[Faith-Talk] Trying To Help A New Prospective NFB Member Who IsCatholic

[Brian Hatgelakas]

I'm for whatever you want to worship religious wize its cool with me!  As
for my case after quitting mass attendance as a freshman in College I
became born again through a Christian Collegiant Outreach Program.   I had
removed myself totally as Catholic months before then.     I enjoyed that
folks were more accepting of me and also they showed Christ's love through
"doing" such as feeding homeless people and also volunteering for
Habbitat For Humanity.  I loved it and still do to this day.    Again i'll
due me and you due you religious wize!  God bless

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 11:22 AM Kane Brolin via Faith-Talk <
faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> On 3/9/22, Sarah Blake LaRose via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> > With respect to the positions that many of you take, please be aware that
> > there are people on this list who consider Catholics Christians. Thank
> you.
>
> Sarah, thanks for that elegant response, tongue firmly planted in cheek.
>
> It might interest anti-Catholics and former Catholics who are on this
> list that some who have come to renounce the Catholic Church,
> nonetheless became born again and took major steps toward their
> spiritual formation in Christ while still Catholic.  I mention that I
> live near South Bend, Indiana.  A long-time friend who definitely
> trusts in grace alone through faith alone and whose faith is based
> firmly on Scripture nowadays, still talks about the wisdom and
> spiritual growth he attained while attending charismatic Catholic
> meetings in South Bend during the 1970s.
>
> Furthermore, we have an organization here known as People Of Praise,
> containing a high number of Catholics but those of other church
> backgrounds as well, which defines itself as a charismatic Christian
> community containing members who consider themselves "bound together
> by our Christian baptism."  I have a friend, a fellow congregant of an
> Evangelical Free [Protestant] church nowadays, whose faith became real
> for him while he participated in People Of Praise, having come into
> that community as a Catholic.
>
> Finally, a certain business colleague of mine, who still attends
> Catholic mass each week, told me privately that even though he loves
> the ritual of the Catholic Church, he is personally convicted that
> underneath it all, it is only through the unmerited favor of Christ
> that one gets justified.  I have no doubt about where his faith lies,
> even though the type of church I worship in on Sunday morning is
> different from the type of church he worships in.
>
> Just one point of style here:  It seems to me that when we talk about
> NFB's Communities Of Faith, we are enjoying fellowship and offering
> mutual assistance as blind comrades and as Federationists first.  I
> know I am new to this list, so excuse me for being forward; but it
> seems to me that this list is not meant as a platform for disputation
> about whose church is right and who is saved vs. who is going to hell.
> Keep in mind that Hebrews, Unitarians, Quakers, Muslims, Buddhists,
> and those persons of faith who don't adhere to any type of biblicist
> or Christian worldview, too, need to be treated in a respectful and
> non-judgmental manner by those who share this public forum.
>
> Thank you.  This is all I intend to say on the subject.  I wish many
> blessings to all.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> -Kane
>
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