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Joseph23
Guest
Brethren in Christ, I am very glad to share my spiritual journey with the Church, which a lot of people found very inspiring. Hoping to inspire or maybe change someone’s life, or be an instrument to close the gap between those who are distant from the Church, and bring them back to Her. My name is Joseph, I was born to a non-Catholic family, a Muslim family, answered Jesus’s call (many calls), and decided to accept Salvation through the Church (His Bride; the One and Only Church). On the day of my Baptism and Confirmation (Easter Vigil/ Easter Sunday 2017), I had that new feeling that I had never had before; which is the feeling of holiness! I felt like my heart had changed and become a white and tidy piece of cloth, that I always want to keep clean, by avoiding sin and by doing good, and being closer than ever to God. A while later, I started to question myself; is this feeling real or it is just because it is a new beginning and it is more of enthusiasm rather than real devotion?
Today, after one year of my Baptism, I can only tell you that day after day my devotion has been increasing, my faith has become firmer, my works have become harder, and my desire to maintaining holiness and maintaining the whiteness and tidiness of this piece of cloth has doubled, or maybe tripled; my eagerness to receive the Eucharist has never gone down; it is going up day after day, I cannot wait for Sundays to attend the Mass. I cannot wait to open my Holy Bible, my prayer books, my YOUCAT, and pray the Rosary, which I call: “My Weapons of Mass Construction” and this feeling is only getting stronger and more intense. The conclusion that I have reached is that becoming a Catholic is becoming a new-born baby, and living as Catholic is continuing to live as a baby; Being a Catholic is being pure, white and clean as a baby, filled and guided by the Holy Spirit. I am a new creation, a new lamb in the flock of my Lord and my Redeemer; I have never been this person before, never been a devout person my entire life; It is the Holy Spirit that is working in me and through me; He is the one who is working on maintaining my “Baby-ness”
In the Church, I found my spiritual and moral haven; I found the purest form of Love, that our Lord showed us on the Cross, I found Salvation…I found the real meaning of God, of prayer, of Holiness, of goodness, of intimacy, of Charity, of moral perfection, and most importantly of who we are and the purpose of our existence…that is why I am closer than ever to God, because I, now, know Him…and by knowing God, I know that I will live the way He wants me to live; in His image; whole and holy.
I wanted to share this in order to encourage my brethren in Christ and give them a hint:
“just let the Holy Spirit take the wheel and steer, receive the Holy Communion as often as you can (make it literally; your daily bread), go to Confession as often as you can, combat Satan’s temptations by intense prayers, communicate with God through Prayer and through reading the Holy Scripture, pray the Rosary and go to Adoration as often as you can, and take Saints as your role models, and you will be forever babies; pure, clean, whole, and holy”
Today, after one year of my Baptism, I can only tell you that day after day my devotion has been increasing, my faith has become firmer, my works have become harder, and my desire to maintaining holiness and maintaining the whiteness and tidiness of this piece of cloth has doubled, or maybe tripled; my eagerness to receive the Eucharist has never gone down; it is going up day after day, I cannot wait for Sundays to attend the Mass. I cannot wait to open my Holy Bible, my prayer books, my YOUCAT, and pray the Rosary, which I call: “My Weapons of Mass Construction” and this feeling is only getting stronger and more intense. The conclusion that I have reached is that becoming a Catholic is becoming a new-born baby, and living as Catholic is continuing to live as a baby; Being a Catholic is being pure, white and clean as a baby, filled and guided by the Holy Spirit. I am a new creation, a new lamb in the flock of my Lord and my Redeemer; I have never been this person before, never been a devout person my entire life; It is the Holy Spirit that is working in me and through me; He is the one who is working on maintaining my “Baby-ness”
In the Church, I found my spiritual and moral haven; I found the purest form of Love, that our Lord showed us on the Cross, I found Salvation…I found the real meaning of God, of prayer, of Holiness, of goodness, of intimacy, of Charity, of moral perfection, and most importantly of who we are and the purpose of our existence…that is why I am closer than ever to God, because I, now, know Him…and by knowing God, I know that I will live the way He wants me to live; in His image; whole and holy.
I wanted to share this in order to encourage my brethren in Christ and give them a hint:
“just let the Holy Spirit take the wheel and steer, receive the Holy Communion as often as you can (make it literally; your daily bread), go to Confession as often as you can, combat Satan’s temptations by intense prayers, communicate with God through Prayer and through reading the Holy Scripture, pray the Rosary and go to Adoration as often as you can, and take Saints as your role models, and you will be forever babies; pure, clean, whole, and holy”
