This day always fills me with wondrous memories of that day, now 16 years ago, when Jesus called to my heart so powerfully, so strongly, so surprisingly, at a Midnight Mass at St. Anthony of Padua in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, showing me that He was, of all shocking places, in a Catholic Church! What a torturous 48 hours I had before I decided that, of course! the Catholic Church is where I had to go.
A Merry, blessed, happy and holy Christmas to everyone!
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Marie,
It wasn't at a Midnight Mass, but I was also surprised when I found Jesus in a Catholic Church (5 years ago)...after 16 years as an Evangelical Protestant. When I think about those many years of truly loving Jesus, yet still knowing that somehow I was still not home; and then finding out those 16 years were a pilgrimage to the new Promised Land....the One, Holy Catholic, and Apostolic Church, I get very misty, grateful and filled with JOY!
Now I understand that it is not only CHRISTmas, but CHRIST-MASS, and I get goosebumps. Truly, being Catholic is the best Christmas gift I have ever gotten.
Thanks for your short, but very meaningful post.
And, since we are Catholic, this is just the 1st Day of the 12 Days of Christmas! :-)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Merry Christmas, dear Marie and family!
Merry Christmas - my journey as Catholic began nn 1994, 13 years ago. I was confirmed 10 years ago, 1997...
Dear Marie,
I am so grateful that you found the Church, because if you hadn't, then I wouldn't have found you!!! And you are such a gift to my life, my friend. Because you have found Christ here, in the Catholic Church, I have found Christ in you.
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