"Catholics Returning Home"

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Please pray for us as we begin tonight, a six week series for "Catholics Returning Home". We have been inviting our parishioners to seek out those Catholics among family and friends who may have become inactive in the practice of their faith, for whatever reason, and invite them to come "home" to the Father's Table.

Please pray for those who may be wavering about their return as well as those who come to this first meeting tonight. Please pray especially for our little team of 4 lay persons and 2 Deacons, that God's Light and Love may shine through us and enfold all our brothers and sisters tonight and during these 6 weeks. Thanks very much.
 
Praying.

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I am especially thinking of my in-laws and husband.
 
Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kindgom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliever us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
 
Praying for you all. This a wonderful thing that is being done and I hope more parishes undertake this. I “came home” in 2009 and what a blessing it has been. The sacrements mean so much more to me now and the peace I receive is so amazing. I pray you reach many people who are catholics and pray that people who aren’t catholic come also. Good Luck.👍
 
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Praying.

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I am especially thinking of my in-laws and husband.
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Dear SurlyMermaid,

Thanks so much for your prayers – and mine are for you too, especially your in-laws and your husband. Let us trust in the Good God who loves them more than we do. 🙂
 
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Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kindgom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliever us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
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Dear Friend,

Thank you so much for those beautiful prayers. I plan to open our meeting tonight with the Our Father - the Perfect Prayer taught to us by Jesus; and to end the meeting with the Hail Mary and the Glory be. Mary is our human example of one who praised the Trinity perfectly. She is all that the Church is called to be.
 
leslie1201 said:
Praying for you all. This a wonderful thing that is being done and I hope more parishes undertake this. I “came home” in 2009 and what a blessing it has been. The sacraments mean so much more to me now and the peace I receive is so amazing. I pray you reach many people who are catholics and pray that people who aren’t catholic come also. Good Luck.👍
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Praying.
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Dear Leslie and Rocket,

Thank you both for your prayers. Please keep those prayers coming. We are hoping that these meetings will be a help for all those who may need help in returning to the practice of their faith. I am so mindful of the Lord’s telling the story of the “Prodigal Son” and how the Father was looking for him, and seeing his son, the Father ran to meet him and embraced him. How the Father longs to embrace all his sons and daughters who need to come “home” to Him!

If your parish doesn’t have a program or any effort being made to seek out those who are missing, why not talk to your pastor about starting something? You might at least ask if your parish bulletin could publish this helpful website: www.catholicscominghome.org
 
Praying for the success of this excellent program. May our Lord fill your hearts with his love and help your participants to know and love Him more deeply. May you and the other instructors be on fire with the Holy Spirit and be instrumental in converting the hearts of those good souls who are seeking the Lord. Amen.
 
Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
 
MariaChristi said:
Dear Friend,

Thank you so much for those beautiful prayers. I plan to open our meeting tonight with the Our Father - the Perfect Prayer taught to us by Jesus; and to end the meeting with the Hail Mary and the Glory be. Mary is our human example of one who praised the Trinity perfectly. She is all that the Church is called to be.
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Greetings MariaChristi,

I am pleased to pray for intentions. I pray that your meeting last night was a blessing to all involved. Please let us know how things went.

God Bless.
Anathama Sit
 
Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kindgom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliever us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
 
ready said:
Praying for the success of this excellent program. May our Lord fill your hearts with his love and help your participants to know and love Him more deeply. May you and the other instructors be on fire with the Holy Spirit and be instrumental in converting the hearts of those good souls who are seeking the Lord. Amen.
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Dear Ready,

Thanks so much for your prayers. We met for the first time last night and I believe we were all blessed. Please keep those prayers coming! 🙂
 
Anathama_Sit said:
Greetings MariaChristi,

I am pleased to pray for intentions. I pray that your meeting last night was a blessing to all involved. Please let us know how things went.

God Bless.
Anathama Sit
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Dear Friend,

Thanks so much for your prayers. Please keep them coming. We had 6 persons come to our meeting last night, and I believe that the Lord blessed all of us. I believe that the angels rejoiced as well

We (the “welcoming team” as we call ourselves) tried to help in this first meeting to reassure these persons that they have been missed! As each one is a unique and unrepeatable person, their gifts are likewise unique and unrepeatable. When they are missing the whole Church suffers from the lack. We shared with them portions of 1 Cor 11; 13 and 14, and also Ephesians 4: 11-16. We shared also from Lumen Genium to reassure all of them from Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium of the Church that every child of God is important.

