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Reuben_J
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Praise God, brother. It’s all about the love of God, really.
Bless you.
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Bless you.
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JackmanUSC
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Because it’s the right one duh. I am a history major and the more history I read, the more convinced I am that the CC is the right one.
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LSK
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I was born and raised Catholic but fell away from the Church and then fell away from God. When I started my journey back I went through a series of circumstances that ended up back at the Catholic Church.
What I found myself doing, eventually, was taking up the challenge of finding out what those early Christians taught and believed. And I discovered that those same Truths and Dogmas and Doctrines are upheld by the Catholic Church.
I decided to renew my Baptismal and Confirmation vows after realizing that I am a big girl now. I knew, and understood, that this would mean discipline and perseverance (forgive my spelling errors).
It would also mean that I would need, at times, to practice the virtue of obedience. This is a struggle for me, because I am rebellious by nature. However, my experience has been that once I say, “I will accept that teaching, even though I do not understand it and I am not sure I wholly agree yet…please, explain it to me” that by the sheer fact that I have chosen to subject my will to the Will of God the understanding is granted to me. I don’t know if that makes any sense, but it is as though I am given the grace to understand the nuances and the theology behind a doctine or dogma that was otherwise hidden from me.
I have also come to understand that there are some things I am not meant to fully comprehend - that is why they are a mystery. The Holy Trinity, for instance, or how God can know all there is to know about me and still allow me to choose what I will and will not do…and love me anyway.
I am glad the Church waited for me.
What I found myself doing, eventually, was taking up the challenge of finding out what those early Christians taught and believed. And I discovered that those same Truths and Dogmas and Doctrines are upheld by the Catholic Church.
I decided to renew my Baptismal and Confirmation vows after realizing that I am a big girl now. I knew, and understood, that this would mean discipline and perseverance (forgive my spelling errors).
It would also mean that I would need, at times, to practice the virtue of obedience. This is a struggle for me, because I am rebellious by nature. However, my experience has been that once I say, “I will accept that teaching, even though I do not understand it and I am not sure I wholly agree yet…please, explain it to me” that by the sheer fact that I have chosen to subject my will to the Will of God the understanding is granted to me. I don’t know if that makes any sense, but it is as though I am given the grace to understand the nuances and the theology behind a doctine or dogma that was otherwise hidden from me.
I have also come to understand that there are some things I am not meant to fully comprehend - that is why they are a mystery. The Holy Trinity, for instance, or how God can know all there is to know about me and still allow me to choose what I will and will not do…and love me anyway.
I am glad the Church waited for me.
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m134e5
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I sought the truth and found it- it’s as simple as that. Why would I reject the truth I have found?
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Reuben_J
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This kind of testimony is always encouraging, always edifying. Thank you.
That only goes to show that we can never outdo God in generosity. We give Him our heart, He will give us understanding, far richer than we can ever imagine.
God bless you, sister.
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Warrior4Truth
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I would like to thank everyone that has posted so far and given there thoughts. I am very glad that there has been a large turn out on this thread and I hope that everyone will continue to post here and to give there own thoughts, testimonies, stories, etc. The posts given so far have been great everyone. Keep them coming 
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catholicdiamond
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I believe in being catholic because its the fullness of truth and faith.
I find that alot of people hop from church to church to find the one that is RIGHT FOR THEM, when they should be searchign the one that is RIGHT FOR GOD. Go where all the questions can be answered, and that is in the catholic church in the deepest of my opinions. God bless
I find that alot of people hop from church to church to find the one that is RIGHT FOR THEM, when they should be searchign the one that is RIGHT FOR GOD. Go where all the questions can be answered, and that is in the catholic church in the deepest of my opinions. God bless
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AquinasXVI
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As Chesterton said: there are really only two things, the Catholic church and the world.
Enough said.
in XT.
Enough said.
in XT.
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Paris_Blues
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Why did I choose to be Catholic?
No clue!
All I can say is because it’s with the Grace of God. He actually chose me! Why?
Because it IS His Church that was established by Him! How cool is that?
(it’s so cool that I desire ALL people of different religions to be in Christ’s Catholic Church! )
No clue!
All I can say is because it’s with the Grace of God. He actually chose me! Why?
Because it IS His Church that was established by Him! How cool is that?
(it’s so cool that I desire ALL people of different religions to be in Christ’s Catholic Church!
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SpiritualBeing
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I use to be a Catholic.
I didn’t choose my belief, I was led into it by the Lord after praying too Him, and asking for understanding. My understanding has gotten better since that day, many years ago.
William
I didn’t choose my belief, I was led into it by the Lord after praying too Him, and asking for understanding. My understanding has gotten better since that day, many years ago.
