Mary LIVES in my Heart? Help!

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What would be the absolute worst thing that could happen to a nice Protestant girl?
Why Mary, the Blessed Virgin, would do a little interior house cleaning, then make a home for herself in the poor girl’s heart, that’s what! If that was not bad enough, this perplexed young woman’s belief system would stay staunchly anti-Catholic for oh, about another 10 years, even though she had converted to Catholicism. I mean what choice did she have? Nobody but the Catholic Church even wants someone who craves the Eucharist and has a relationship with the Mother of Christ.

Obviously this young woman was and is me. God has a peculiar sense of humor and now I can look back and laugh at my dilemma. At the time, though I was shook up. As Pope Francis said at the Easter Vigil, God delights in shaking us up, or as I like to say, ripping the rug from underneath us. Nope, God will not stay in a nice, neat little box of our own making. Just when we think we have Him all figured out, He pulls another fast one on us. 

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  1. Lora Dolores5:58 pm, September 22, 2013

    Mary directed me Our Blessed Lord in the Holy Eucharist and brought me home to the Catholic Church eight years ago!

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  2. Melanie Jean Juneau7:12 pm, September 22, 2013

    ahh,,a fellow pilgrim!

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  3. Cheryl Dickow5:43 am, September 23, 2013

    My best friend is Protestant and she allowed me to learn and grow in my Catholic faith in an incredible way. She taught me about a true friendship with Christ and to this day--decades later--we are the closest of friends: me Catholic and her Protestant.

    There is a lot that Catholics can learn from our Protestant brothers and sisters and I hope that you kept all the wonders of your Protestant faith while growing into the fullness that you now have as a Catholic.

    I had a blessed time talking about this with Marcus Grodi on Journey Home!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_IJSeaAcJc

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    1. Melanie Jean Juneau5:58 pm, September 23, 2013

      actually I moved after grade 12 and within a month became part of the catholic communtity. However my sister was a missionary for 10 years and now both she and her husband are Evangelical Pastors. Although she fears for my salvation, I know exactly how she thinks and feels,... so I do not take offense

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    2. Melanie Jean Juneau5:59 pm, September 23, 2013

      i will watch your interview tonight!!

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