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aaronjmagnan
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I have a friend who has invented his own religious outlook, picking and choosing from new age and mystical as well as ancient religions.
I at first avoided him in regards to my Catholic faith because I knew he had all of these ideas about Catholicism that we pretty offensive.
Eventually I started praying for my friend, and when he talked to me, no matter how irritating the question (you know…those pseudo-scientific assumptions that come from bad novels and conspiracy theory books…) I responded with what I knew from the Catechism and the Bible, and admitted when I didn’t know. I also didn’t pretend to shun the authority of the Church to appeal to him.
Long story short, the other day he said he might attend mass with me. Last night he asked to borrow one of my Bibles.
I know these ideas to defend the faith weren’t mine but through the Spirit, as professed by Christ when he tells the apostles not to worry what to say.
The conversion isn’t official yet, but the steps are happening.
Please pray for my friend and don’t lose hope on impossible conversions! The Holy Spirit can do anything, obviously.
God bless,
Aaron
Oh…pray for the conversion of all protestants too!
I at first avoided him in regards to my Catholic faith because I knew he had all of these ideas about Catholicism that we pretty offensive.
Eventually I started praying for my friend, and when he talked to me, no matter how irritating the question (you know…those pseudo-scientific assumptions that come from bad novels and conspiracy theory books…) I responded with what I knew from the Catechism and the Bible, and admitted when I didn’t know. I also didn’t pretend to shun the authority of the Church to appeal to him.
Long story short, the other day he said he might attend mass with me. Last night he asked to borrow one of my Bibles.
I know these ideas to defend the faith weren’t mine but through the Spirit, as professed by Christ when he tells the apostles not to worry what to say.
The conversion isn’t official yet, but the steps are happening.
Please pray for my friend and don’t lose hope on impossible conversions! The Holy Spirit can do anything, obviously.
God bless,
Aaron
Oh…pray for the conversion of all protestants too!