William
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Unfinished
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Well, my story is kinda weird.
When I was a rebelling teenager, I stopped going to church. (raised Catholic). My mom understood, she did the same and she simply said to me “You will understand one day, and come back.” Yeah…right. Eh, mom was right.
I never became overly religious until I met my girlfriend. She is a Protestant ministers daughter. We have/had been dating for a while. So, her dad talked with me near the beginning and said that her suitor had to be a spiritual leader. “Okay, cool.” I thought. I love the Lord, I just havn’t been doing anything about it.
So, here is my deep journey into the Protestant life. Her and I went to a bunch of different Protestant chuches. it was all new to me, having only been to a Catholic Church before.
But, I didn’t really understand. I guess I still had Catholic ties. Being in the military, I went to see my chaplin. (A southern Baptist). A Protestant would say I was saved that night. I went to him to help explain the differences in religions, but it turns out that is not at all what happened. He merely spoke of Jesus, and his actions. I was in tears, that moment I realized how I had been wrong to just abandon Christ.
I was excitied. I was full of the Spirit and desired nothing but to learn.
We then deployed to Iraq a few months later. The first 3 or 4 months, I attended Protestant service. But, there was a spark inside of me. I went to Mass. (Our base had no Priest, he rarely came by, so it was kinda always a spur of the moment Mass. I believe this one was on a Thursday.)
It made me wonder. Protestant, or Catholic? Of course I wanted to be a Protestant - I love my girlfriend and we want to be married. (But the outcome of this story leads into that, so maybe another time.
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So I researched. I went to every Bible study my chaplin offered. I went to it all. But, to me, something always felt wrong. I used christiananswers.net when I could get online to study, but they always attacked Catholics on thier site. Just as if I was begging for a response to understand why, I typed in catholic.com one day.
I was confused to say the least. Upon my return in early October, I dove right in. I ate up every bit of information I could. Bad news for my relationship - I came up Catholic.
That brings us to current day. I am currently “broken up” with a girl who tells me weekly that she wants to just run away and marry me, but she couldn’t break her dad’s heart like that. And I am faced with a father who is generally pretty anti-Catholic.
I will probably lose her because I refuse to become Protestant, and her father has her pretty locked down. But I would like to reconcile the two.
That’s my story. Pray for us three if you feel so inclined. Her name is Hannah. Her father, Mitchell.
God Bless,
Adam
When I was a rebelling teenager, I stopped going to church. (raised Catholic). My mom understood, she did the same and she simply said to me “You will understand one day, and come back.” Yeah…right. Eh, mom was right.
I never became overly religious until I met my girlfriend. She is a Protestant ministers daughter. We have/had been dating for a while. So, her dad talked with me near the beginning and said that her suitor had to be a spiritual leader. “Okay, cool.” I thought. I love the Lord, I just havn’t been doing anything about it.
So, here is my deep journey into the Protestant life. Her and I went to a bunch of different Protestant chuches. it was all new to me, having only been to a Catholic Church before.
But, I didn’t really understand. I guess I still had Catholic ties. Being in the military, I went to see my chaplin. (A southern Baptist). A Protestant would say I was saved that night. I went to him to help explain the differences in religions, but it turns out that is not at all what happened. He merely spoke of Jesus, and his actions. I was in tears, that moment I realized how I had been wrong to just abandon Christ.
I was excitied. I was full of the Spirit and desired nothing but to learn.
We then deployed to Iraq a few months later. The first 3 or 4 months, I attended Protestant service. But, there was a spark inside of me. I went to Mass. (Our base had no Priest, he rarely came by, so it was kinda always a spur of the moment Mass. I believe this one was on a Thursday.)
It made me wonder. Protestant, or Catholic? Of course I wanted to be a Protestant - I love my girlfriend and we want to be married. (But the outcome of this story leads into that, so maybe another time.
)So I researched. I went to every Bible study my chaplin offered. I went to it all. But, to me, something always felt wrong. I used christiananswers.net when I could get online to study, but they always attacked Catholics on thier site. Just as if I was begging for a response to understand why, I typed in catholic.com one day.
I was confused to say the least. Upon my return in early October, I dove right in. I ate up every bit of information I could. Bad news for my relationship - I came up Catholic.
That brings us to current day. I am currently “broken up” with a girl who tells me weekly that she wants to just run away and marry me, but she couldn’t break her dad’s heart like that. And I am faced with a father who is generally pretty anti-Catholic.
I will probably lose her because I refuse to become Protestant, and her father has her pretty locked down. But I would like to reconcile the two.
That’s my story. Pray for us three if you feel so inclined. Her name is Hannah. Her father, Mitchell.
God Bless,
Adam
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