Any converts from Eastern Orthodoxy?

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josie_L said:
No, I think you’re stretching it to mean what you want it to mean, i.e., if she didn’t honestly care about her Catholic faith, then why isn’t she the one converting?
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Josie, if she honestly cared about her Catholic Faith, then why does she actively choose Not to practice it?
 
1Tim215Mommy said:
The Facebook friend I mentioned who was raised Orthodox, but never practiced that Faith who later converted to the Catholic Church - he’s completely isolated himself from all of his family by moving to another State and he says he still struggles with Lust every moment and he does not have a Spiritual Father to help guide him from the Passion of Lust to a life of purity as he would have had if he’d turned back to the Orthodox Faith after leading a life abandoned to the slavery of sin.
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You can have a spiritual father in the Catholic Church, too, however, he needs to find one. Sad to hear however that he’s isolated himself from his family. Has he ever read the “Theology of the Body” by Pope John Paul II. This could be helpful. I think that there are other books which could be helpful in understanding porn/sex addiction and how to release oneself from such addictions through faith: one of them is: “The Pornography Addiction: A Catholic Response”.

p.s. My prayers are with him. God bless!
 
1Tim215Mommy said:
Josie, if she honestly cared about her Catholic Faith, then why does she actively choose Not to practice it?
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I never said she was practicing her faith perfectly, but I did not got the impression that DCointin said “she doesn’t care” about her faith.
 
josie_L said:
You can have a spiritual father in the Catholic Church, too, however, he needs to find one. Sad to hear however that he’s isolated himself from his family. Has he ever read the “Theology of the Body” by Pope John Paul II. This could be helpful. I think that there are other books which could be helpful in understanding porn/sex addiction and how to release oneself from such addictions through faith: one of them is: “The Pornography Addiction: A Catholic Response”.

p.s. My prayers are with him. God bless!
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Wonderful! He can use all the prayers 🙂 Yes, he’s never found a spiritual father in the Catholic Church, but because it’s not the norm for a Catholic to have one he doesn’t think he needs one since he’s Catholic now. I would think he’s availed himself of Catholic materials, but I don’t know. He’s been figuring out out on his own for the last 6 yrs or so as a Catholic.
 
1Tim215Mommy said:
“She isn’t concerned about this.” - ‘This’ being that she isn’t fulfilling her Catholic obligation, one of the Precepts of the Catholic Church, not fulfilling a Holy Day of Obligation is a mortal sin for Catholics. He expressed in his post that he had expressed his concern to his wife about this & her response is she doesn’t care, “isn’t concerned”, about following the Catholic Church.
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That is, at least, how traditionalist Catholics would see it.
 
What I meant by my reply is that I would find it difficult for a couple to go to both liturgical masses from two different Apostolic churches every other Sunday.
 
1Tim215Mommy said:
Wonderful! He can use all the prayers 🙂 Yes, he’s never found a spiritual father in the Catholic Church, but because it’s not the norm for a Catholic to have one he doesn’t think he needs one since he’s Catholic now. I would think he’s availed himself of Catholic materials, but I don’t know. He’s been figuring out out on his own for the last 6 yrs or so as a Catholic.
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The problem is he’s been trying to figure it on his own.
 
Jharek, you missed my post #91 (probably because you were writing this post) explaining what I meant by my remarks. I too would attend the Divine Liturgy at an Orthodox Church if I had an Orthodox spouse on every other Sunday, but only if I attended Mass on Saturday evenings (so I can receive the blessed eucharist).
 
Isaiah45_9 said:
He is not on his own 🙂
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True, but God works through people too, and unfortunately we are not solitary beings, i.e., we need support from others (and by others I mean a spiritual father, family, good Christians/Catholics to help us . . etc.).
 
GaryTaylor said:
I respect that, but then…

Why did you “choose” to “participate” on this thread in a public arena? What was the purpose? Wait, let me guess, to let the world know YOU have doubts about Catholicism. I suggest Catholicism doesn’t seem to be the problem by your dialogue, but you disagree, and don’t want to discuss it further.

Fair enough.
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GaryTaylor,

For the peace of this forum and out of respect for Ryan Black, I strongly urge you to let it go.
 
1Tim215Mommy said:
Pray for your wife may be all you really can do. In my opinion, I don’t think it’s right to change or to consider changing your own religion because she’s not practicing one aspect of her’s. If you change let it only be out of firm conviction that the religion you’re considering is absolutely true.
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As a Catholic, I am in complete agreement with 1Tim215Mommy, an Orthodox Christian. One should only change their religion because he/she agrees with it.

Which is why I have made a firm decision to marry only a Catholic, since I believe the family to be the domestic Church, and the Church should be of one mind. But I digress, and only add these remarks in response to hers, not to derail this thread.

Back to the topic at hand: Any converts from Eastern Orthodoxy…
 
1Tim215Mommy said:
Wonderful! He can use all the prayers 🙂 Yes, he’s never found a spiritual father in the Catholic Church, but because it’s not the norm for a Catholic to have one he doesn’t think he needs one since he’s Catholic now. I would think he’s availed himself of Catholic materials, but I don’t know. He’s been figuring out out on his own for the last 6 yrs or so as a Catholic.
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I just thought of a better idea, i.e., you could put up a prayer intention for him on CAF, i.e., there are many “prayer warriors” out there who would pray for him. There are already threads dedicated to people with porn addictions, but this thread could be solely for him. It’s up to you or if you give me the permission I can post a thread for him.
 
josie_L said:
But would you do this every weekend?
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For me, personally, it wouldn’t be a problem … but I wouldn’t necessarily expect the same of each and every mixed-marriage couple. That’s, in large part, why I said:
Peter_J said:
Actually, I’ve been meaning to suggest to DCointin that he and his wife might speak with her bishop. I’m not making any guarantees, of course, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the bishop were willing to make an exception for their situation.
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angelic06 said:
Which is why I have made a firm decision to marry only a Catholic, since I believe the family to be the domestic Church, and the Church should be of one mind.
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This would be the ideal, so I agree.
 
When I replied "why would one want to go to two liturgical masses at two different Apostolic churches, I forgot to add “on the same day”, i.e., Sunday! I think there are sufficient reasons for couples with children not wanting to go to both liturgical masses on the same day, that’s what I meant by “a host of reasons”.

p.s. I wasn’t trying to state emphatically that one shouldn’t do this, I am simply saying that I can understand why one wouldn’t do this!
 
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