Began to pray Rosary, interesting experience

[Zeldarocks2]

I’m a non-catholic who is looking to come into the church, I started spontaneously praying the rosary a few nights ago, when I left my atheism behind by faith; I have been praying for faith to believe in God and the Catholic Church; I am regaining said faith. What’s interesting is that, since beginning with the rosary, I have began to lose touch with my earthly ambitions; what do I make of this and how do I proceed? It’s quite alarming due to my beginning to lose interest in my long term goals of.money and a sucessful career. How do I move forward?

 

[acadiANNA]

Continue to read Catholic material and prayers, especially the Holy Rosary. God bless you on your journey of faith.

 

[WaitingForJesus]

Keep praying! Make an appointment to speak to a priest at the nearest parish. You could start the Rite of Christian Initiation Course (RCIA) this fall if you want to find out more about the Catholic faith. In the meantime, you should try to attend mass and begin reading the Bible as well. God bless you!

 

[PrayRosary]

 

[ChrisRedfield47]

I’m a non-catholic who is looking to come into the church, I started spontaneously praying the rosary a few nights ago, when I left my atheism behind by faith; I have been praying for faith to believe in God and the Catholic Church; I am regaining said faith. What’s interesting is that, since beginning with the rosary, I have began to lose touch with my earthly ambitions; what do I make of this and how do I proceed? It’s quite alarming due to my beginning to lose interest in my long term goals of.money and a sucessful career. How do I move forward?

Keep Praying! See below:
youtube.com/watch?v=DksaSqloTa0

 

[Julia_Mae]

I’m a non-catholic who is looking to come into the church, I started spontaneously praying the rosary a few nights ago, when I left my atheism behind by faith; I have been praying for faith to believe in God and the Catholic Church; I am regaining said faith. What’s interesting is that, since beginning with the rosary, I have began to lose touch with my earthly ambitions; what do I make of this and how do I proceed? It’s quite alarming due to my beginning to lose interest in my long term goals of.money and a sucessful career. How do I move forward?

In faith toward what God has in Mind for your life, which is going to be WAY better than anything you could dream of. Let go. Let God.

 

[Domiy]

I’m a non-catholic who is looking to come into the church, I started spontaneously praying the rosary a few nights ago, when I left my atheism behind by faith; I have been praying for faith to believe in God and the Catholic Church; I am regaining said faith. What’s interesting is that, since beginning with the rosary, I have began to lose touch with my earthly ambitions; what do I make of this and how do I proceed? It’s quite alarming due to my beginning to lose interest in my long term goals of.money and a sucessful career. How do I move forward?

What you are experiencing is just a taste of God’s mercy and wonder. More so, it’s a calling back to Him! He definitely has some huge plans for you, like He does for all of us.

On your road to being a Catholic, you will learn that the world is not to be enjoyed too luxuriously. The Bible tells us that those who live by the flesh (the physical desires of the world) are often tangled in sin and blindness. Jesus Himself tells us, that we cannot serve both God and worldly wealth. We need to clearly make God a priority. It’s amazing to hear that he has graced you enough to already feel less inclined to materialistic success. It only gets better from here. Keep praying, obviously, and read up on the faith. You can also get some good advice from your local priest and start becoming an active member of the faith.

I think it’s important to start slow, don’t rush into anything. Just listen to what God wants; surrender yourself to Him. I would start attending Mass as often as possible as well, at least once a week on Sundays, and go to Confession so you can receive Eucharist. These things are the mysterious appeal of our faith; and the way you feel when you receive them is amazing. A devotion to God, and the Eucharist, helped me in healing my depression. Welcome to God’s Church, I will pray that you can come even closer to God.

Cheers!

 

[MJCamp]

Ive been Catholic all my life. However, I fell away from the Church since I was in college. It was all for selfish reasons now looking back. Within the last few months I felt the need to get back in the Church. I thought I needed to do it for my children and my marriage. Never did I expect what was about to come. Back to a few weeks ago, I decided I was really gonna try this time so I began to pray the Rosary every day and other Catholic prayers. I mean really praying them the best I knew how. My thirst for God and prayer seemed to be increasing. Then a few days ago while I was getting ready to go to work I had my TV on EWTN and heard this beautiful song/prayer that was stuck in my head. After more research later that day I figured out the song I was hearing was actually the Rosary of Divine Mercy. After some reading on it’s history and an hour or so of prayer, i decided to pray this prayer because I surely need the Mercy it promises. So i prayed through the whole prayer, sometimes fumbling on the new words. After my sign of cross I felt good about what I had accomplished. Then HE came!!! It was the most powerful experience I have ever had!!! The fire in my chest and exilerating feeling was overwhelming. I finally connected with His Holiness. Prayer will never be the same for me. I realize how wonderful God is and I crave more. What a powerful prayer! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALMIGHTY FATHER

