He Went from Evangelical to Catholic
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- Brother Lawrence grew up as an evangelical Protestant, and became Catholic after accepting the hard answers to the questions he had. When he was twelve he moved from Colorado to Papua New Guinea with his parents, who were Pentecostal missionaries. Through his teen years, his openness to learn new things led him back to the U.S. to attend Brown University, which he said was a bigger culture shock than being a missionary in a foreign country. He started to feel this weight on his shoulders, the weight of other people’s questions he could not answer.
This is how the Catholic Faith “snuck up” on him. He spent some time in the Middle East, and the questions became more and more pressing. Through research, he noticed he was in a crisis because he identified with the beliefs of the Catholic Church more than with his own evangelical upbringing. At this time, the following Gospel verse was reassuring to him:
“And Peter answered him, ‘Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water’” (Matthew 14:28).
He faced his fear and became Catholic, which was like going to a foreign country at first. Eventually, he came to know that it was in fact Jesus who was bidding him to join the Church.
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I went from Islam to Catholic.
💜 from Indonesia🇮🇩
yay!
@@rinjaminbutton 😊🙏
Jesus and Muhammad and Buddha and David and Moses are the same person.
@@redavenger5094 that's a rock fact fam
The world's longest running Ponzi Scheme. The church takes money promising something it cannot deliver, that is attaining Heaven. No trinity worshiper can enter Paradise. There is One God and one mediator, not a panel of three equal god persons. The "holy ghost" is an invention of MAN inserted illegally into the Bible by 1700 years of papal tampering. It will cost you your soul to call on multiple entities and names of dead people you imagine are listening to you and watching your life since they died and were elected saints by creatures below. Mary is a name that appears 18 times, she is the unwed mother who is nobody divine. Mary was made divine by man in the 6th century. Giving money to crooks is all you're doing.
Man, I’m in the exact same spot right now. I made the biggest mistake of my life by reading the church fathers and listening to Catholic apologetics. Now I can’t have a clean conscience without wanting to join the Catholic Church because I believe it’s Jesus’ church! Pray for me as I’m looking for a way to break it to friends and family.
Matthew 16:18
Justin Palmer Justin and Lizz I will be praying for you! So many people who decide to convert and had found it hard to tell their loved ones...wind up bringing many souls to Jesus! Go be Fishers of men and women! You can find episodes of The Journey Home from EWTN on you tube that may help you! Jesus loves you so very much and you will never be alone be in your journey! 🌹
Justin, Lizz we will be praying for you Jesus is asking you to take up his cross and join the church he himself founded. GOD is calling you for perfection and to Saints of his holy church. Welcome home brother and sister.
Justin Palmer God bless you! It was not a mistake, it’s a grace from God!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@lizzthompson3778 Justin, Lizz - praying for both of you.
I am from a Protestant church, and today I took a step went to Mass, dont and cant share with my Protestant friends yet, but man it was amazing! Can't find the words express most of the things I just experienced, it was like a blast of emotional worship experience, and I couldnt help tearing up during the Mass. Will definately go again 😄 so happy right now.
Andrew Mào I am reading your comment and feel so much joy.... find book Rome sweet home by Scott Hanhn
Andrew Mào God bless you brother.
It is supernatural and that is the difference. Be Holy as The Lord Is Holy.
Don't receive communion unless you are a professed catholic.
Bro, Andrew, if possible attend a Traditional Latin Mass. but you need to be prepared to understand it. you will be swept off your feet and will be left to wonder if you are still on earth. check it out if there is a TLM near where you live and ask them help to understand it better. approach a priest or someone in that church. The worship, the silence, the candles, the genuflection, the adoration, the latin chants that have been prayed for many centuries. i am telling you bro., it is amazing. you will find yourself worshiping the Heavenly Father along with the saints, like it is listed in the book of Revelations.
I am from iran.....I'm pantecost but now to Catholic.
