Comments on: Who Were You Most Afraid to Tell About Your Conversion? CHNetwork Community Responds

By: Chris Moellering

Chris Moellering — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 23:10:00 +0000

Most everyone….we’re losing friends and alienating family, but this past Sunday’s parable about the pearl of great value is a reminder that no, we are not crazy.

By: Jeffrey Job

Jeffrey Job — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:14:00 +0000

In my case it was my son who was about 13 at the time. I had left the Church because it was so “unbiblical” and was a serious Evangelical for a few years. As is the case with so many of us we don’t just stop being Catholic, we become very anti-Catholic. I talked quite a bit about my beliefs with him so he knew all the Bible Answer Man reasons why the Church was wrong in so many areas.
So as I was reading those pesky Church Fathers and seeing the Truth I was very worried that if I reverted he would either think religion in general was ridiculous or that dear old dad was a bit unstable. I had to just be humble and admit I had been very sincere but also sincerely wrong about the Church.

Then we just had many discussions about the Church and teachings. We did this on a regular basis and he told this to Nate, a friend of his. He happened to be the Lutheran Pastor’s PK so Nate started joining in our long discussions about these matters with all the objections I had had till my reversion. I don’t know if any of our discussions ever bore fruit with Nate but he did tell my son that if Christianity was true at all it had to be Catholicism. My son is now a practicing Catholic raising his daughter in the faith so my fears were unfounded apparently.

By: Jackie Barry

Jackie Barry — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:54:00 +0000

Probably the most difficult part of converting or in my case reverting, is telling loved ones of your decision to return to the Catholic faith or become Catholic. All the stories above are very sad in that Christ wants us to be one with Him. In this world today it is disheartening to know there are still strong divisions with faith traditions. All I can add to this, is eventually it will get better. Minds may not change about your decision to become Catholic but God has put these individuals in our lives for a reason. It is our responsibility to just love them where they are and as St. Francis basically said “preach without words”. Miracles do happen!