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==A personal testimony==

==A personal testimony==

I lost my mother at 12. She was a devout Catholic woman. I do not doubt at all that she is in paradise with the Lord despite all her rosaries, vain repetition, praying to saints, etc.  My own personal road to salvation was a long road. But I did first hear the Word of God in the Roman Catholic Church. The book of Hebrews is my favorite book - it just sings to me, as does Isaiah. I love reading Hebrews in one sitting, and would recommend it to anybody.

I lost my mother at 12. She was a devout Catholic woman. I do not doubt at all that she is in paradise with the Lord despite all her rosaries, vain repetition, praying to saints, etc.  My own personal road to salvation was a longer road. But I did first hear the Word of God in the Roman Catholic Church. The book of Hebrews is my favorite book - it just sings to me, as does Isaiah. I love reading Hebrews in one sitting, and would recommend it to anybody.

As a young altar boy, I recall hearing in Hebrews that we all are priests. When I asked the priest afterward, why does the Word of God conflict with what I learn in religion class, he just joked and laughed, and never gave a satisfactory answer to my childish faith. I'm not the first catholic to be warned off of God's word. The church has just picked up too much extraneous non-scriptural baggage over two millennia, which isn't really surprising. The same thing is occurring even in many much younger Protestant sects. I guess this is what is meant by regeneration, renewal, and revival, which is a neverending process. But faith in the Word cuts through all the junk, so long as it's spoken, and heard.

As a young altar boy, I recall hearing in Hebrews that we all are priests. When I asked the priest afterward, why does the Word of God conflict with what I learn in religion class, he just joked and laughed, and never gave a satisfactory answer to my childish faith. I'm not the first catholic to be warned off of God's word. The church has just picked up too much extraneous non-scriptural baggage over two millennia, which isn't really surprising. The same thing is occurring even in many much younger Protestant sects. I guess this is what is meant by regeneration, renewal, and revival, which is a neverending process. But faith in the Word cuts through all the junk, so long as it's spoken, and heard.

Feel free to contact me on my user page if I can ever help in understanding scripture. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]} 01:48, 19 November 2019 (EST)

Feel free to contact me on my user page if I can ever help in understanding scripture. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]} 01:48, 19 November 2019 (EST)