Rosary Army #233 – You Want Me to Read WHAT?
Our New Pool (Sort of), Working It, Catholic and Non-Catholic Books, and Should We Boycott Beer? 206-984-1899 for Feedback!
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Is that one of your sons [Greg]?
Bob
I have no idea who that kid is
look at this!
http://www.archatl.com/congress/cnmc.html
Ohh. I thought it kinda looked like a little Willits
Bob
I enjoyed the Catholic vs Non-Catholic book topic. I’m a Southern Baptist convert — came in @ Easter Vigil 1999. I was well grounded in my Baptist Bible teaching and led teen Sunday School classes for several years. I spent a lot of time reading Scott Hahn once I started going to RCIA classes. The Catholic friend who pointed me to Mass recommended Home Sweet Home. Some of my long held beliefs were upended but my eyes were opened when I learned the origins of the Catholic faith. My sister looked at my Catholic book collection and said, “No! Uh..uh… no way!”… as she saw my copy of The Rapture Trap. I was messing with the whole Left Behind and Second Coming stuff. My collection of apologetics books grew like crazy. I loved the Surprised by the Truth books. Now, I’ve got nothing to apologize for — not even crazy about that term. For me, Jesus was always coming soon — now I know he already there in the Mass. For me, Heaven just got way bigger as a Catholic. I find less value in the non-Catholic Christian books now. The same thing happened to me with some Contemporary Christian music. I had been a huge fan of Steve Camp and saw him in concert once — met him and spoke to him — when I was still Baptist. Consider the Cost was a stellar recording of his. My first couple of years into the Catholic Church, Steve Camp came out with new CD which I bought straight away. After I started playing it, I realized it was this predominant theme — the Protestant Reformation was great and I was praying on worthless beads (paraphrase of a lyric). I read through song titles and lyrics. I never finished listening to it and have never felt the same about that artist. It was a huge let down because his music in the past had been so uplifting to me. I joked that I’d become Catholic so I’d know what it was like to be persecuted for my Christian faith. It stung.
I grew up with the same thing – being a Southern Baptist. I remember hearing all sorts of comments like that in the books we read and the way people spoke. I converted in 2002 despite having a very protestant family. Many are supportive, but it really bugs me when they put down the Saints and Mary and even downplay the rosary. The conversation about books brought it home that we really do need to always think about what we are reading and decide on its value according to our beliefs. As I grow in my faith (thanks to this show and others) I am finding that I am able to discard more texts that put down my faith rather than struggle with them.
On another note, I heard Greg talk about taking bread out of the freezer. My family thought I was the only one that did that. It just made me laugh that I wasn’t the only one that froze bread.
Thanks for your podcast. I prayed my first rosary from the inspiration of yours and Cardinal Arinze’s podcast. Thanks.