Married to a non-Catholic?

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How can you honestly try NOT to evangelize her?

Itā€™s an honest question. I donā€™t know how you can not make efforts to lead your spouse to Jesus!
 
Do you mean ā€œa joyful Spirit she will want to receiveā€?

Christianity is not about being good, so to speak, but the conviction that we are not good and need Godā€™s goodness to have life now, and for eternity.
 
The Dominican approach is good example to follow. Preach through the way you live. Itā€™s very effective.

My husband and I are good communicators, so when I get excited about something he wants to know what itā€™s about. We have ended up doing things like listening to Catholic Answers Live together.

He is being evangelized, but Iā€™m not using words. šŸ™‚
 
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rcwitness said:
How can you honestly try NOT to evangelize her?
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Her boyfriend before we were married was trying to force her to accept Jesus into her life. Iā€™m not stupid enough to make the same mistake.
 
mrsdizzyd said:
My husband and I were both Baptist when we married. Iā€™m coming into the church, but he will basically remain Baptist.

We go to mass together. He has no problem with the kids being raised Catholic. Iā€™m not pressuring him to become Catholic. We have respectful dialogue about the differences. I donā€™t down talk Baptist faith and he doesnā€™t down talk Catholicism especially to the kids.

I think the atmosphere of respect in our home is what is making this transition smooth for our family
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At least he doesnā€™t feel your trying to make him leave his religion. Or him saying the Catholic Church worships idols.

When Evangelicals have been soooooo brainwashed to hate Catholics, its very hard to break them out of that.

This is the reason my father would say I was in a cult when attending Calvary Chapels in the late 90ā€™s. They really indoctrinate anti-catholic views into their followers. By the grace of God, he set me free from that. I pray fervently every day God does the same for my wife.
 
EvangelistVictor said:
At least he doesnā€™t feel your trying to make him leave his religion.
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Well, you did tell her you wanted the whole family to become Catholic, right? Including the kids whether she agrees or not, right?

If it wasnā€™t her idea, I can understand why she feels that way.
 
No one should force anyone. Evangelizing does not mean ā€œforcingā€.
 
EvangelistVictor said:
Evangelicals are indoctrinated to hate Catholics unfortunately.
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It goes both ways, @EvangelistVictor. Just fyi - hate is a very strong word. We were taught that if we said we hated someone, it meant we wished they were dead. So I would have to say ā€œweā€ didnā€™t hate Catholics. We just thought their teaching were wrong.
 
Respect is so important. Itā€™s all up to the Holy Spirit now. Iā€™m glad he supports you.
 
A coworker was married to a Jewish man and they raised the kids Jewish. She remained catholic. Was completely accepted in the synagogue. The boys ended up going to catholic colleges. She said her husband used to say ā€œitā€™s only a problem if you let it be a problemā€. She said the priest really didnā€™t encourage them to raise the kids catholic. Does God want people fighting? Is Jesus really upset that people are still living according to Jewish law? Both believed everything in Judaism, one didnā€™t believe in Christianity. Seemed a good place to go. They say it doesnā€™t really matter which faith you decide to raise the kids, as long as you agree about it. I find it odd so many Christian marriage between the denominations have such a hard time. Really is the differences in whether Mary stayed a virgin enough to cause familyā€™s strife?
 
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