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keithwood57
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Hi!
I sincerely hope that this is not in any way an inappropriate posting; I am new to the site.
I am a retired engineer living in the UK.
I recently converted to the Catholic Faith - I was received two years ago this Easter - after close to thirty years as a Baptist Lay Preacher.
I am so very much at home in the Catholic Church that I cannot begin to express my gratitude to the Lord God for inviting me and the church for accepting me.
However, as I studied for reception (I am a person who has to be intellectually sure – though I have lost a lot of that as I came to realise that I had been intellectually sure of the Baptist Church - the intellect can be a great deceiver!) as I say, as I studied for membership I read a lot about pre Vatican II Catholicism, and as a consequence joined the Latin Mass Society.
I should, though be clear: I belong to a modern church, I love the Novus Ordo, I pray God allows me to be a part of this local church till the day I die. I feel greatly priviliged to be used as a Reader of Scripture in this church. I go to Holy Hour twice a wek - as I am able - and to several mid-week Masses.
But I have also been to a few Masses in the old rite that have been arranged by the LMS and felt very much at home with it, and last Saturday (March 26) I went with the LMS to York for a Missa Cantata in honour of St Margaret Clitherow, a martyr saint from York.
The Mass was a Missa Cantata sung to Byrd’s setting.
It was truly breathtaking. The acoustics of the Minster and the absolutely incredible ability of the Schola who provided the music made for an extraordinary experience.
Then we processed to the English Martyr’s Church on the outskirts of York - a maybe two mile walk - we managed to stop all traffic in York, pedestrians and cars!! - where there was a short service of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and the Veneration of a relic from St Margaret Clitherow, to whom the day was dedicated.
I absolutely loved the use of latin. We sang the Credo, we sang the Regina Coeli as we processed and I was completely at home with the Latin responses.
I noted in my diary:
A really great day. I feel that with the Catholic Church I have truly discovered my place in God’s scheme of things.
I apologise if this is in any way an inappropriate post, but I had to share this experience with someone.
Keith
I sincerely hope that this is not in any way an inappropriate posting; I am new to the site.
I am a retired engineer living in the UK.
I recently converted to the Catholic Faith - I was received two years ago this Easter - after close to thirty years as a Baptist Lay Preacher.
I am so very much at home in the Catholic Church that I cannot begin to express my gratitude to the Lord God for inviting me and the church for accepting me.
However, as I studied for reception (I am a person who has to be intellectually sure – though I have lost a lot of that as I came to realise that I had been intellectually sure of the Baptist Church - the intellect can be a great deceiver!) as I say, as I studied for membership I read a lot about pre Vatican II Catholicism, and as a consequence joined the Latin Mass Society.
I should, though be clear: I belong to a modern church, I love the Novus Ordo, I pray God allows me to be a part of this local church till the day I die. I feel greatly priviliged to be used as a Reader of Scripture in this church. I go to Holy Hour twice a wek - as I am able - and to several mid-week Masses.
But I have also been to a few Masses in the old rite that have been arranged by the LMS and felt very much at home with it, and last Saturday (March 26) I went with the LMS to York for a Missa Cantata in honour of St Margaret Clitherow, a martyr saint from York.
The Mass was a Missa Cantata sung to Byrd’s setting.
It was truly breathtaking. The acoustics of the Minster and the absolutely incredible ability of the Schola who provided the music made for an extraordinary experience.
Then we processed to the English Martyr’s Church on the outskirts of York - a maybe two mile walk - we managed to stop all traffic in York, pedestrians and cars!! - where there was a short service of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and the Veneration of a relic from St Margaret Clitherow, to whom the day was dedicated.
I absolutely loved the use of latin. We sang the Credo, we sang the Regina Coeli as we processed and I was completely at home with the Latin responses.
I noted in my diary:
A really great day. I feel that with the Catholic Church I have truly discovered my place in God’s scheme of things.
I apologise if this is in any way an inappropriate post, but I had to share this experience with someone.
Keith
