Dream about Communion

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='Brother Adam' date='Dec 3 2004, 04:47 PM'] Protestantism just doesn't hold up to Jesus' prayer for unity in John 17 [/quote]
<sigh> no, it doens't...

History was my downfall. You see, we are "Classical" homeschoolers and we study history in four year cycles"
1st grade Ancients
2nd grade Middle Ages (up to about the Reformation)
3rd grade Early Modern (1600-1850)
4th grade Modern (Civil War to present)

so... during first grade.. we were happily Protestant... But during the second grade year, we (HSdad and I) were reading and studying the church Fathers etc. and I was trying to at least be charitable to Catholics- though I was hating 'em, cuz Catholicism was becoming the sand in my oyster shell... That was a very difficult subject. By the time we got to the end of second grade, we were Catholic.

This year (third grade) is a little better, though we are having to deal with Protestant vs. Catholic wars in Europe...

This: [quote]"To be steeped in history is to cease to be Protestant" [/quote]is one of my favorite quotes...

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Dec 3 2004, 06:03 PM'] <sigh> no, it doens't...

History was my downfall. You see, we are "Classical" homeschoolers and we study history in four year cycles"
1st grade Ancients
2nd grade Middle Ages (up to about the Reformation)
3rd grade Early Modern (1600-1850)
4th grade Modern (Civil War to present)

so... during first grade.. we were happily Protestant... But during the second grade year, we (HSdad and I) were reading and studying the church Fathers etc. and I was trying to at least be charitable to Catholics- though I was hating 'em, cuz Catholicism was becoming the sand in my oyster shell... That was a very difficult subject. By the time we got to the end of second grade, we were Catholic.

This year (third grade) is a little better, though we are having to deal with Protestant vs. Catholic wars in Europe...

This: is one of my favorite quotes... [/quote]
Just can't argue with the truth, can ya?

I love you guys. :wub:

[Gal. 5:22,23]

You know, I'm re-thinking the wisdom of posting that second dream. I realize that some find discussion of something private like that to be in bad taste. So, I hope I didn't offend anyone.

To lighten it up a bit, I will share that I actually argued with God in my dream and told Him that promise was for Israel not me!

[FutureSoror]

I basically never have religious dreams, but a little over a month ago I was at a retreat where there was all night Eucharistic Adoration and as I was sleeping I had this really wierd dream about being in a Theology class and not knowing the answers to the teacher's questions even though Theology is my best class. Then all of a sudden the teacher singled out me and some other guy and told us "you need study more!!" It really made an impression on me.

I'm not a convert by the way, but I felt like sharing :-)

[Brother Adam]

I wanted to say that the dream did bring some good. At mass last night I found myself with a much more profound appreciation for the real presence. I had never done anything before not to respect the Eucharist, but I feel there is a deeper understanding now.

I've also been debating the Eucharist with people in the SSPX and it has gotten me into reading even the seminary material for priestly training on the Eucharist.

[Dreamweaver]

Sometimes I have dreams about going to Mass, usually in a mysterious church in an unknown city. One took place in a gothic cathedral, and I was hanging out in the attic. It was pretty spin.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Dreamweaver' date='Dec 4 2004, 11:44 AM'] One took place in a gothic cathedral, and I was hanging out in the attic. It was pretty spin. [/quote]
Nightcrawler?

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[rachael]

ah!!! :ph34r:

[Fiat_Voluntas_Tua]

Gal. 5....

You should look into Scott Hahn's Conversion story...His wife was opposed to him becomming Catholic. Now they are both hard-core Catho0lics...I am praying for you! This brings joy into my heart.

Totus Tuus,
Andrew

[Gal. 5:22,23]

Thanks, Andrew, I have read Hahn's story. I know that with God all things are possible. It will definitely take a move of God to get my husband in the Catholic Church! He has to get over his experience of going to Catholic high school. Apparently there weren't many devout students there. But I keep telling him not to judge the Church based on some of the people in it.

He wanted to visit a new church this morning. It was a Baptist church and they held the service in the gymnasium. Ugh. No reverence.

[Fiat_Voluntas_Tua]

Blessed be God!

You should wear the Green Scapular for him and yourself.

