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I was confirmed this morning an am officially a Catholic!!!
I was so nervous and overcome with emotion and anticipation at taking the Eucharist for the first time, that I had taken my glasses off and forgot they were still in my hand when I got up there to receive the communion. Woops!! Then when the deacon said the Body of Christ, I forgot to say Amen. And I forgot to say Amen when I took the Blood of Christ. I apologized to the lady and said I’m sorry I forgot to say Amen. She just was sweet and squeezed my hand and said that’s okay. Anyway, I felt pretty bad about it, but it was still the most awesome, intimate time with Christ I have ever experienced and I’m coming from a Baptist background, then Pentecostal/Charismatic for about 8 years. I just THOUGHT I knew what being intimate with the Lord was, but now I KNOW!!! Catholics, in general, do not realize what a Great Treasure they have…The Pearl of Great Price!!! I feel so blessed that God has allowed me to partake.
I’m excited although my friends are not… They just don’t understand. When I told a Baptist friend tonight, that, oh, by the way, I joined the Catholic Church this morning, she was SOOOO disappointed and hurt. I’ve been going to Bible studies at her house and going to RCIA since last spring. I guess she thought (and probably praying fervently) that I would eventually see the error of my way and I would stop considering the Catholic Church.
Tonight she really almost lost her composure with me. She accused me of never going to enough bible studies in the past and not really studying the scripture enough on my own under the influence of previous churches!!! Like being raised in a solid Baptist home, backsliding, then coming into a very demanding pentecostal church who was very pressured about attending every “Bible” related event that could possibly take place wasn’t enough. That now, I guess I’ve been brain-washed by the mean ole Catholics… She acted like I had not given Protestantism a chance (after 33 years???). GOOD GRIEF!!!
Just thought I’d share my story… It hurts when people just act like you don’t know how to hear from God. Like she gave me a story about a friend that goes to her church now who came out of the Catholic church. This friend says that God led her out of the Catholic church. I just can’t comprehend that it could be God telling this woman to leave his Church. My friend told me she can’t understand how God would tell this woman to leave, and tell me to come into the Catholic faith. I told my friend that I can’t speak to what God was saying to someone else, that I can only say what God told me. For the first time in my life, I can say I honestly don’t believe that woman was hearing from God. It just doesn’t make sense. I would have never said someone wasn’t hearing from God before. But now I’m sure I can say that.
Anyway, I just had to vent. Thanks for listening!! (reading)
I was so nervous and overcome with emotion and anticipation at taking the Eucharist for the first time, that I had taken my glasses off and forgot they were still in my hand when I got up there to receive the communion. Woops!! Then when the deacon said the Body of Christ, I forgot to say Amen. And I forgot to say Amen when I took the Blood of Christ. I apologized to the lady and said I’m sorry I forgot to say Amen. She just was sweet and squeezed my hand and said that’s okay. Anyway, I felt pretty bad about it, but it was still the most awesome, intimate time with Christ I have ever experienced and I’m coming from a Baptist background, then Pentecostal/Charismatic for about 8 years. I just THOUGHT I knew what being intimate with the Lord was, but now I KNOW!!! Catholics, in general, do not realize what a Great Treasure they have…The Pearl of Great Price!!! I feel so blessed that God has allowed me to partake.
I’m excited although my friends are not… They just don’t understand. When I told a Baptist friend tonight, that, oh, by the way, I joined the Catholic Church this morning, she was SOOOO disappointed and hurt. I’ve been going to Bible studies at her house and going to RCIA since last spring. I guess she thought (and probably praying fervently) that I would eventually see the error of my way and I would stop considering the Catholic Church.
Tonight she really almost lost her composure with me. She accused me of never going to enough bible studies in the past and not really studying the scripture enough on my own under the influence of previous churches!!! Like being raised in a solid Baptist home, backsliding, then coming into a very demanding pentecostal church who was very pressured about attending every “Bible” related event that could possibly take place wasn’t enough. That now, I guess I’ve been brain-washed by the mean ole Catholics… She acted like I had not given Protestantism a chance (after 33 years???). GOOD GRIEF!!!
Just thought I’d share my story… It hurts when people just act like you don’t know how to hear from God. Like she gave me a story about a friend that goes to her church now who came out of the Catholic church. This friend says that God led her out of the Catholic church. I just can’t comprehend that it could be God telling this woman to leave his Church. My friend told me she can’t understand how God would tell this woman to leave, and tell me to come into the Catholic faith. I told my friend that I can’t speak to what God was saying to someone else, that I can only say what God told me. For the first time in my life, I can say I honestly don’t believe that woman was hearing from God. It just doesn’t make sense. I would have never said someone wasn’t hearing from God before. But now I’m sure I can say that.
Anyway, I just had to vent. Thanks for listening!! (reading)