Decided to come "Home"

[Deep_Roots]

I can’t believe I have only posted once here, in the Introduction thread, and a long time ago at that. I am constantly hovering, checking stuff out, tracking with conversations; however, I’ve only posted the one time.

I don’t expect you to remember. This was my short intro:

Hi. I’m Lee. Live in Baltimore City.

Was baptized Catholic as an infant. Italian Catholic on one side, Polish Catholic on the other.

However, grew up mostly pentecostal/evangelical after my mother became “born again.”

A few years ago, after leaving protestantism, I became an Orthodox Christian. I’m still Orthodox, but have, in recent months, started feeling a little pull back to the Catholic Church of my heritage and baptism.

I’ve been attending noon mass a couple of days a week at St. Vincent de Paul’s here in Bmore. Pretty amazing parish and a pretty amazing priest.

Greetings.

That was in March. I don’t think I had been back to my Orthodox parish since a few weeks after that post. I have continued to go to St. Vincent de Paul’s. I consider Fr. Richard Lawrence my priest. I have pretty much gone back to Catholicism.

(My wife and I actually go every other Sunday, because she’s Episcopalian, so we switch off Sundays so we can go to church together…for now)

I don’t necessarily need to get into it all that much; suffice it to say that I subscribe to the Two Lungs notion of the Churches. I don’t feel like I left the Orthodox Church (frankly, I prefer the rich, colorful aesthetics of the Eastern Churches)…I feel like I widened my view of the Church and decided to embrace my baptism and my heritage.

So anyway. Feels right. Thanks be to God.

Plus, I LOVE MY CHURCH.

 

[JRKH]

Praise God …

Peace
James

 

[MaryT777]

You’re enthusiasm is contagious!
Thanks for sharing your story to come “home”
Mary

 

[capablanca911]

I can’t believe I have only posted once here, in the Introduction thread, and a long time ago at that. I am constantly hovering, checking stuff out, tracking with conversations; however, I’ve only posted the one time.

I don’t expect you to remember. This was my short intro:

That was in March. I don’t think I had been back to my Orthodox parish since a few weeks after that post. I have continued to go to St. Vincent de Paul’s. I consider Fr. Richard Lawrence my priest. I have pretty much gone back to Catholicism.

(My wife and I actually go every other Sunday, because she’s Episcopalian, so we switch off Sundays so we can go to church together…for now)

I don’t necessarily need to get into it all that much; suffice it to say that I subscribe to the Two Lungs notion of the Churches. I don’t feel like I left the Orthodox Church (frankly, I prefer the rich, colorful aesthetics of the Eastern Churches)…I feel like I widened my view of the Church and decided to embrace my baptism and my heritage.

So anyway. Feels right. Thanks be to God.

Plus, I LOVE MY CHURCH.

Have you ever tried Eastern Rite Catholic?

 

[Deep_Roots]

Have you ever tried Eastern Rite Catholic?

no i haven’t. i’m familiar with it. i’m content with visiting an Eastern rite church or an Orthodox church if I get the “hankering” for the smells and bells and colors.

there’s a rather beautiful ukrainian catholic church here in bmore.

 

[Shin]

Welcome home!!!

:extrahappy::extrahappy: :tiphat::harp::extrahappy::extrahappy: :extrahappy:

Step by step!

 

[capablanca911]

I went to Novus Ordo, Latin Mass, and Catholic Divine Liturgy during the same weekend in Gaithersburg during a business trip once. It’s was heavenly.

If I get a craving for the East where I live, I have to drive 30 minutes for Russian Orthodox…

 

[Deep_Roots]

I went to Novus Ordo, Latin Mass, and Catholic Divine Liturgy during the same weekend in Gaithersburg during a business trip once. It’s was heavenly.

If I get a craving for the East where I live, I have to drive 30 minutes for Russian Orthodox…

The parish I converted to Orthodoxy in was a small mission OCA parish near Ocean City, MD. It was a beautiful community.

The Orthodox Church I went to here in Bmore, before starting at St V’s, was an Antiochian parish called Holy Cross.

The liturgy was among the most beautiful I’d ever been to. I’ll visit again I’m sure. Really really beautiful.

 

[Boy_Wonder]

Welcome back! Rome Sweet Home!

Try to get to a Saturday vigil mass on the off weeks when you attend your wife’s Episcopal Church. This way, you fulfill your Sunday obligation. Also refrain from receiving Communion there, but make a spiritual Communion instead. This sounds harsh, but it can create certain problems by giving a false impression of unity.

Things happen for a reason - and at God’s pace. Be grateful you’re back. Speak to the pastor to make sure there is nothing you need to do before being received into full Communion.

 

[Deep_Roots]

Try to get to a Saturday vigil mass on the off weeks when you attend your wife’s Episcopal Church. This way, you fulfill your Sunday obligation. Also refrain from receiving Communion there, but make a spiritual Communion instead. This sounds harsh, but it can create certain problems by giving a false impression of unity.

we’ll see what happens. i’ve already spoken with my priest about all of this. that’s all I’ll say about the matter, because I’m fairly certain he’s a bit liberal for some folks here.

Things happen for a reason - and at God’s pace. Be grateful you’re back. Speak to the pastor to make sure there is nothing you need to do before being received into full Communion.

done and done. i spoke to Fr. Lawrence months ago as I started sensing the call back.