I am proud of catholic
Believe the bible not a fake religion. Turn back brother to the bible not a unbiblical religion
Me too an indian catholic from adventist background
@@raisepasi9943
Levitical Judaism and Born again Christianity is the only real faith. Remember compare the bible to any religion or church if they don't follow the essential doctrines such as repentance not penance, being spiritually baptized and born again, believing Jesus is the Son of God and God in the flesh not an Angel, the bible, 66 books, as your primary authority, accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior, Jesus as the only way to God the Father,, saved by God's Grace through faith in Jesus alone etc.... These are accential doctrines that can't be compromised
Moe 1 No these Protestant doctrines that have interpreted by fallible men over the years. You follow a man made religion. The Catholic Church compiled the Bible which you claim to be your sole authority. The only reason you know what books belong in your Bible is through the Holy Spirit working through the presbyters of the Catholic Church. There are actually 73 books not 66. No Bible had 66 books until Luther removed them.
@@travislariscy4466
There are actually 24 old Testament books buddy not 66 or 73. 66 is the complete set but was broken down from the Jewish Tanahk. You obviously have no CLUE about manuscript history.
We cradle Catholics don't appreciate what we have, until outsiders come in and remind us of what we are taking for granted is a treasure to die for.
Example, I watched CZcams on a Catholic priest Gabriele Amorth an expert supposedly was sincere in trying to help others but I believe he was a deceived man and his approach to exorcisms were not real though his experiences were. Roman catholic priest first of all are not real offices of the real church and their method of dealing with exorcism is NOT BIBLICAL and a dangerous deception by the things their trying to cast out. Idols or phoney rights will not help you , only Jesus by His name and the Holy Spirit can expel a demon from a afflicted or oppressed person. You don't need Holy water which is improperly being used, phoney religious rites, medallions, gnostic rosery , scapulas, or idols or crucifixes. All you need is to just have faith in the real Lord Jesus of the New Testament and be walking a sanctified repented Holy Spirit empowered life that follows the New Testament Jesus and scriptures.
Believe in Jesus and His New Testament not a phoney unbiblical religion that mixes bits of real doctrine with dangerous demonic heresy.
@@Moe-bb3bm Why should I listen to you? Who gave you the authority to decide what people should or shouldn't do? Who gave you the authority to tell people what they should or shouldn't believe? You are just like the thousands other protestants out there spewing lies about the Holy Catholic Church.
Every theologically illiterate protestants seem to think they have a monopoly on how The Bible (which is a Catholic book by the way, given to the world by the Catholic Church) should be interpreted.
You need to stop talking about things that you understand nothing about; You have been indoctrinated by lies from other protestants like you and you spend your time ignorantly regurgitating the same nonsense.
If you want to really help me go and read the Church's Fathers.
@@TheLeftRbabieskillers
I don't expect you to believe me but believe in the New Testament scriptures and the Real Lord Jesus Christ.
Believe the bible and research what it really teaches and says and if a church or religions is deviating from its foundational doctrines it's not of God. You seem to be educated and smart so why are you being nieve and gullible about matters of faith. The bible says test the spirits, verify if it's from God or not. If what is written from closed cannon scripture don't match what is being taught you must get away from it. Roman Catholicism does not follow the New Testament after comparing the 2.
2 John 1:9-11
Anyone who does not stay with the teaching of Christ, but goes beyond it, does not have God. Whoever does stay with the teaching has both the Father and the Son. So then, if someone comes to you who does not bring this teaching, do not welcome him or her in your homes; do not even say, “Peace be with you.” For anyone who wishes them peace becomes their partner in the evil things they do.
@@TheLeftRbabieskillers
You have no understand of hermeneutics it appears like and don't realize that the Holy Spirit illuminates minds not denominations or religions.
The Anti Nicene church would have excommunicated the Roman Religion for its idolatry and blasphemies. Obviously you have not looked hard enough into those writings.
