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StAleydisCalls
Guest
I was like you, once. I was baptised and was deeply devout as an Evangelical Christian for many years. Yet something felt missing, like something of great value had been stripped away, things forgotten. I didn’t like how Catholics were spoke of by other Christians who had no knowledge of the Church, accusing them of all sorts of crimes and not understanding symbolism, the importance of the Saints, the meanings behind the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. I found beauty there, but changed when I had broke my word to God on a promise I made to Him.
I had been drawn towards witchcraft for as long as I could remember. I began to look at traditions that now are called Triniterian Wicca before slowly moving away from Christianity all together and for six unhappy years I became a dedicated Solitary Witch and Eccletic Pagan. And I lost that connection to the Divine! I never stopped loving God, but stopped being able to feel Him, or sense anything of the divine. In the Patrons that I chose that powerful love was not there, and the slow realization came upon me that I had made a terrible mistake, that I had betrayed my Baptism, that I went far beyond breaking my word to God.
It was our Lady that brought me back. After watching a special on EWTN on Dante’s Divine Comedia, I continued and said the Rosary with Mother Angelica, something I had done as a Pagan because I could always feel our Mother and the power that was in the prayers of the Rosary. She drew me in little by little and I have fallen back in love with Jesus, but it is more glorious than before! I feel the Truth within the Parish and the Church and the Catechism. I have incredible friends and loved ones in the Saints. I have found healing and understanding in regards to a very dark past, where I had never knew that before, not even when an Evangelical. There is a conflict in your soul because your heart is trying to tell you something.
Don’t make my mistake. Think about what you are doing and what it is that you believe. I can find healing but I can not undo what I have done and a powerful temptation will always be with me to take things into my own power. If one loves Christ, it is not possible to turn your back forever. It is painful, and when I think about him crucified again by my actions, it cuts me to the quick. If you still love Jesus, still believe in him, then traditional Judaism isn’t for you. As another has mentioned there are Messeniac Jews, nor is it strange if you wish to celebrate some of the old holidays of those who came before us. I too love the Jewish people with all my heart, we owe them a very large debt.
But I pray you truly look within your heart and find what you believe there. Be sure of what it is that you believe, for this is a very serious decision on your part and you need to be sure, or else the doubts will linger and will in time begin to torment you.
St. Aleydis Calls
I had been drawn towards witchcraft for as long as I could remember. I began to look at traditions that now are called Triniterian Wicca before slowly moving away from Christianity all together and for six unhappy years I became a dedicated Solitary Witch and Eccletic Pagan. And I lost that connection to the Divine! I never stopped loving God, but stopped being able to feel Him, or sense anything of the divine. In the Patrons that I chose that powerful love was not there, and the slow realization came upon me that I had made a terrible mistake, that I had betrayed my Baptism, that I went far beyond breaking my word to God.
It was our Lady that brought me back. After watching a special on EWTN on Dante’s Divine Comedia, I continued and said the Rosary with Mother Angelica, something I had done as a Pagan because I could always feel our Mother and the power that was in the prayers of the Rosary. She drew me in little by little and I have fallen back in love with Jesus, but it is more glorious than before! I feel the Truth within the Parish and the Church and the Catechism. I have incredible friends and loved ones in the Saints. I have found healing and understanding in regards to a very dark past, where I had never knew that before, not even when an Evangelical. There is a conflict in your soul because your heart is trying to tell you something.
Don’t make my mistake. Think about what you are doing and what it is that you believe. I can find healing but I can not undo what I have done and a powerful temptation will always be with me to take things into my own power. If one loves Christ, it is not possible to turn your back forever. It is painful, and when I think about him crucified again by my actions, it cuts me to the quick. If you still love Jesus, still believe in him, then traditional Judaism isn’t for you. As another has mentioned there are Messeniac Jews, nor is it strange if you wish to celebrate some of the old holidays of those who came before us. I too love the Jewish people with all my heart, we owe them a very large debt.
But I pray you truly look within your heart and find what you believe there. Be sure of what it is that you believe, for this is a very serious decision on your part and you need to be sure, or else the doubts will linger and will in time begin to torment you.
St. Aleydis Calls