 

[ProdglArchitect]

I’m a non-catholic who is looking to come into the church, I started spontaneously praying the rosary a few nights ago, when I left my atheism behind by faith; I have been praying for faith to believe in God and the Catholic Church; I am regaining said faith. What’s interesting is that, since beginning with the rosary, I have began to lose touch with my earthly ambitions; what do I make of this and how do I proceed? It’s quite alarming due to my beginning to lose interest in my long term goals of.money and a sucessful career. How do I move forward?

Congratulations. The rosary is an excellent way to rebuild faith, because every prayer is essentially a request for prayers from -the- woman of faith! Keep praying it, it will continue to do wonders for your spirituality. I just returned to the church after a few years of absence, and just recently started praying the rosary regularly; I can attest to what you’re talking about. Things of the earth are very rapidly losing their importance (although I’ll admit, I still love my video games >_> )

 

[Chantal25]

You are on the right path. I resonate with you to meet a priest and he cans guide you. Jesus said to saint Faustina that he speaks through the priest. When i am at lost, i go to confession and the priest always guide me perfectly.

We cannot serve two masters, clearly Mother Mary is protecting you regarding your ambition and you are receiving graces. Anyway, that you can start reading the bible (New testament).

Don’t worry, it is wonderful that you have no interest to serve money now. Money/power is such a curse.

Blessings to you and love!

 

[Lightfromdark]

I’m a non-catholic who is looking to come into the church, I started spontaneously praying the rosary a few nights ago, when I left my atheism behind by faith; I have been praying for faith to believe in God and the Catholic Church; I am regaining said faith. What’s interesting is that, since beginning with the rosary, I have began to lose touch with my earthly ambitions; what do I make of this and how do I proceed? It’s quite alarming due to my beginning to lose interest in my long term goals of.money and a sucessful career. How do I move forward?

When you were a baby did you have those ambitions, no. You ‘moved on’ from where you were to those ambitions, so you can ‘move on’ after them, they were not always there, but God has been.

**In fact coming back to God is more a process of remembering, remembering God and remembering yourself.
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Your priorities are shifting, that is natural, you might feel you are ‘losing’ some things from your life but what you are gaining is far far greater than anything you can buy or show off to your friends. The sense of ‘losing’ is simply a natural psychological adjustment, the problem is some people get a knee jerk reaction to the feeling they are ‘losing’ something by clinging onto it, even if it is bad for them, but just let go and trust, it is a process of learning to trust, trust yourself, trust God, trust. Focus on trust then faith will follow.

Find new ambitions, there is no reason why you can’t have a purpose in life and your faith, in fact your faith will inspire it if you let it. But for now you need to focus on your inner self and relationship with God and let God guide you in the rest of what you need to do.

On a practical note, you obviously need money to buy food and provide a home for yourself but you need much less than you think, downsize your life, focus on what is REALLY important and do the minimum to keep the rest ticking over. Make time for your relationship with God like you would for any relationship, and it’s the most important relationship you’re ever going to have! If you were getting married or having children you have to shift away from career and make more time and energy for them, so why not for this?

Don’t fear the change, at times you may feel a sudden panic and think you should give up (I have seen this in many people who come to God at first) but HOLD ON, you are going through change and great change at that, take your time, there is no panic, be with God and God will be with you. Keep your Rosary close.

 

[MJCamp]

Thankyou lightfromdark. I needed that

 

[jesuspsr]

I’m a non-catholic who is looking to come into the church, I started spontaneously praying the rosary a few nights ago, when I left my atheism behind by faith; I have been praying for faith to believe in God and the Catholic Church; I am regaining said faith. What’s interesting is that, since beginning with the rosary, I have began to lose touch with my earthly ambitions; what do I make of this and how do I proceed? It’s quite alarming due to my beginning to lose interest in my long term goals of.money and a sucessful career. How do I move forward?

 

[PeterCampbell]

This is not a shock at all! The closer we get to God, the more redundant worldly possesions become, if anyone can give their whole life to God forgetting completely about what THEY want and putting all security in Christ they will find peace!

