What was your biggest obstacle to Catholicism?

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zz912 said:
The angel called Mary “full of grace” BEFORE she said yes to being the Mother of God. 👍

Ergo, her sinlessness was not attached to or dependent upon or caused by her acceptance of God’s will to be His Mother.
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good point!
Della said:
You’re not over-thinking it, but your thinking is a bit flawed. 🙂

Because Mary was to be the Mother of the Redeemer, he preserved her from all stain of original sin at the moment of her conception in her mother’s womb. This is call the Immaculate Conception. It didn’t require Mary’s mother, St. Anne to have been sinless for God to accomplish it.

I think it’s how God preserved Mary from original sin is where you are stumped, yes?

Jesus’ redemption is effective in the past, the present, and the future. Mary was redeemed/preserved free from original sin at the moment of her conception through her Son’s redemption on the cross–because she was to be the Second Eve whose “Fiat” canceled Eve’s “No,” bringing into the world the Second Adam. God is not bound by time or space to do his will.

Mary was a free agent, all the same. She could have told God no, and she could have sinned, but she didn’t because she gave herself to God in all things. She is our model for holiness and faithfulness as another human being who did all she did in and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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I think I get it… the back in time coverage that I was describing that you are now talking about reached back at conception rather than acceptance. Not only does she have to be Sinless to carry… but Sinless in preparation too. (life leading up to acceptance) so she can accept (has the ability).
 
TheSeeker2014 said:
I think I get it… the back in time coverage that I was describing that you are now talking about reached back at conception rather than acceptance. Not only does she have to be Sinless to carry… but Sinless in preparation too. (life leading up to acceptance) so she can accept (has the ability).
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That’s about it. The Church is very precise in her language–she has to be–but as long as we lay people get the gist, it’s fine. 👍
 
The use of relics was an obstacle to me. Since their use is only a small part of the Catholic experience, it did not stop me from becoming Catholic 1 year ago this month. My parish has quite a few first class relics, but I wonder if they are all authentic. Most other Catholics I have spoken to don’t put much emphasis on the relics - they are more like a curiosity. Perhaps I will eventually understand their significance. :confused:
I didn’t have much trouble with any other aspect of Catholicism because I had reached a point in my Christian faith that there was no where else to go.
 
While I’m a cradle Catholic, my issue has been more toward conservative Catholics than the Church herself.

Mostly over how people should vote during American elections, why Catholics shouldn’t be Democrats, defending the death penalty. But that’s just me. On the matter of Church teaching no not really.
 
Itineris said:
The use of relics was an obstacle to me. Since their use is only a small part of the Catholic experience, it did not stop me from becoming Catholic 1 year ago this month. My parish has quite a few first class relics, but I wonder if they are all authentic. Most other Catholics I have spoken to don’t put much emphasis on the relics - they are more like a curiosity. Perhaps I will eventually understand their significance. :confused:
I didn’t have much trouble with any other aspect of Catholicism because I had reached a point in my Christian faith that there was no where else to go.
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Yes. Pious practices surrounding relics. sometimes, can be seen as weird, but you don’t have to believe, it’s not a matter of dogma. That doesn’t mean relics are unbiblical (2Kings 13:21 Acts 19:11-12, and others passages). Many Church Fathers speak about the importance to venerate the relics of saints (St Augustine, St Jerome, etc…). So the veneration of relics has a solid ground in Sacred Tradition.
 
Itineris said:
The use of relics was an obstacle to me. Since their use is only a small part of the Catholic experience, it did not stop me from becoming Catholic 1 year ago this month. My parish has quite a few first class relics, but I wonder if they are all authentic. Most other Catholics I have spoken to don’t put much emphasis on the relics - they are more like a curiosity. Perhaps I will eventually understand their significance. :confused:
I didn’t have much trouble with any other aspect of Catholicism because I had reached a point in my Christian faith that there was no where else to go.
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Demons seem to know what Relics are…bibleprobe.com/1928exorcism.htm

fatherjoe.wordpress.com/stories/an-exorcism-story/
 
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