Totus Tuus,
Andrew Joseph

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='Gal. 5:22,23' date='Dec 5 2004, 01:20 PM'] He wanted to visit a new church this morning. It was a Baptist church and they held the service in the gymnasium. Ugh. No reverence. [/quote]
If you think of God as your pal, you can meet him in the gym... if you think of him as your Lord, you meet him in church. Not to say, of course, that worship cannot or does not take place in a gym. But I think it says a lot for the mindset of "Jesus-- my buddy" theology.

[Dreamweaver]

Ooo, I had another weird church story last night! I was assisting the Bishop with Mass (our cathedral only has male altar servers though..so yeah, but I was playing Cranium yesterday, and one of my charades card was to act out altar boy). Anyway, it was a disaster. Anything that could go wrong did go wrong, running out of consecrated Hosts, stuff getting broken and what not. I remember that somehow the candles made the gilding on metal objects fall off.

Very strange. Its probably a sign that there shouldn't be altar girls.

[Neal4Christ]

Gal. 5,

I just wanted to encourage you on the journey you have embarked on. I come from a similar situation. My wife and I will come home at the Easter Vigil this year. I was a Baptist seminary student at a very conservative SBC school when I began this journey a little over a year and a half ago. My wife was not interested at first either, but after much prayer (for her and me both!), she became interested and is going to come home to the Church with me. It was definitely a very difficult journey, but one I would not change, because my relationship with the Lord is so much deeper now.

If you ever need anything, please, let me know. Like you, the early Church fathers got to me. The main issue in my conversion is the Eucharist and the Real presence. I couldn't believe the unanimity of the early Church on the issue.

God Bless you on your journey!

In Christ,
Neal

[drewmeister2]

Im so happy for you and your wife, Neal!! I am glad to hear you are converting! God bless!

[akamarymag]

yall rock i joined the church this last easter also and my parents are still in shock ( i was 15)... i know i may b a bit late with this but i remeber having the same nightmare over and over before reciving for the first time. i dreamed that as the priest was handing me the chalace with the precious blood it fell . the bouncing of the chalace went in slow motion, it was terrable. As i was droping down to drink his blood off the marble floor id wake up, every time. It wasnt until after i came into the church that the dreams stopped.

[Benedicite]

This really touched my heart guys, all the posts about nightmarish dreamish thingies about Holy Communion makes me think about the love and respect ya'll have for our Lord in the Eucharist!

I don't know anything about how the mind works or anything, but my guess is that your fears of the Body and Blood of our Lord being disrespected are being brought forth by your subconscious.. hence these dreams....

Yeay! Go Eucharist loving peeps!!

I might as well share~
A while ago I had a dream where I was at the a youth retreat. I was asked to serve as EME right, but come the Mass, and this guy took the host from my hand and started breaking it into pieces, laughing, and dropping the little bits all over the ground So I quickly snatched what was left back off him, picked up the little pieces and ran from the room with the rest of the hosts and ended up in another little room we marked off as the chapel. I sat down with the paten in my lap and cried...

I can't remember exactly... but I think that was during a time when I was really stressed about people doing intinction , and I got hissed at for telling them it's not allowed.... only to have them move on to the next minister of the Chalice

[una_fide]

[quote name='Gal. 5:22' date='23,Dec 3 2004, 01:31 PM']Well, I'm reading the Catechism, the early Church Fathers, and Chesterson's book on St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis of Assisi. And of course, the Bible. Any other suggestions? [/quote]
Chesterton's [u]Orthodoxy[/u] I haven't read all the way through it, but it's really cool. And anything by Patrick Madrid.

I've had a bunch of dreams about the Mass(including one with a procession and one where we were blessed with Holy Water) (the one with the procession is exceedingly weird) most of them have one half where I'm going to Mass and being faithful to God and feeling really good (I know that's a run-on sentence), and in the other half I start sinning (teen mortal sins... You know what I mean!) and feel really (well frankly) crappy

[una_fide]

[quote name='Brother Adam' date='Dec 3 2004, 01:41 PM']Yes actually. I read or at least skimmed over 400 books before becoming Catholic. Among the best I have compiled below:

Bibles

The Holy Bible: Catholic Edition (NRSV) – Nelson Publishers
[/quote]
I would have to disagree with Brother Adam. I have a Copy of the NRSV, and it's all... inclusive languagey.