We also shared some testimonies from members of the team who have left the Church and returned, so they might find some reassurance that we could relate to their stories. Over the next 5 weeks we will offer them opportunities to share more about their stories, if they wish, but with no pressure to do so if they do not. We gave an overview of the series and also some brief directives on Confession, divorce and annulments which we will go into with more detail later.

The 1 1/2 hours we planned went very quickly, but I am trusting in the Lord that what He desires was accomplished and I leave all in His Hands, through Mary. I need to call one person who said she was coming and did not attend last night. I hope she will join us next week – as well as the 6 from last night and any thoers wh are hearing the Lord calling them to “come home”. Thanks again for your prayers, and again, please keep them coming! 🙂
 
MariaChristi said:
Dear Friend,

Thanks so much for your prayers. Please keep them coming. We had 6 persons come to our meeting last night, and I believe that the Lord blessed all of us. I believe that the angels rejoiced as well

We (the “welcoming team” as we call ourselves) tried to help in this first meeting to reassure these persons that they have been missed! As each one is a unique and unrepeatable person, their gifts are likewise unique and unrepeatable. When they are missing the whole Church suffers from the lack. We shared with them portions of 1 Cor 11; 13 and 14, and also Ephesians 4: 11-16. We shared also from Lumen Genium to reassure all of them from Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium of the Church that every child of God is important.

We also shared some testimonies from members of the team who have left the Church and returned, so they might find some reassurance that we could relate to their stories. Over the next 5 weeks we will offer them opportunities to share more about their stories, if they wish, but with no pressure to do so if they do not. We gave an overview of the series and also some brief directives on Confession, divorce and annulments which we will go into with more detail later.

The 1 1/2 hours we planned went very quickly, but I am trusting in the Lord that what He desires was accomplished and I leave all in His Hands, through Mary. I need to call one person who said she was coming and did not attend last night. I hope she will join us next week – as well as the 6 from last night and any thoers wh are hearing the Lord calling them to “come home”. Thanks again for your prayers, and again, please keep them coming! 🙂
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Greetings MariaChristi,

That is good news. I will certainly by the grace of God keep the prayers coming. I will also pray for the six who are there and for the one who did not show up.

God Bless.
Anathama Sit
 
Anathama_Sit said:
Greetings MariaChristi,

That is good news. I will certainly by the grace of God keep the prayers coming. I will also pray for the six who are there and for the one who did not show up.

God Bless.
Anathama Sit
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Dear Friend,

Prayer is wonderful. I called the one “lamb” who was missing. She had fallen in the shower just before the meeting and bruised her arm. She was going to the doctor today but was hoping to be at our meeting for Session # 2 - next Tuesday night. We also heard from two of those who were there that the meeting was very helpful. Praise the Lord for His Merciful Love.

Gratefully,
MariaChristi
 
MariaChristi said:
Dear Friend,

Prayer is wonderful. I called the one “lamb” who was missing. She had fallen in the shower just before the meeting and bruised her arm. She was going to the doctor today but was hoping to be at our meeting for Session # 2 - next Tuesday night. We also heard from two of those who were there that the meeting was very helpful. Praise the Lord for His Merciful Love.

Gratefully,
MariaChristi
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Greetings MariaChristi,

How wonderful that she is going to be at the second meeting. Glad to hear that she is doing well, sorry to hear about her arm.

I believe this ministry is a helpful one. Look at the fruits it is already reaping.

God Bless.
Anathama Sit
 
Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kindgom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliever us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
 
Anathama_Sit said:
Greetings MariaChristi,

How wonderful that she is going to be at the second meeting. Glad to hear that she is doing well, sorry to hear about her arm.

I believe this ministry is a helpful one. Look at the fruits it is already reaping.

God Bless.
Anathama Sit
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Dear Friend,

Again, thanks for praying the “Perfect Prayer”, the Our Father. I am convinced that this first meeting went so well because of the power of prayer! I am grateful to you and to all who prayed for us, and I ask you, and all others, to keep those prayers coming. Although 7 is a lovely number of persons, there are so many more who need to come home!

Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for us.
Jesus, we trust in You!
St. Joseph Guardian of the Church , pray for us.
 
Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kindgom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliever us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen.
 
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