Grateful for being born Catholic

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This morning at Mass, I was overwhelmed with gratitude for having been born Catholic and for having been led back to the One, True Church after being away for so long. There have been many times in my life, many brushes with death, that I might have died and not been in God’s good graces. Now I live for the days I can go to Mass and receive the Eucharist…

My priorities were all wrong and the things of this earth which I sought, and sometimes found, have mostly been taken away from me. Mostly, but not all, for I have a nice house with a pond, surrounded by fields and woods, which provides me with the serenity I seek and need. I drive an old truck with 325,000 miles on it and live from check to check, month to month.

My Catholic Faith is the one thing which can never be taken from me, and which is, therefore, the focus of my life now and the thing which I most want to share with everyone I encounter. My three children are no longer practicing Catholics…two daughters even converted to Judaism, but I teach 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade PRE and pray daily that my children and grandchildren will one day return to the Catholic Faith.

I have no doubt that the way I lived then contributed to them falling away. I can only hope and pray that the way I live now will help bring them back home.

I am so grateful for my Catholic faith…

Boswell
 
Boswell said:
This morning at Mass, I was overwhelmed with gratitude for having been born Catholic and for having been led back to the One, True Church after being away for so long. There have been many times in my life, many brushes with death, that I might have died and not been in God’s good graces. Now I live for the days I can go to Mass and receive the Eucharist…

My priorities were all wrong and the things of this earth which I sought, and sometimes found, have mostly been taken away from me. Mostly, but not all, for I have a nice house with a pond, surrounded by fields and woods, which provides me with the serenity I seek and need. I drive an old truck with 325,000 miles on it and live from check to check, month to month.

My Catholic Faith is the one thing which can never be taken from me, and which is, therefore, the focus of my life now and the thing which I most want to share with everyone I encounter. My three children are no longer practicing Catholics…two daughters even converted to Judaism, but I teach 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade PRE and pray daily that my children and grandchildren will one day return to the Catholic Faith.

I have no doubt that the way I lived then contributed to them falling away. I can only hope and pray that the way I live now will help bring them back home.

I am so grateful for my Catholic faith…

Boswell
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I will pray for your family too. Saint Monica is a wonderful example of a parent’s prayers. God Bless, Memaw
 
:amen:

I could have written this myself for my own life. I recently thanked God for leading me back after so many years away and giving me another chance to glorify him and right my life before I die.

Thank you for sharing. May the Lord bless you on your path!
 
China123 said:
:amen:

I could have written this myself for my own life. I recently thanked God for leading me back after so many years away and giving me another chance to glorify him and right my life before I die.

Thank you for sharing. May the Lord bless you on your path!
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AMEN to your amen!😉
 
Same here…similar situation…Praying for your family
 
I can relate…so happy the Lord called me back. I look at my faith in a whole new light! It’s amazing
 
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