@@Moe-bb3bm you seem not to get it, you might be a very smart and sincere person, but no matter what your interpretation is on any given doctrinal issue, I am pretty sure that there are thousands other people out there smarter than you, and also sincerely disagree with you. And they also base their disagreement on Scriptures.
In this case who has the authority of the final words?
You see me in this case as a Catholic let the magisterium have the last word.
You see in the big picture, the magisterium is like the United States supreme Court.
It's about time you start thinking about becoming Catholic. Come back home, come back to the holy Catholic Church, the Church founded by Jesus Christ himself more than 2000 years ago.
Every time I watch a conversion story towards the Catholic church I cannot help but being amazed at the lack of knowledge, sheer prejudice and misconceptions the reformed churches teach about it. And that's part of the beauty of these stories from new converts, as they witness the beauty and truth there is in the only church founded by Jesus Christ themselves.
You will find as a catholic our church does not preach anything about the denominational churches. It's a non commentary matter for us.
@@Kitiwake Sure, our Church is good enough for us!
Funny thing is the bible literally teaches the exact opposite of catholicism
@@a1990sGamer Funny thing is Christ always said, follow the Church, he didn't say read my book
@eric bastian God bless you! You will be in my prayers.
I’m from an evangelical fundamentalist charismatic, read St John ch 6 , saw Pope JP II forgive the man who tried to kill him and realised he was not the “anti christ” I was taught. Reading about an obscure place called Medjugorje and attending a Catholic Mass, I knew that was where Jesus called me to, His Church that I love so much.
“Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood you have no life within in”, “for my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink”, I chose to believe Jesus.
I love my separated brethren but I love being home in the Church Jesus founded!
I was raised Catholic and married a Southern Baptist. It didnt work out so well for me I've left the Baptist church and went back to the Catholic church. My faith is so much stronger and I finally feel at home. I can only imagine how your parents felt when you told them your converting to Catholicism... Words a Southern Baptist thinks a Catholic never says. "Lord, I know you saved me" You said it.
Mark Hoffman a house divided will not stand
Welcome Home!!
Example, I watched CZcams on a Catholic priest Gabriele Amorth an expert supposedly was sincere in trying to help others but I believe he was a deceived man and his approach to exorcisms were not real though his experiences were. Roman catholic priest first of all are not real offices of the real church and their method of dealing with exorcism is NOT BIBLICAL and a dangerous deception by the things their trying to cast out. Idols or phoney rights will not help you , only Jesus by His name and the Holy Spirit can expel a demon from a afflicted or oppressed person. You don't need Holy water which is improperly being used, phoney religious rites, medallions, gnostic rosery , scapulas, or idols or crucifixes. All you need is to just have faith in the real Lord Jesus of the New Testament and be walking a sanctified repented Holy Spirit empowered life that follows the New Testament Jesus and scriptures.
Believe in Jesus and His New Testament not a phoney unbiblical religion that mixes bits of real doctrine with dangerous demonic heresy.
@alray
There is no such thing as a rite of exorcism, that is man made doctrine. Show me in the New Testament or New Covenant the rite of exorcism.
All you do is command it to come out in Jesus name and be walking a Christian born again life according to New Testament standards not your traditions or denominations standards in order to have effect. Some case fasting and prayer the command it out. Simple as that.
James 5 states the prayer of a righteous man avails much
@alray
Sacraments is a heresy not faith alone. No such thing as blood oaths because that's what Sacramento are
I was raised baptist/non-denominational and never thought I would part from that. Last year I decided I need to take my young boys to church. My husband who was baptized catholic and went on and off as a child, asked that I take them to a Catholic Church(he now comes with us after much prayer by me at mass) and I said ok. I hadn’t practiced any faith really in years. I went there thinking I would get nothing out of it and I’m just trying this once. Let me tell you the Lord works in wonderful ways! I left there feeling full of the Holy Spirit and knew I was home. I’m planning to convert and have my boys do their sacraments as well this year. I feel so blessed to have my faith in Jesus back. I pray more now (usually the Rosary) more than I have in 20 years probably. I feel I truly have a personal relationship with Jesus again. I’m so glad I allowed God to show himself to me in an unfamiliar place.
