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kentuckyliz
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I was poorly catechized (70s), quit going to mass when I went off to university, but had to go when I was home (parents made me), so I sang in the choir to make it bearable. LOL
I wanted to believe in the mainstream culture’s ideas of the good life and what it was all about. I wanted to do my own thing.
When things didn’t work out according to the world’s promises, I realized I had been sold a bill of goods. Reality has a funny way of asserting itself.
I decided to get to know this Jesus, apart from all the encrustations of denominations and differing views and even the artistic, architectural, and musical culture accretions.
I just peeled away the layers, and looked at Jesus in the Gospels. Then I read the rest of the New Testament. I decided I loved and believed in Jesus and that I would follow him. Then I went looking for a church and it took me a while to find one that did and taught everything he did and commanded and taught, and to my great surprise…I ended up being Catholic. When you pay attention to the NT, there is a constant thundering command for unity that cannot be ignored. Christ in Jn 17 especially. Does his prayer have power? --I wrestled with these questions, and so did the early church, as evidenced by ongoing dissensions, factions, disunity preached against in the NT Epistles.
I actually recommend that method: Gospels, then New Testament. Figure out who this Jesus is and make the decision. Then take it from there.
Great song by Ricky Skaggs - You Can’t Shake Jesus
I wanted to believe in the mainstream culture’s ideas of the good life and what it was all about. I wanted to do my own thing.
When things didn’t work out according to the world’s promises, I realized I had been sold a bill of goods. Reality has a funny way of asserting itself.
I decided to get to know this Jesus, apart from all the encrustations of denominations and differing views and even the artistic, architectural, and musical culture accretions.
I just peeled away the layers, and looked at Jesus in the Gospels. Then I read the rest of the New Testament. I decided I loved and believed in Jesus and that I would follow him. Then I went looking for a church and it took me a while to find one that did and taught everything he did and commanded and taught, and to my great surprise…I ended up being Catholic. When you pay attention to the NT, there is a constant thundering command for unity that cannot be ignored. Christ in Jn 17 especially. Does his prayer have power? --I wrestled with these questions, and so did the early church, as evidenced by ongoing dissensions, factions, disunity preached against in the NT Epistles.
I actually recommend that method: Gospels, then New Testament. Figure out who this Jesus is and make the decision. Then take it from there.
Great song by Ricky Skaggs - You Can’t Shake Jesus