 

[Lightfromdark]

Thankyou lightfromdark. I needed that

You’re welcome.

 

[Lightfromdark]

Ive been Catholic all my life. However, I fell away from the Church since I was in college. It was all for selfish reasons now looking back. Within the last few months I felt the need to get back in the Church. I thought I needed to do it for my children and my marriage. Never did I expect what was about to come. Back to a few weeks ago, I decided I was really gonna try this time so I began to pray the Rosary every day and other Catholic prayers. I mean really praying them the best I knew how. My thirst for God and prayer seemed to be increasing. Then a few days ago while I was getting ready to go to work I had my TV on EWTN and heard this beautiful song/prayer that was stuck in my head. After more research later that day I figured out the song I was hearing was actually the Rosary of Divine Mercy. After some reading on it’s history and an hour or so of prayer, i decided to pray this prayer because I surely need the Mercy it promises. So i prayed through the whole prayer, sometimes fumbling on the new words. After my sign of cross I felt good about what I had accomplished. Then HE came!!! It was the most powerful experience I have ever had!!! The fire in my chest and exilerating feeling was overwhelming. I finally connected with His Holiness. Prayer will never be the same for me. I realize how wonderful God is and I crave more. What a powerful prayer! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALMIGHTY FATHER

That is truly beautiful.

 

[Lightfromdark]

This is not a shock at all! The closer we get to God, the more redundant worldly possesions become, if anyone can give their whole life to God forgetting completely about what THEY want and putting all security in Christ they will find peace!

True, and if only more people would realise that.

 

[ffg]

I’m a non-catholic who is looking to come into the church, I started spontaneously praying the rosary a few nights ago, when I left my atheism behind by faith; I have been praying for faith to believe in God and the Catholic Church; I am regaining said faith. What’s interesting is that, since beginning with the rosary, I have began to lose touch with my earthly ambitions; what do I make of this and how do I proceed? It’s quite alarming due to my beginning to lose interest in my long term goals of.money and a sucessful career. How do I move forward?

That is great faith keep building that relationship with Jesus. His Mother is a great way to get to know Him.

With regard to the worldly things behind, you’ll still have to live in the world, though you don’t want to be of the world any longer. Money isn’t evil, it’s the LOVE of money.

You might want to talk to a priest. I threw out a ton of CD’s once because I had this big, ‘I don’t want this material stuff any longer’ surely some of the stuff was probably not good music, but now I find myself buying some of the stuff again.

It’s not a ‘bad’ to have things, including a good career, but it’s a ‘great’ to have better perspective.

Welcome to CAF!

 

[carmichael2359]

It is amazing, is it not, how we can experience the ecstasy of God’s mercy, then fall back into our old ways? That’s just Satan clouding your right judgment. He will do that more and more as you come closer to Jesus’ salvation. Satan HATES Mary and the rosary, because they are vehicles that lead to Jesus. He didn’t bother you as long as you were not seeking salvation and righteousness, because he had you already. Now that you being to Christ, he’s going to make it hard for you, and try to lead you back to himself. Don’t be discouraged by this; quite the opposite, in fact, be cheered because he wouldn’t bother with you if you weren’t worth the battle. Satan gets more “points” for ensnaring a saved soul. So when the ennui starts, and it will, say a simple prayer for Divine help, and you’ll have the strength to continue on your faith journey. I also suggest you get material on what meditations go with each mystery of the rosary. Each has a spiritual “fruit.” Blessings and peace to you.

 

[jesuspsr]

It is amazing, is it not, how we can experience the ecstasy of God’s mercy, then fall back into our old ways? That’s just Satan clouding your right judgment. He will do that more and more as you come closer to Jesus’ salvation. Satan HATES Mary and the rosary, because they are vehicles that lead to Jesus. He didn’t bother you as long as you were not seeking salvation and righteousness, because he had you already. Now that you being to Christ, he’s going to make it hard for you, and try to lead you back to himself. Don’t be discouraged by this; quite the opposite, in fact, be cheered because he wouldn’t bother with you if you weren’t worth the battle. Satan gets more “points” for ensnaring a saved soul. So when the ennui starts, and it will, say a simple prayer for Divine help, and you’ll have the strength to continue on your faith journey. I also suggest you get material on what meditations go with each mystery of the rosary. Each has a spiritual “fruit.” Blessings and peace to you.

Agree:thumbsup: