Today my priest and sponsor prayed over me to open my heart

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Mind sharing what you felt when your heart was first opened?
 
For people, sometimes its dramatic, sometimes its imperceptible. Did you find any immediate response to this experience
 
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Last Sunday the common time of the liturgy ended and we entered advent time.

It’s indeed the right time.
 
@Roseeurekacross After the ceremony, I felt nothing special and drove home. Actually I was expecting something magical or supernatural (like speaking in tongue or violent body movements) but I guess I watched too much movies. However, I did experience something different a few moments later. All those extra ‘noises’ surrounding my life suddenly disappeared. All the unnecessary thoughts, fears and worries are gone. It’s like you can see clearer, hear clearer and feel clearer. My heart felt lighter as if all the junks had been emptied to make room to receive something new. Has my heart been opened? Is this how an opened heart feels like? Is this what ‘peace’ feels like? For the first time, I heard what silence sounds like.
 
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peace , you had some peace.

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we know the fruits of goodness by the peace it brings us.
 
I don’t recall a time when my heart was not open. I’ve been acutely aware of God from the time I was a toddler so this is something I have missed out on.
 
I have felt God’s presence and love since I was a child, but I began to love God better, not suddenly but step by step, when I had children and desired to bring them up as Christians. My heart is more open now than it used to be, and with God’s grace will open still wider.
 
I used to love too easily and get very hurt and so I hardened my heart gradually to be able to cope with the world. Unbeknown to me I had closed off a great asset and so recently I’ve been praying to feel love again and slowly I am, but as an adult. And it’s liberating!

If you love God pretty soon after you begin to love His children too.
 
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Rutherford2 said:
However, I did experience something different a few moments later. All those extra ‘noises’ surrounding my life suddenly disappeared. All the unnecessary thoughts, fears and worries are gone. It’s like you can see clearer, hear clearer and feel clearer. My heart felt lighter as if all the junks had been emptied to make room to receive something new. Has my heart been opened? Is this how an opened heart feels like? Is this what ‘peace’ feels like? For the first time, I heard what silence sounds like.
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St. Paul said that if we prayed God would give us peace that surpasses all understanding.

This certainly sounds like peace. Is it an open heart? Time will tell, but I see every reason to hope that it is the start of something new and good for you.

What a grace you have received. Savor it.
 
I am reminded of this song (third verse: Open my heart, Lord; Help me to love like you), and this is one of the better renditions of it:

 
@Lee1 I believe when you love God, you will naturally do things that pleases Him. Like how a boyfriend trying to please a girlfriend. This includes loving his children as well.

@mrsdizzyd My priest said he needs my heart to be opened so that I could have more intimate relationship with the Lord until it is enough for me to discern whether I should continue with the Rite of Acceptance and become a catechumen.
 
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I don’t recall a time when my heart was not open. I’ve been acutely aware of God from the time I was a toddler so this is something I have missed out on.
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My wife is like this, she is seamlessly open to God’s presence. This is a result of the family she grew up in, which is open and caring toward one another, and spontaneous.
The family we are in has a lot to do with these dispositions, starting with God our Father.
I am different from my wife. I am more closed off by disposition and have to search for the experience of God’s love.
It is of prime importance in my life to contemplate the love of God for all us. It fills what is lacking.
 
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