I want to take this time, to anyone who reads this blog, especially non-Catholic, to invite you to try Catholicism. Or at least be open to her claims.
I invite you to experience the richness of the Catholic faith.
If you love the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind do not be afraid of where He might lead you!
Show up to a Mass (don't take communion...yet).
Say a rosary - the prayers are completely Christocentric.
Pick a saint and find out more about them. You don't have to invoke their intersession; just get to know a fellow Christian who has won the race.
Pray to the Holy Spirit to open your mind and cast your net on the otherside of the boat.
It just might change your life.
I'll be praying for you.
Showing posts with label Openness. Show all posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010
A Homily that Hit Me
On St. Patrick's Day, I went to Mass to honor the feast day of this great Christian missionary to the Celts. (I'm a little Irish me-self.) The homily that was given really hit home and kind of goes along with the guerrilla story that I told not too long ago.
Father was talking about how Christ told Peter and Andrew to cast the net on the other side. Keep in mind that they had been fishing all night and it was now daytime. They had caught nothing and they were tired and smelly and irritable. But, they acquiesced to his request. And they put their net on the other side.
They caught the biggest catch in broad daylight that anyone could have imagined. Sometimes we are asked, not told, to have some faith and cast our nets on the other side. What we think is not the same as what God knows. We could argue with Him for a bit and we think that He might be a little crazy telling us to do one thing when we surely know the outcome. Ha.
Do we have that faith to go ahead and listen to God? Can we have faith to know that He knows whats best and what He's doing? I say, absolutely. So go ahead and trust in the Lord. Be open to his requests. Cast your nets on the other side and see what happens.
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, Pray for us!
Father was talking about how Christ told Peter and Andrew to cast the net on the other side. Keep in mind that they had been fishing all night and it was now daytime. They had caught nothing and they were tired and smelly and irritable. But, they acquiesced to his request. And they put their net on the other side.
They caught the biggest catch in broad daylight that anyone could have imagined. Sometimes we are asked, not told, to have some faith and cast our nets on the other side. What we think is not the same as what God knows. We could argue with Him for a bit and we think that He might be a little crazy telling us to do one thing when we surely know the outcome. Ha.
Do we have that faith to go ahead and listen to God? Can we have faith to know that He knows whats best and what He's doing? I say, absolutely. So go ahead and trust in the Lord. Be open to his requests. Cast your nets on the other side and see what happens.
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, Pray for us!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Whatever Happened to Christian Charity??
Why does it seem that so many people preach on loving your neighbor and sacrificing yourself for others, then turn around and throw it straight out the window? What happened to Christian charity?
Do this person agree with what I believe is true? No. Do I agree with his beliefs completely? No. Can I show him truly what Catholicism teaches? Yes. Will he listen? That depends on him. Respect is key to dialogue. Especially with talk about ecumenism and anything relating to Christian unity and dialogue. When it appears that openness is there, but truly is not, then that is where it starts to decay.
How does this build up and edify Christ's kingdom on earth? It doesn't. So much for John 17! I'm sure that Christ just loves the fact that his body has been torn asunder. That's true unity! No! It's a plurality of individualism that is the cancer of modern Christianity. No wonder the world is the way it is. (Both sides can use help. Don't think I am attacking just one side.)
Only the Truth can set you free. One Truth. One Church. One Body. Open yourself up to God and his Church. He will lead you into all Truth if you let him. If not, good luck in your endeavors.
Do this person agree with what I believe is true? No. Do I agree with his beliefs completely? No. Can I show him truly what Catholicism teaches? Yes. Will he listen? That depends on him. Respect is key to dialogue. Especially with talk about ecumenism and anything relating to Christian unity and dialogue. When it appears that openness is there, but truly is not, then that is where it starts to decay.
How does this build up and edify Christ's kingdom on earth? It doesn't. So much for John 17! I'm sure that Christ just loves the fact that his body has been torn asunder. That's true unity! No! It's a plurality of individualism that is the cancer of modern Christianity. No wonder the world is the way it is. (Both sides can use help. Don't think I am attacking just one side.)
Only the Truth can set you free. One Truth. One Church. One Body. Open yourself up to God and his Church. He will lead you into all Truth if you let him. If not, good luck in your endeavors.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Door has been Opened
Two days ago, about 10:30 at night, as I was working on the opening lessons for a series I am giving at the local Newman center where I am the advisor, my phone rang. It was my girlfriend, clearly distressed and upset. Apparently things were being said between her and her mother and they progressed again to me being Catholic. Misunderstandings again were spewed forth and my girlfriend was trying her best to allay her mother's fears and misconceptions. She could only take so much. I was called in the middle of this.
Soon after she called, she gave her mother the phone and I spoke with her. God must have thought that it was the right time to talk about all the misconceptions. I answered the best that I could in that short time, but I am sure that there will continue to be questions. At least that door has been opened now. I told them to come to me whenever they have a question on anything Catholic. She even acknowledged that they should have been more open about asking.
All I can say is praise be to God. If anyone reads this besides me, prayers would be great. God bless you.
Soon after she called, she gave her mother the phone and I spoke with her. God must have thought that it was the right time to talk about all the misconceptions. I answered the best that I could in that short time, but I am sure that there will continue to be questions. At least that door has been opened now. I told them to come to me whenever they have a question on anything Catholic. She even acknowledged that they should have been more open about asking.
All I can say is praise be to God. If anyone reads this besides me, prayers would be great. God bless you.
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