Welcome home❤do spend some time also inside the adoration chapel, its just beside the main church, The Adoration of Blessed Sacrament...there Jesus is waiting you you! GOD BLESS U
LadyCraven I will put that on my list of things to do 😊. God bless you too!
I'm in the same spot and i'm starting my Katekumenat period (basically it's what we call the RCIA process in Indonesia) on Tuesday. I'm glad that I didn't experience this alone. I did not feel like my faith is growing in my old evangelical church (well surprise surprise haha). Please pray for me brothers and sisters, alongside with Mother Mary and the Saints and the Angels for my conversion process. Lots of love and God Bless!
@@alvinnatanael1471 Welcome home too😁I'm amazed with your journey to the Lord. You don't have to fear anything for the good lord journeys with us all in this trials of life. Please follow Catholic link on Instagram and Church pop, they post catechisms and more Catholic stuff in there for refresher and for addtl info. Have a pleasant walk ahead...lots of love and prayers❤
@Proverbs 30:5-6 Galatians 1:6-12 For someone who puts these two verses in their profile names, you should've known that Galatians is the first canonic new testament letter coming from Saint Paul (about 48-55 AD). When he talks about the genuine gospel, he referred to the Septuagint, the Hebrew Old Testament which included the 7 Deuterocanonical books (it's the Bible that the Apostles brought everywhere to teach, the standard Bible of the people that time). The New Testament itself isn't written yet. The earliest Gospel of Jesus comes from Saint Mark which was written in 65 AD or later, and we added the other canonical books around that time or even later than that. Please take context in your reading of The Bible, Saint Paul talked about the Deuterocanonical books as part of the gospel in that, along with the stories in the oral tradition itself. And the Proverbs verses, well you can figure it out yourself if it's added or have been there since forever.
Those words are just like sugar into my ears. Im a braziliam protestant living with this doubt about the Church for more than 1 year now and I can have faith that Jesus is going to call me and I will believe. Please, pray for me. Thanks for this video.
Welcome home sister.
Elaine Cristina Medrado you will not see the kingdom or enter the kingdom unless you are born again..John 3:3. Being born again is deciding to follow Jesus and being baptized into Jesus just like people repented and were baptized into Jesus Acts 2:38. I was born a Catholic and then I heard that Jesus had died for all my sins. I called on Jesus directly and was born again and filled with the Holy Spirit and later I was baptized into Jesus. Now I am a disciple of Jesus ,making disciples of Jesus and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ baptizing other believers
There is only one Church. The others are meeting places with also loving and faithful people. But, the Church was found by Christ when He Said to Peter “and on this rock I will build MY Church.”
@@seanrathmakedisciples1508 one moment .. How is anyone ' born' a catholic?
Pat Aherne we are all either born into Catholic or Protestant or Pentecostal families. We all need to be born again. We are all born into the Adams family and need to be snatched from darkness to light or to God’s Family John 1:12.Because we attend a church building doesn’t make us in God’s Family. We all have to call on Jesus directly to rescue us from the world kingdom and bring us into Jesus kingdom. Call on Jesus right now and receive your free gift of forgiveness and salvation and Paradise Luke 23:34-44. Romans 10:9-13
Pray for me I’m starting my journey to Catholicism
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I'm I a police I'm curious to become a priest. Im amaze in blessed sacrament, pray for me father.
I will pray for you. For the harvest is great, but the laborers are few. God bless you and give you strength!
Pray for your discernment. The church needs more priest. God bless u
I am a Filipino,,,26 years old I am a worldly man, I dont know I'm confusing,,, I'm always listening to your program,, I inspired in the life of Saint Francis of assisi , pray for me father.
Wow!
