "Not Consulted." Grace and peace to you! I enjoyed your observations and have experienced some of them. I attended Protestant, Jesus-movement type churches for 27 years, while having an increasing “pull” toward the Catholic Church since the early 1990s. Most recently I attended a Calvary Chapel for over 4 years, with my husband. I have not experienced too much Protestant resistance (yet?) from friends to my plan to become a Catholic. My husband has been utterly kind and supportive, though he doesn’t plan to leave Calvary, and I think he has set the tone for other people’s reactions. I am from a secular Jewish family and may have experienced enough rejection, for becoming a Christian, including being disinherited, that perhaps the Lord has prepared me this way to meet what there is to meet.

Part of what put me “over the top” to make this move was purchasing and devouring a little book by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta entitled “Jesus Is My All In All.” This book was so spiritually penetrating that it lit a fire under me and I had to be in the Catholic Church. One thing she emphasizes is not to expect God to consult us about what He is going to do with us. I almost have to laugh as I consider that He certainly didn’t consult me about becoming a Catholic. I couldn’t stay away! Rationally one might say I had a choice, but I didn’t! This has become one of the great lessons of my life. I am almost 60 years old and am overjoyed at the prospect of spending the rest of my life as a Catholic. Please pray for me; both my husband and I must have our prior marriages annulled, and this could take some time. If you ever publish my story, call it “Not Consulted.”

]]> By: sarah sawyer http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/#comment-158 sarah sawyer Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:24:34 +0000 http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/#comment-158 I ask why is this move necessary? It is difficult for me to leave the Protestant denominational world where all my family abides. However, I know that the Lord Jesus is leading me, and will lead me all the way home. Still I tremble, walking by faith and faith alone, but, thank God, accompanied and encouraged by those who have gone before me. I have been blessed with a protestant beginning where I was taught to love the Holy Scriptures and to desire a heartfelt and intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus. In moving forward, I carry with me a deep love for the Sacredness of God's Word. My emotions have been touched, my heart has been touched, and now my intellect is being touched. I feel that I have moved spiritually from childhood, to teenhood, to young adulthood,into senior adulthood, and now on to full maturity by embracing the Fullness of the Christian Faith. Until now, I never knew that the Pope was my Papa, and Mary, the Mother of our Lord, was my mother, too. May God bless all those who are traveling with me on this Road to Spiritual fulfillment. I ask why is this move necessary? It is difficult for me to leave the Protestant denominational world
where all my family abides. However, I know that the Lord Jesus is leading me, and will lead me all the way home. Still I tremble, walking by faith and faith alone, but, thank God, accompanied and encouraged by those who have gone before me. I have been blessed with a protestant beginning where I was taught to
love the Holy Scriptures and to desire a heartfelt
and intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus. In
moving forward, I carry with me a deep love for the Sacredness of God’s Word. My emotions have been
touched, my heart has been touched, and now my
intellect is being touched. I feel that I have moved
spiritually from childhood, to teenhood, to young
adulthood,into senior adulthood, and now on to full
maturity by embracing the Fullness of the Christian Faith. Until now, I never knew that the Pope was my Papa, and Mary, the Mother of our Lord, was my mother, too. May God bless all those who are
traveling with me on this Road to Spiritual fulfillment.

]]> By: SophiaAM http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/#comment-143 SophiaAM Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:59:24 +0000 http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/#comment-143 I wonder if its easier for protestants than non-Christians to convert. As a non-Christian its something I have been thinking about, but it seems so impulsive and I don't even really understand all this denomination stuff. I wonder if its easier for protestants than non-Christians to convert. As a non-Christian its something I have been thinking about, but it seems so impulsive and I don’t even really understand all this denomination stuff.

]]> By: Cow Bike Rider http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/#comment-9 Cow Bike Rider Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:55:46 +0000 http://home2rome.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/the-challenges-of-conversion/#comment-9 Great Post! Great Post!

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