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adawgj
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What does being a Charismatic Catholic mean?
What’s it like?
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adawgj
What’s it like?
God Bless
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bben15
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The Charismatic Catholic Renewal is a movement which is characterized by increased worship outside of Mass and speaking in tongues and faith healing.
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Evania
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A good way to find out is through your archdiocese. Are there any prayer groups in your area?
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LegoGE1947
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It is similar to Pentecostal Protestants in that regard. They also believe in speaking in tongues, faith healing, etc.
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bben15
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That was the point of the Renewal: To include Protestant practices into Catholicism. Don’t worry, the Church approves of this, so its OK to be a Charismatic Catholic.
However, do traditionalists approve of this? I think we all know the answer.
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LegoGE1947
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If I had wanted to be a Protestant, I would have stayed one!That was the point of the Renewal: To include Protestant practices into Catholicism. Don’t carry, the Church approves of this, so its OK to be a Charismatic Catholic.
However, do traditionalists approve of this? I think we all know the answer.
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esieffe
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Amen to that.If I had wanted to be a Protestant, I would have stayed one!
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bben15
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No one says you have to be part of the movement. Some Catholics do like it, some don’t. If you don’t like it, don’t participate in it.If I had wanted to be a Protestant, I would have stayed one!
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LegoGE1947
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Now that I have someone’s permission, I think I won’t!
As a Pentecostal Protestant, I got into all kind of strange stuff and about lost my flipping mind! I had to become a traditional, non-Charismatic Catholic or else wind up in a psycho ward! For quite some time I couldn’t stand the book of Acts because I’d been “Bible-bashed” with it.
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grannymh
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Being a Charismatic Catholic means going to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass every Sunday, rain or shine, and as often during the week as possible. It means going to the Sacrament of Reconciliation on a regular basis. It means praying the Rosary and other forms of prayer. It means participating in the life of your parish, possibly as an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion or as a volunteer in projects. It means service to the poor when possible. It means taking responsibility for local politics. It means loving your neighbor, including the annoying ones. It means spending time in Eucharistic Adoration if it is available. It means learning more about the Catholic Faith when possible. It means evangelization. And yes, it means having the opportunity to pray to God in prayer tongues.
In other words, being a Charismatic Catholic means humbly serving God with all your love.
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bben15
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As a former Lutheran, all of this would be very foreign to me, so I wouldn’t know what you are talking about.Now that I have someone’s permission, I think I won’t!
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adawgj
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However, do traditionalists approve of this? I think we all know the answer.
Well I don’t approve of running around dancing during Mass. But I can tolerate uplifting music, that is very reverential to the Mass and not for the peoples emotions.
Well I don’t approve of running around dancing during Mass. But I can tolerate uplifting music, that is very reverential to the Mass and not for the peoples emotions.
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LegoGE1947
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I was formerly Assemblies of God, or non-denominational. There are Lutheran’s also that are charismatic and do the speaking in tongues and divine healing type of prayer meetings, etc. with the contemporary worship choruses, the rock band type singing groups. The whole shooting match. Actually many denominations have adherants to this type of stuff.As a former Lutheran, all of this would be very foreign to me, so I wouldn’t know what you are talking about.
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bben15
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My Lutheran congregation probably wouldn’t have liked that.
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John_Martin
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Well stated; that is exactly what the so-called “Charismatic Catholics” are like it our parish. I always felt ill at ease around Charismatics of other denominations, but it is something entirely different as a Catholic - and, actually, I never was fond of the book of Acts until becoming Catholic. Here I am finding delight in, and understanding of, every page of the Bible.
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Reuben_J
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We do have in the Catholic Church, the **Catholic Charismatic Renewal **which spirituality is loosely termed as ‘Charismatic’, perhaps for lack of better word. This is quite a new movement within the Church, approximately sprung up during the early seventies.
Maybe what the Charismatic Renewal does to Catholics who have this experience is more important that what their spirituality is being percieved because the latter can be very much misunderstood.
What it does is basically a renewal of one’s faith of the Catholic Church. In other word, a Charismatic Catholic’s faith is renewed, a change in personal character, a conversion experience in repentance, increased love of the Bible, the Sacraments, the Church, the clergies, religious and one another, to give oneselves in service and to pray.
They are open to the charismatic gifts that are mentioned in 1 Cor 12 but not all have the gifts. They begin to recognize their personal talent which purpose is meant to serve the one Lord.
po18guy
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If I had wanted to be a Protestant, I would have stayed one!
This is not an either-or situation, but a both/and. Remember when Jesus entered Jerusalem on the donkey? (Luke 19:28-40) The disciples were singing loudly and the Pharisees asked Jesus to quiet them? Jesus’ answer was that, if the disciples were silenced, the rocks would then cry out.
And, this is how I see the situation with the charismatic movement. In the past century or so, we can see less emphasis on the activity of the Holy Spirit outside of the mass in the Catholic Church. Most Catholics - most Christians even may not have a strong concept of the Holy Spirit. Can it be that, if the Spirit was quenched in the Catholic Church, that He sought another outlet? The charismatic movement returns the emphasis on the Holy Spirit to where it rightly belongs: the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church - from whence it came. We are not cessationists!
Important question for all in this thread: Do you know what you charism(s) is? Do you actively seek to use it? I am not speaking strictly of tongues or other obvious manifestations of the Spirit. I am speaking of the gifts you received at Baptism and Confirmation and which the Lord intends for you to use in building up His Church. A quick read of Matthew 25:14-30 reveals that the Master will ask us what we diid with the talents (charisms) that He gave us before He went on a long journey. We must have an answer for Him.
What is your charism?
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LegoGE1947
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Don’t have any idea what my charism is if I even have one:shrug: First I was baptized as an adult in an evangelical assembly where baptism was performed simply because Jesus commanded it, not that it achieved anything. They never really spoke of “charisms” except speaking in tongues, headings, miracles, etc. Some believed all that ended with the apostles, some believed it still goes on today. Most believed that Catholics aren’t even Christian, some are not too sure what to believe:shrug:
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grannymh
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One of the charisms is the willingness to share one’s own experiences. Sharing one’s experiences can lessen another person’s feelings of isolation. Sharing can give another person the courage to seek God and Catholicism. Sharing ourselves is a way we can serve others in God’s name.
Charisms can be seen as God’s personal gifts to help us help someone else. Doing “random acts of kindness” is a charism in the true sense because it is a gift which helps us be “Jesus” to someone else. One may have the charism of serving the parish. In practice, the person could be an Extraordinary Eucharistic Minister of Holy Communion or an usher or, as my Dad was, a money counter after Sunday Masses.
Doctors need to recognize their charism of healing. Teachers also need to recognize their charism of healing when dealing with an individual student or even a co-worker.
In recognizing our charism, we thank God that He has chosen us to serve Him in love. In recognizing our charism, we can then petition God for His graces so that we can carry out the charism’s tasks. Recognizing our charism(s) is an act of humility.
I love St. Paul’s teachings about the Mystical Body of Christ. I see myself as a toenail (my charism), which, when one thinks about it, is important – especially for getting the Body’s foot in the door – so that the rest of the Mystical Body of Christ can bring the gift of Catholicism to others.
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LegoGE1947
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I have seen myself as an appendix, of no known use to the body:shrug: Of course the appendix is part of the intestines which eliminate waste materials and poisons from the body.
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