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54 years for me, though I never had a close call as you did. I often wondered why I did not explore the Catholic faith earlier in my journey. Any answer is of course speculation but the possibility is...

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Oh, my dear Mr. Grump, Not in need or conversion? Everyone is in need of conversion, and sometimes I think that cradle Catholics are more in need of conversion that dyed-in-the-wool Protestants--such...

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Your words are always a balm to me as those of others above. I'm a stubborn cus but always keep my mind and heart open. My 2nd eye surgery failed to improve vision but it did make the surgeon a few...

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Mr. Grump, Please consider that Joseph of Arimathea's line you were "struck" by was likely written not by Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, or Paul, but by Karl Tunberg, the screenwriter for "Ben-Hur"....

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It strikes me as odd that none of the bloggers who have responded to David Warren has commented on the essential error in his thinking: he fails to see that Christian faith, and the Church herself, are...

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Dear Mr.Grump, As they say: "just do it". Steel yourself and return to your faith for you know Our Lord is calling you. Do not let any pride stand in your way. Humility is the path to heaven. Go to...

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I "came home" at age 59. I was raised Presbyterian, became an Episcopalian and was active in the Episcopal Church. Mr. Warren is quite right. The Catholic Church stands for Eternal Truths. When the...

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Could it possibly be due to, um well, ... pride? - Rick

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place your crown at the feet of Christ, the only way.... - Bob

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Place your crown at the feet of Christ...the only way - Bob

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I entered the Church from evangelical Christianity at the age of 41, after having read the Early Church Fathers for 20 years or more. It simply never occurred to me - at any point during that time -...

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And it took me 50 years, but to the Eastern Orthodox Church. For me, I came from the Evangelical tradition. A major change for me but so satisfying after years of searching. - Mike Carter

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Michael Fraley, you sound a bit like Bl. John Henry Newman except that he got some buds together to try and restart the old church then found out that it already existed in the Catholic Church...always...

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Dear Mr.Warren, I'm very interested in your conversion story, and as many other have already done, I can tell you my own. I'm Italian and I was born a Catholic. I received all initiation sacraments and...

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I think one thing is under-appreciated in the Church in the U.S. One essential reason anyone was able to come home is that tens of millions of ordinary Catholics kept the Church alive for all of us. I...

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Thank you, Dennis. Yours is a very important and profound reminder of what sainthood consists. They sit beside us at Mass all the time. Somehow, the word "fidelity" gets lost now and then. Thank you...

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Dear Grump, I too am 71. Here's a quotation from the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus that I found most helpful and encouraging: "Look at him who is ever looking at you. With whatever faith you have,...

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Dear Mr. Grump, Maybe the first step towards God is to stop calling one's self "Grump". The TRUTH is God gives us gifts because He wants us to be happy. He suffers us to reject His gifts because He...

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Dear Mr. Grump, I wrote about why your happiness is important to God. But I forgot to write why your happiness should be important to you. Happy people think more clearly, love more generously and live...

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"I cannot explain to myself, today, why it took me so long to become a Catholic. I want to know, because if I could understand it, I could help so many other people who are making my old mistake."...

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