Sursum Corda Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 It was so incredibly awesome to be a witness to their First Communions...I'm sorry that I was a crying buffoon...but I was just so happy for you both.
BeenaBobba Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Wow, that was beautiful, Adam! I wish I could have been there. God bless, Jen
BeenaBobba Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 [quote name='Sursum Corda' date='Oct 24 2004, 04:18 PM'] It was so incredibly awesome to be a witness to their First Communions...I'm sorry that I was a crying buffoon...but I was just so happy for you both. [/quote] Don't feel bad; I'd have been crying too had I been there. God bless, Jen
Katholikos Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Bro and Mrs. Adam, Sorry I've been away and missed your journey. You two must have been on a fast track. Why were you not received at Easter? Not that you were lacking in your Catholic education! Did Mom come to share your joy? Did your Baptist friend come to Mass with you today? How are they taking this? Did you ever read [i]The Spirit of Catholicism[/i]? (That's a tuff one.) [i]Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Protestant [/i]? I'm full of questions, and full of excitement. I cried at my First Communion. No, I didn't. I bawled like a baby for hours. Playing in the background is Beethoven's Ode to Joy, in your honor. Lawdy, Lawdy, Hallelujah! Congratulations! The angels and saints are marching and playing those harps and tambourines! JMJ Jay Damien (Likos)
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Oct 24 2004, 03:14 PM'] While we are all called to this act every Sunday, and even every day, I worry that if we aren't careful we will lose the signifigance of what is happening and it can become routine. I'm still in awe about what I just participated in. I hope every Sunday will always bring the same awe, and that my relationship with God will only continue to grow deeper. [/quote] Trust me, that can happen, but only if you don't realize the full truth of what's going on. I think the best way is to think of what it truly is. Recall that you are a part of the Church, the Bride of Christ, and that Mass is a reconsummation Divine Marriage...start to see how everything hinges on how Christ, God and Man, came to save and marry us (and believe me, everything hinges on it), and you will desire to receive Christ with a love and longing similar to that you experience when you want to reconsummate your own marriage vows, but made perfect on a much higher plane...you will kneel in Adoration longing to receive Our Lord in that way, and you will carry His presence everywhere, as I said to Teresa yesterday, like a living monstrance...
Tony Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Oct 24 2004, 03:14 PM'] Well... We went to mass and met my sponsor (Sursum Corda) and Dan (Lounge Daddy). When we went up to recieve communion, Fr. Don invited us up first. Teresa went up ahead of me. Everyone else waited in silence in their pews. My first thought when I saw the one piece of consencrated bread on the plate was "Wow. That is a pretty big piece. Think you could have made it any bigger Father?" But I then recieved our Lord under both species, and then we sat down and everyone else got up to recieve. It's hard to contemplate sometimes. That we are in reality recieving the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ. While we are all called to this act every Sunday, and even every day, I worry that if we aren't careful we will lose the signifigance of what is happening and it can become routine. I'm still in awe about what I just participated in. I hope every Sunday will always bring the same awe, and that my relationship with God will only continue to grow deeper. [/quote] a way to keep an appriciation of the Blessed Sacrament is.. strangley enough.. goto Mass more often lol Adoration helps too
Brother Adam Posted October 24, 2004 Author Posted October 24, 2004 Hi Likos, [quote]Why were you not received at Easter? Not that you were lacking in your Catholic education![/quote] That's just it, we are on a fast track. As you know RCIA is not one size fits all even though that is what they tried to turn it into. The quality of education is just far too poor. Teresa took a college Catholic theology exam without taking the college class and aced it with a 91. Included Greek and Latin. And Teresa hasn't done half the reading I have. We were ready to be members and we didn't want to start over again in a new parish in Steubenville. [quote]Did Mom come to share your joy? Did your Baptist friend come to Mass with you today? How are they taking this?[/quote] In spirit, my mom shared in the joy. Our baptist friends reacted the same way my Lutheran friends did when i became Baptist- they just ignored it. [quote]Did you ever read [i]The Spirit of Catholicism[/i]? (That's a tuff one.) [i]Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Protestant [/i]?[/quote] Those are two of the earlier books I've read. I've now got over 200 Catholic books that I've studied and looked at including the GIRM and Code of Canon Law. The Spirit of Catholicism is an excellent book. If you need it back I can always send it back, or it may eventually be passed on to another Catholic-to-be one day. Let me know. My favorite of all the books I use though has to be Liturgy of the Hours. [quote]I cried at my First Communion.[/quote] I didn't cry, but inside I was completely overwhelmed. It was amazing. I'm not too good at showing emotions on the outside [quote]Playing in the background is Beethoven's Ode to Joy, in your honor. [/quote] Couldn't have picked a better one myself Thank you for being a friend on this journey with us Likos
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Bump for the Jankes, full siblings in Christ.
