tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post2439199673418569788..comments2023-06-21T04:41:09.004-06:00Comments on The Log in My Own Eye: The Underside of Being a RevertMary Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00156641491060184072noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post-83750565915599016372011-05-21T21:49:31.693-06:002011-05-21T21:49:31.693-06:00Thank you Mary-C.Thank you Mary-C.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post-5565545714835861512011-05-21T20:37:42.324-06:002011-05-21T20:37:42.324-06:00Thanks Kelly.
And Manny, it is the Ignatius RSV...Thanks Kelly. <br /><br />And Manny, it is the Ignatius RSV, 2nd Catholic Ed. <br /><br />Ros, it is a lifetime of work to come to terms with the damage we do. But it can be done, of that I am sure.Mary Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156641491060184072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post-85834065332222925072011-05-21T13:15:56.807-06:002011-05-21T13:15:56.807-06:00I so identify with this post. I think the rest of ...I so identify with this post. I think the rest of my days will be spent making reparation for any bad examples my past behaviour has set. It follows me round daily.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962374096401238994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post-13645396531656432712011-05-20T18:35:08.684-06:002011-05-20T18:35:08.684-06:00May the Lord transform your daughters and Kelly...May the Lord transform your daughters and Kelly's children. Luckily I did not have children during my stint with atheism, my twenties. But even then i was not an angry atheist like some are today, but one who had made a scientific assessment and regretfully did not see God in the universe. But I would say I was roughly a cultural Catholic, so it would be quite possible I would still have given my children religious instruction. Ironically it was my scientific calculation which brought me back to a belief in God. But that's another story.<br /><br />Mary-C, you mentioned bible reading. Out of curiosity, which bible translation did you use in your schooling? Which do you recommend? I like the NAB but it seems difficult for Catholics to settle on a translation.Mannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396201693030286919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696752275509036420.post-85888588245726517792011-05-20T06:57:54.032-06:002011-05-20T06:57:54.032-06:00Mary Christine, I lived something along those same...Mary Christine, I lived something along those same lines. At this date, some of mine have converted and some have not. My teens all go to Sunday mass regardless. Here is my belief: 1.they will see what change Jesus in His Church has wrought in me--real, lasting change, so there is a patience and time component--and 2. by attending mass they will be exposed to the presence of Christ, and that alone cannot ever be a futile thing. Regardless of a persons disposition. Certainly, on a natural plane, if a receptive person and a non receptive person both go before His presence; we would be more likely to see an outcome for the receptive one. But since we do not see everything on the spiritual plane, we don't know how the Lord touched that other heart. All I know is that I've seen it, lived it, and wholly believe that a person that encounters the living Christ does not come away unchanged. Yes, I know that there is free will about what actions they will then take, but I am mainly just speaking of the internal. Your daughters will benefit, believe that. And as you already are, live your faith before them. The time for their direct formation may have passed, but now is the time for prayer, sacrifice and most of all, love. God Bless you as you graduate!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847572866285311259noreply@blogger.com