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thomasf
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I wanted to tell you about my sister and what has happened to her in her faith life.
Last year when I came back to the church my sister and I began talking about faith. She was divorced from her husband a few years ago and that really affected her faith life. She felt as though the church she attended with her husband and family while they were married was not as welcoming as it had been when they were married. And she drifted away into some protestant type churches and meetings and bible classes. Wasn’t sure she still believed in the catholic faith.
I tallked to her a lot about the church and explained a lot about the faith. For a long time she seemed to have an attitude of “it’s all the same, different choices for different people” toward faith, and didn’t believe in many of the church teachings. We had a big blow up about going to confession about a year ago, she didn’t think she had to go to a priest, etc.
I kept working on her and praying for her. I sent her a lot of writings about the church and faith, and explained as much as I could even though she didn’t want to listen.
Two things changed her, I think. I sent her to catholics come home website a few months ago, and they sent her all kinds of stuff in the mail for free. She liked what they sent her and she said it made sense to her finally. And about two months ago she went to a retreat that really opened her eyes and changed her. Since then she has slowly come back to the church.
She left the parish she was in and found a smaller parish near where she lives now, and is attending mass there weekly. She also stopped her protestant bible studies and is going to her new parish for that stuff.
When I talked to her this weekend she was telling me about the new church and how she likes the priest, etc. I asked her if she had been to confession yet, and she said Yes! She’s gone a couple times to her new priest and has committed to going at least once a month now. And she used to so hate talking about it and disagreed with it. Now she’s all in.
So I am very happy things have changed for her and that she’s turned back to the church. Praise GOD! I just hope and pray she will stick with it and not get discouraged!
Last year when I came back to the church my sister and I began talking about faith. She was divorced from her husband a few years ago and that really affected her faith life. She felt as though the church she attended with her husband and family while they were married was not as welcoming as it had been when they were married. And she drifted away into some protestant type churches and meetings and bible classes. Wasn’t sure she still believed in the catholic faith.
I tallked to her a lot about the church and explained a lot about the faith. For a long time she seemed to have an attitude of “it’s all the same, different choices for different people” toward faith, and didn’t believe in many of the church teachings. We had a big blow up about going to confession about a year ago, she didn’t think she had to go to a priest, etc.
I kept working on her and praying for her. I sent her a lot of writings about the church and faith, and explained as much as I could even though she didn’t want to listen.
Two things changed her, I think. I sent her to catholics come home website a few months ago, and they sent her all kinds of stuff in the mail for free. She liked what they sent her and she said it made sense to her finally. And about two months ago she went to a retreat that really opened her eyes and changed her. Since then she has slowly come back to the church.
She left the parish she was in and found a smaller parish near where she lives now, and is attending mass there weekly. She also stopped her protestant bible studies and is going to her new parish for that stuff.
When I talked to her this weekend she was telling me about the new church and how she likes the priest, etc. I asked her if she had been to confession yet, and she said Yes! She’s gone a couple times to her new priest and has committed to going at least once a month now. And she used to so hate talking about it and disagreed with it. Now she’s all in.
So I am very happy things have changed for her and that she’s turned back to the church. Praise GOD! I just hope and pray she will stick with it and not get discouraged!