Where did you get your training and education of the gospel?

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Where did you get your training and education of the gospel?

And how did you get inspired to learn more?
 
My Baptism took place when I was six weeks old so I guess that’s where it all started…My mom would tell my brother and I stories when we were pre school and she made them so interesting on a child’s level When it came time for school the nuns took their time with us kids let us start to read bible stories and my curiosity was getting strong. …Came time for first confession and first Communion, the priest took the classes on Religion and the Catechism over It was the first time that anyone explained in detail just what Jesus went through.I remember how much it hurt to be told how He suffered for me…As time progressed, I understood the gospel readings. I read the Bible front to back, I am by no means a theologian but when my kids who are nine and eleven were taught as I was they were just as interested as I was when first starting to learn about and love this one we call Jesus…So I thank my mother for all she taught us at home and the Sisters and the Priests who came into my life and gave me the training and education.My heart gave the rest in knowing Love and Mercy itself, Our Savior Jesus Christ God Bless:🦋🦋
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My Mother got me a kids Bible when I was about 6 years old and I came from a protestant family. I watched Christian cartoons every Saturday that told the Bible stories and we studied the Bible in Sunday school. The average Protestant kid knows more about The Bible than the average Catholic adult unfortunately. But I got a fuller and more correct understanding, obvious, when I was going through my conversation to Catholicism.

And I was always interested in spiritual matters all my life. I always wanted to know more. Even when I was bad.
 
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I didn’t really get started until college. I warmed a seat in Sunday school, but I never put much effort into it. In fact, I was only Confirmed because I thought it would make my mom happy.

I started going to daily Mass just before Christmas my first year in college, but I was on my own as far as learning the faith went. I started reading from a KJV Bible I got from Walmart years before, and I luckily figured out before finishing Genesis that we Catholics have more books than protestants. One trip to Half Price Books later, I got a NAB.

I went to community college after my first year to save money, and I signed up for a Bible course. Just before my birthday this year, I had read every book in the Bible front to back. I’m now Biblically “literate” (or at least functional), and Catholic Answers has given me the resources I need as far as everything extra-Biblical (Church history, Councils, etc.) are concerned.

So, I have very little formal training. I’ve essentially been figuring things out on my own since I returned to the faith. I think it’s been good for me, but I was very lucky I ended up where I did. If I didn’t have Catholic Answers, I could be just about anything right now.
 
That one line was not my post…I had trouble, my computer it froze I am sorry. I edit to finish my first post.
God Bless.
 
It has been an ongoing process, throughout my life. 🙂

It started in Catechism classes while I was growing up. I can remember that during my childhood, and I can remember my Dad talking to us about the Lord at the dinner table, too.

I then had Theology classes during Catholic high school, and my Freshman and Sophomore years of high school were especially devoted to studying the Bible indepth.

Then, I received one of my Catholic Bibles as a gift. It’s a Catholic Study Bible, and so I have used that for my own personal study when I have wanted to study any part of the Gospel readings.

Lastly, I would take any Adult Faith Formation Classes that I was able to, at the parishes that I attended, including any Adult Bible Study classes that were offered.
 
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From my parents and grandparents, from preachers and teachers, sitting under some very wise scholars.

I am inspired to learn more because I am head over heels in love with Christ and His Church.
 
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Where did you get your training and education of the gospel?
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Catechism classes as a child. But it wasn’t enough to keep me in the Church. I left for a decade and a half. When I came back, I still remembered a bunch. But not enough to teach Catechism class. So, I got the rest of my education from the internet.
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I came back to Church when my wife conceived our first child. So, guess it was my children that inspired me.
 
I too am a lifelong Catholic born into the Faith

I was Blessed with 13 years of Good Catholic Education [G k-12], then later in life due to grace and the Holy Spirit acting through one of my HS teachers and a 50+ years mentor and friend; became a Certified Marian Catechist; a Lay Apostolate founded by the late Father John A. HArdon S.J. and now under the international Director Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke.

Bible Study was just one of the mandates of Servant of God: Father Hardon.

God Bless you,
Patrick [PJM]
 
Cradle catholic … CCD classes all through school that were pretty worthless as little teaching of the faith was actually done (ie the eccliastic equivalent of graham crackers and kool-aid were taught). About 20 years ago I started filling in the gaps by self-study. Defining moment was a program in my parish listening to Bible tapes by catholic Kevin Saunders of Logos Ministries that approaches understanding the Bible through history, culture and geography and was most excellent. About 30 of us went for four years …an hour a week as he took us through the Bible word-by-word relating the OT to the NT as we went along. With the explanations/understandings obtained from that as my “base” it has illuminated the meaning of every mass, every homily, every psalm, epistle and Gospel heard since then … and I continue to go forward.
 
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