Great stories eh!
I am not a Catholic convert but i can relate in all the stories that were posted. For 22 years of being a Catholic it is just now that i am starting to see and understand the light and the truth about the true church. Since my baptism until 1996 i grew up knowing GOD through the Catholic Church, but only the basics like GOD is the creator etc etc. On December of 1996, my life changed when i join the Youth For Christ. I started to have a personal relationship to GOD. It is the happiest moment of my life. But then after six years different thoughts came into my mind especially about the catholic church, especially when scandals in the church erupted. I started to doubt the catholic church. Until i totally doubted the priests, the bishops, luckily not the Pope. My doubts in the church doubled when i started listening to the teachings of Iglesia ni Cristo on TV. Lots of questions raised into my minds. I even doubted the divinity of Jesus Christ. I Doubted the saints and Mother Mary. I doubted everything about the Catholic Church. It was the darkest days of my life.
Until one day my parents asked me to join them to attend mass. And thanks GOD that EWTN came into my life. EWTN bring back my faith to the whole catholic church and to GOD. EWTN started to renew my catholic life. My faith became much stonger when Pope JPII died. It was a very sad day for me but now i realised that the death of JPII became the eye opener for me. As i watched everything about the death of JPII i realised the truth about the Catholic church. It was amazing experience, eventhough it was only on TV.
JPII renewed my view on the Church and i know that there are lots of people out there who were changed by the great pope.
Now i am starting to read the CCC, i am attending the Holy mass every sunday and praying everyday, and continuing to understand more about the Catholic church.
Praise God for everything that He has done for me. Thanks to mama Mary who is always praying for me and thanks to St Francis of assisi for always being my model of Humility and Love.
I think this is rubbish for you lot but for me this is the best experience that i had.