Catholics Converting to Non Denominational

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redbaron162 said:
Non-denomination church services are specifically designed to elicit an emotional reaction through the music and sermon. On the other side the Mass is designed to foster a willful response. The difference is that while emotions can fade quit quickly and force of will is your most deep set conviction. I can feel happy at a church service but that doesn’t mean I am truly fulfilled. Only Jesus can truly fulfill us and he is physically present at each Catholic Mass.
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Yes! The non denom service did illicit an emotional response from me by their music and sermon. I don’t feel that at Mass anymore, though I once did.
The thing is, one of my first thoughts after the ND service concluded was “Is that it? What do we do for the rest of the week?”
The Catholic Church has ways to practice the faith all week long. The rosary, Adoration, ability to enter the Church and pray before the Tabernacle and more.
 
tonyh12 said:
the local non denom church here has an elder who is anti catholic, few of my catholic family go there sadly, one calls us cannibals but has many strange views, so not surprising she is in an anti catholic environment.
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The pastor I’ve been talking to is a former Catholic and I was pleasantly surprised at how respectful he was toward Catholicism. Then again, I barely know him. Maybe if I knew him well I’d find out that he considers Catholics cannibals, too. Or if not him, maybe some other leaders of their church believe that. It seems like a lot of non Catholics do.
 
The RCC also charges itself with the care of souls, which includes the amelioration of suffering, be it physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual. Psychologists, for example, are not medical doctors.

I think the sanctuary of a church or synagogue should be reserved for prayer and worship, not for musical practice (right before a service), playtime, child rearing, eating, texting, talking, socializing, etc. That is an affront to G-d.
 
ConstantLearner said:
The RCC also charges itself with the care of souls
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Care, not cure.
I was replying to a post which I interpreted to imply that the “right” religion would have prevented or cured the believer’s mental issues. (Of course, I may have interpreted the post wrongly, also 🙂)

I think I get what you’re driving at, and yes, it’s good for contemplation to not have constant noise and commotion in the worship space.
 
vsedriver said:
if medical science couldn’t help how did you think the Church could help? For that matter, how can a non-denominational church help? Does music and feel good sermons ease your condition? What happens if you do attend this church and then nothing changes? Won’t you be right back where you started?
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I guess I just am desperate to have peace and thought that a closer relationship with Jesus, Mary and St. Dymphna, along with words of wisdom from Monsignor would help me.
 
No one, not even the most brilliant physician, can guarantee a cure. It’s nice to have someone in the faith community to lean on when one feels upset, etc.

Every Catholic church I’ve ever seen has rooms for noisy children, rooms for socialization, etc. Goodness knows, probably no one socializes more after a service than the people in my faith, but in the sanctuary, we must be quiet. You can ask your neighbor a page number or something small, but no chit-chat. No screaming babies, no little kids running around.
 
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Just to clarify, The elder wasn’t saying we are cannibals it was a catholic relation who now goes to his church. I don’t know what the elder thinks specifically about the Eucharist but he himself sometimes for instance posts on fb anti catholic things such as videos by Ray comfort (an ‘ex catholic’ himself has in the past called Catholics non Christian).
 
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I know my relation is also in to paganism, she’s always in my prayers, and I’ve tried talking sense (to both the elder and my relation)
 
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All Msgr. said was to replace the thoughts (obsessions) with another thought. That doesn’t work.
 
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Gingersnaps4 said:
All priests should say that we shouldn’t and don’t pray to Mary.
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vsedriver said:
you can pray to Mary.
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Right.

There are differences. One says we pray to Mary, another says no.
One says capital punishment may be justified, another says no.
One says the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father, another says the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.
One says it was justified to drop the A Bomb, another says no.
 
Your post reminded me of the last Presidential election. Shortly before the election one of our priests (he’s gone now and pastoring another parish but I still email him occasionally with questions) gave a homily entirely about the upcoming election and without naming Hillary or Trump specifically, he implied that if we voted for Hillary “Democrat”, that we might go to hell.
 
Also, since I’ve decided to stay put, I want some recommendations for a soft cover Catholic Study Bible that’s written in modern English, if there is such a thing.
I used to have a Protestant Bible, forget which one, but it had a lot of extras to read. Commentary etc. Is there a Catholic Bible that has a lot of commentary and extra stuff to read?
 
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dronald said:
No one talks to people like that. It’s certainly more than “asking a friend.”
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not today, but you forget that is considered ‘courtly language’ and was used commonly used in the past when conversing with those we considered ‘above’ us be they saints or earthly kings and queens.

All this prayer is doing is praising Mary and asking for her intercession.
 
ConstantLearner said:
Every Catholic church I’ve ever seen has rooms for noisy children
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our church doesn’t have a room for noisy children. it’s a 150 year old building. And I support that we should suffer to let the little children come to Christ.
 
We have a cry room but among those who don’t use it, I’ve noticed lately that people have been taking their kids out if they get too loud.
The older folks, well, nobody takes them out. But again lately, they haven’t been quite as loud and NO WHERE NEAR as loud as they were at one parish I’d visited.
 
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