Gxklugs Jskks there is no such thing as the blessed sacrament in god’s word. There are only two ordinances in God’s word which are number one is baptism which always followed repentance after believing on the lord Jesus Christ and baptism is always full immersion Number two is the Lords Supper which the early believers did daily from house to house.The early believers were all Jews who believed in their messiah Jesus and the 4 things that the early believers did were the apostles doctrines which includes healing the sick and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ,Breaking bread daily,fellowship and prayer.When we are baptized into Jesus we are then immersed into Jesus body the church
I attended my first Catholic Mass 24 years ago with my Wife. I was a Protestant in the Tradition Anglican Church of the UK. I instantly lit Candles and Started the Rosary to my Wifes surprise. I was impressed by the Catholic Faith. It was so helpfull for my life and what I needed to change my ways
Well said! I’m publishing a weekly CZcams video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you.
I really enjoyed your story..... just amazing! I was born and raised Catholic but left for the evangelicals ... while my time there I stayed close to Christ, I always missed the Catholic Church. The evangelical church I was a part of it was looked down upon to visit the Catholic Church which hurt my family very much. Years later, and a many different circumstances, God had been calling me back to my Catholic faith... being an adult i have stumbled upon the scholars, historians, and theologians which has been an amazing I journey back.
How beautiful! "Lord, if it's really You, call me to come to You." I never would have thought to describe it that way but my conversion was like that too ♥️
@Proverbs 30:5-6 Galatians 1:6-12 About 5 years ago when I realized my Episcopal church had no interest in Jesus, I asked the Lord to show me which church I should go to. It occurred to me to wonder which was His, rather than which I agreed with. I also asked (based on something I had read) to experience intimacy with Christ. The Lord answered both quite quickly... The Catholic Church and the Eucharist.
Thanks for sharing and Welcome Home. I was just praying for conversions and then this popped up. Thank you God. 😉😊
yes same the rosary also
To GOD be all the glory sister!
I was raised and baptized a Pentecostal too! The things I used to believe about speaking in tongues, how Marian devotion originally emerged from ancient fertility goddess type deities, how the Bible is absolutely inerrant and infallible... I could go on. But the more I have come to appreciate the true beauty and reverence of the Catholic faith, the more I am equally learning to let go of my childhood traumas
Prayers for me as I strive to finish RCIA over the next 8 months
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Praying for you. May the Lord use you as an instrument for his glory to save many souls. Amen.
Thank you for sharing your story! These conversion testimonies are very inspiring. I’m a cradle Catholic and my parents were Protestants who came to the Church. These videos inspire me to keep praying for the conversion of my non-catholic friends and family members. May God continue to bless your order and those at Ascension Presents!
Olivia
Same here Olivia. I have friends who are cradle Catholic yet due to some influences, went to other Protestant independent institutions. I see that somehow, they are not nourished well. I pray for them to seek Christ once agajn.
Olivia Anderson you would be better off receiving Jesus as your Lord and savior Luke 23:34-44. Exchange all the trust that you have in religion to the lord Jesus Christ. Romans 10:9-13. Call on Jesus right now and see the miracle of salvation in your life
@@seanrathmakedisciples1508 blah blah
Awesome testimony. “It fits” Indeed. Praise the Lord.
"Lord, if it's you, call me to come to you" That was good, I'll that take to use... A Baptist here, that just found the Catholic faith. And I'm amazed at the richness I'm finding.
Example, I watched CZcams on a Catholic priest Gabriele Amorth an expert supposedly was sincere in trying to help others but I believe he was a deceived man and his approach to exorcisms were not real though his experiences were. Roman catholic priest first of all are not real offices of the real church and their method of dealing with exorcism is NOT BIBLICAL and a dangerous deception by the things their trying to cast out. Idols or phoney rights will not help you , only Jesus by His name and the Holy Spirit can expel a demon from a afflicted or oppressed person. You don't need Holy water which is improperly being used, phoney religious rites, medallions, gnostic rosery , scapulas, or idols or crucifixes. All you need is to just have faith in the real Lord Jesus of the New Testament and be walking a sanctified repented Holy Spirit empowered life that follows the New Testament Jesus and scriptures.