franciscanheart Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 im so overjoyed for you two!! haha and i dont even SOMEWHAT know you!! im so happyyyyyyyyyy for you!! Yesssssssss!! congrats!!
lifeteenchick527 Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!! IAM SOOOOO HAPPY FOR BOTH OF YOU!!! THAT IS SOOO AWESOME!! :balloons: :cake: (just pretend its a 1st communion cake ) God Bless ~L~T~C~
Colleen Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 Congratulations, you two! That is so wonderful! I am so happy for you!!!! :hearts: Shouldn't Mrs. Brother Adam be Church Faithful (at least) now?!! Happy, happy First Communion Day! :balloons: :group:
Theoketos Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 I suggest re-reading all of bro adam's post's, that is such an awesome journey...
Paladin D Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Oct 24 2004, 03:14 PM'] While we are all called to this act every Sunday, and even every day, I worry that if we aren't careful we will lose the signifigance of what is happening and it can become routine. I'm still in awe about what I just participated in. I hope every Sunday will always bring the same awe, and that my relationship with God will only continue to grow deeper. [/quote] This is what I pray as well. Sometimes I feel the awe strongly, sometimes it's only a little.
Brother Adam Posted October 25, 2004 Author Posted October 25, 2004 [quote name='Theoketos' date='Oct 24 2004, 06:11 PM'] I suggest re-reading all of bro adam's post's, that is such an awesome journey... [/quote] Hehehe. That's a lotta lotta posts.
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Oct 25 2004, 05:27 AM'] Hehehe. That's a lotta lotta posts. [/quote] It could be worse, you could still have over a million!
azaelia Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 Woohooo!!!! Congratulations Adam and Teresa!!! :group: Isn't the Eucharist amazing? :wub:
Mrs. Bro. Adam Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 For my side: I'm just sitting there, thinking, [i]I can't believe I finally get to partake of the Eucharist! Ok..breathe...just breathe....Ok...it's coming up....keeping breathing. Focus on God. Thank you God for just allowing me this privlege to take part and be part of your family. Ok...the bread's broken, the communion song is starting. Here we go.[/i] I get up, and I'm making sure I have my hands right. Fr. Don puts the body of Christ in my hand, I think, [i]Wow! That's pretty big piece[/i]. [quote]The body of Christ[/quote] 'Amen' I put the piece in my mouth and hear Fr. Don say, [quote] Now you drink the blood of Christ[/quote] I'm thinking, [i]Better make it quick...haven't even been able to chew the piece is so big[/i]. [quote] The blood of Christ[/quote] 'Amen' I take a sip of the cup and I think [i] that sure is sweet wine[/i]. I keep chewing the body of Christ as I go back to my seat and kneel down. After I knelt back down I thought, [i]So this is what it's like to be whole! The void within me has been filled! Praise be to God![/i]. I kneel there, just adoring our Lord, fighting back tears, because it is this day that my life has been preparing me for! And it was here! I'm finally Catholic! Other than my wedding, this was the happiest day of my life!
Birgitta Noel Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 YAY! I was hoping we'd hear from MBA soon! Congrats again you two!
Thy Geekdom Come Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 [quote name='Mrs. Bro. Adam' date='Oct 25 2004, 12:11 PM'] For my side: I'm just sitting there, thinking, [i]I can't believe I finally get to partake of the Eucharist! Ok..breathe...just breathe....Ok...it's coming up....keeping breathing. Focus on God. Thank you God for just allowing me this privlege to take part and be part of your family. Ok...the bread's broken, the communion song is starting. Here we go.[/i] I get up, and I'm making sure I have my hands right. Fr. Don puts the body of Christ in my hand, I think, [i]Wow! That's pretty big piece[/i]. 'Amen' I put the piece in my mouth and hear Fr. Don say, I'm thinking, [i]Better make it quick...haven't even been able to chew the piece is so big[/i]. 'Amen' I take a sip of the cup and I think [i] that sure is sweet wine[/i]. I keep chewing the body of Christ as I go back to my seat and kneel down. After I knelt back down I thought, [i]So this is what it's like to be whole! The void within me has been filled! Praise be to God![/i]. I kneel there, just adoring our Lord, fighting back tears, because it is this day that my life has been preparing me for! And it was here! I'm finally Catholic! Other than my wedding, this was the happiest day of my life! [/quote]
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