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I have a praise and would love to share with anyone who will rejoice with me.
My husband and I had firmly decided to join the Catholic Church, had already begun going to Mass, but did not know where to do our RCIA. At first we drove far to a parish where we knew someone. I got tired of the drive, so we went to the parish nearest us. We loved many things about it, but there are liturgical abuses going on there (not that we even know much about liturgical abuses!) A friend of mine was going through RCIA already and had been taught erroneous doctrine by the founding priest. It was so disheartening for both of us. Aware that liberal RCIAs were rampant, we sought the Lord about where to go. Through a couple of Catholic friends we heard about a church in our city, with very orthodox teaching. I was interested, but a little uncertain because it sounded so conservative.
Again I will say that we liked the parish near us. But 3 Sundays ago the homily was, well, I shall just say less than faithful to the Magesterium. Then a friend on CAF told me about the same parish we had heard about, and how much they taught her to love God there. I was feeling more drawn to this church. At the same time, my husband was inquiring to see if we could enter the church sooner. We didn’t want to wait a whole year to be received, but were willing to do so if we had to. So my husband got in touch with the priest at the new church who said he would be willing to meet with us every week and guide us and our children into the Church. I was thrilled. I was even more thrilled when he came and I had my first conversation with a priest, who is a wonderful, holy priest. I am so encouraged and blessed that the Lord heard my cries to be taught faithfully and truthfully during this conversion process, and that He has granted that we will be able to come in sooner!
I never would have imagined that I would ever be so happy to have a priest come to my home, that I would find so many joys and treasures in the Catholic Church. Our Lord truly is our Shepherd and gives us many good things. Praise be to God! :extrahappy:
My husband and I had firmly decided to join the Catholic Church, had already begun going to Mass, but did not know where to do our RCIA. At first we drove far to a parish where we knew someone. I got tired of the drive, so we went to the parish nearest us. We loved many things about it, but there are liturgical abuses going on there (not that we even know much about liturgical abuses!) A friend of mine was going through RCIA already and had been taught erroneous doctrine by the founding priest. It was so disheartening for both of us. Aware that liberal RCIAs were rampant, we sought the Lord about where to go. Through a couple of Catholic friends we heard about a church in our city, with very orthodox teaching. I was interested, but a little uncertain because it sounded so conservative.
Again I will say that we liked the parish near us. But 3 Sundays ago the homily was, well, I shall just say less than faithful to the Magesterium. Then a friend on CAF told me about the same parish we had heard about, and how much they taught her to love God there. I was feeling more drawn to this church. At the same time, my husband was inquiring to see if we could enter the church sooner. We didn’t want to wait a whole year to be received, but were willing to do so if we had to. So my husband got in touch with the priest at the new church who said he would be willing to meet with us every week and guide us and our children into the Church. I was thrilled. I was even more thrilled when he came and I had my first conversation with a priest, who is a wonderful, holy priest. I am so encouraged and blessed that the Lord heard my cries to be taught faithfully and truthfully during this conversion process, and that He has granted that we will be able to come in sooner!
I never would have imagined that I would ever be so happy to have a priest come to my home, that I would find so many joys and treasures in the Catholic Church. Our Lord truly is our Shepherd and gives us many good things. Praise be to God! :extrahappy:
