littleflower+JMJ Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 i thought this was an interesting thing to ask............ since many say, "i couldnt' run away any longer, the Church found me! " (the famous, you can run but you can't hide scenerio! lol) and then i hear others say "I couldn't wait any longer, i knew I wanted to be Catholic!" (jumping off the diving board into the deep end while doing 360's!) and some say......BOTH! ps. option 2 is suppose to be "I [b]chose[/b] the Church" mea culpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 I was quite happy with my church, until I started looking at Catholicism. I really, really didn't want to be Catholic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 [quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Jul 29 2004, 06:44 PM'] I was quite happy with my church, until I started looking at Catholicism. I really, really didn't want to be Catholic. [/quote] i've read conversion stories that after learning about the Catholic Church, there was no going back....only forwards..... thanks for sharing and voting hsmom! i really appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustinaVianney Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 I was always taught to hate the Catholic Church, however, I always wanted to learn about Catholicism. When I met my first true Catholic I started asking question after question and she took me to a Mass and from there on I was determined to be Catholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Like hsmom, I was very happy at my other church, and had many close friends ... once I started looking into Catholicism, though, I couldn't get the Catholic Church out of my head. It got to the point, though, that I could no longer in good conscience commune at my church, so it was then that I made the decision. I began RCIA a few weeks later ... the rest is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroX Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 From the moment I walked into my first Cathedral (Canterbury, which was built Catholic) the Church had me. It took me 10 years to realize it fully, but the "Hound of Heaven" wouldn't let me go. peace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 It took eight years for me to convert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted July 31, 2004 Author Share Posted July 31, 2004 thank you so much for voting in the poll and sharing......i really appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337 k4th0l1x0r Posted July 31, 2004 Share Posted July 31, 2004 For me, I had always had an interest in Catholicism from a curiosity standpoint and I finally attended my first Mass in 2002. It was everything I thought it could be and it was love at first sight. :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey's_Girl Posted July 31, 2004 Share Posted July 31, 2004 The Church "chose" me, definitely. Once I started learning about her, I couldn't get her out of my head, as others have said. It was like I started recognizing the Real Thing from the paler copy I'd known all my life. It didn't take a terribly long time (probably two months) for me to realize that I *had* to become Catholic, whatever difficulties might arise. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't. It's just not an option. The Catholic Church seems to have a higher call to real holiness than any other I've found. The trick seems to be to aspire to and work toward purity without losing the heart of one's devotion. :wub: Many people fall off on either side--sin or empty legalism. But the narrow way of Christ is amazing. The adventure is just beginning for me. MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted July 31, 2004 Author Share Posted July 31, 2004 amazing!! i see answering the Truth and becoming Catholic as a true surrender for Holiness and what is True.....for the One you love! :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorphRC Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 When I was reverting, I choose the Church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Oh yes, the Hound of Heaven definitely got me. Like others, I did not want to be Catholic. I attribute that to all of the misconceptions I had! I did not want to become a member of the Catholic Church that fundamentalists taught against - yet this was not the Catholic Church! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 [quote name='MorphRC' date='Aug 8 2004, 05:13 AM'] When I was reverting, I choose the Church. [/quote] lol. Well even if we have poliitical differences, at least you're back in the right Church kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancesforLove Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 The church chose me without a doubt, I never really thought about religion, then all of a sudden the interest came up "where do we all come from, why are we here, ect" and I was pulled to the Catholic church and just driven to live my life out as a devout Catholic to the best of my ability! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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