Believe in Jesus and His New Testament not a phoney unbiblical religion that mixes bits of real doctrine with dangerous demonic heresy.
Don't fall for it brother. Believe the bible not a obvious phoney religion
@@Moe-bb3bm Thank you for your concern, but obviously I disagree with you. I no longer think that the Church is derived from a book. It's a historically continuos lived experience. Christianity is not a religion of the book, rather a relationship with the living God (word).
Funny you mention Fr. Amorth. I noticed the depth and fullness of Catholic theology, when I was opressed by demonic forces. I'm not going in to that here, let me just say. Baptist teaching feels like a watered down version of the Early Apostolic Church. Though still a Baptist...
@@mikkis668
God is tied to His word brother Jesus is the Word in carnet and God is word is perfect and eternal. The English version I believe is translated to the best as it can be for the different mindsets but you got to remember modern English did not exist 200 years ago but I believe God uses it and has full control. The Lord knows what He is doing even if we don't fully understand yet. Roman Catholicism has little to no hermeneutical concept of scripture. It also alienates Jewish people, instead of sharing the real gospel and it oppreseses real born again believers. Illumination cannot come from a denomination, man or religion only by the Lord through the power of the Holy Spirit as 1 Corinthians 2 and John 14 and 16 describe. I was a raised Roman Catholic but always kinda knew it was not right. As I got older and researched our faith I realized and believe the Lord pointed out that Rome is a apostate church that went rouge from the original New Covenant teachings and church. I was demonically oppressed to brother and it's only by Lord Jesus who helped me by the Grace and Mercy of God and only He can keep you. I've also worked at a rescuer mission ran by born again brethren and came across demon possesion but like you to much to get into. One thing I will tell you is that you don't need no phoney rites or unbiblical methods to deal with them. Simply just walking a right life and faith in Jesus and or by the power of His Holy name and Spirit they will flee.
Don't give up born again bible Christianity it is the real path but it's is being viciously spiritual attack so don't get discouraged. Apostle Paul and Apostle John apparently delt with the same issues in their days.
Baptist denomination is branch of the real new Testament church in my opinion or originally known as Anna Baptist. They are very good teachers and are born again believers but lack spiritual discernment on Pneumatology because of their cessationist Calvinists views they have been taught is my observation.
God bless in Jesus and don't loose FAITH
@@Moe-bb3bm I actually think we agree on most things, and it would be nice to sit down and talk in real life.
I'm not loosing my faith, don't worry. I'm over 50, been a Christian my whole life. Lived in different countries and been part of many churches. I've found Christlike disciples in all of them. (Unfortunately also not so good ones).
To my knowledge, Menonites come from anabaptists, Baptists have their roots in England. The anabaptist connection is a myth some baptists like... Well, that's not important .
May our Lord bless you and keep you safe. God with us.
This story is so interesting! Wow how God calls us 💝
I born Catholic and been closed to Church all my life I'm on my ,50 but lately I have been question myself do I really have faith and if so how much and through videos like this Testimonies of brothers and sisters conversions I realized how Gods ways are and touch our lives and gives us chances to follow him but he also said the road wasn't going to be easy but with his support our bourden should be easier to Carrie it till the end God bless every brother or sister that's is opening his life to Jesus I will pray for you all during my Rosary this and other way to leasing God's will through his mother Mary Amen
Well said! I’m publishing a weekly CZcams video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you.
I experienced the same. Its so beautiful. Please pray for my conversion.
I just prayed for you sister, peace. So, how is your decision for conversion going now? PRAISE GOD in the name of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST!
God bless you, don't give up!
Are u a catholic now??
@@seylanmadhusanka2198 yes I am.
@@rachel679 are you from india ?
I am a catholic from sri lanka.
It is really SAD how anti-Catholic teaching holds back so many good people, like this man. He loved and served the Lord but was weighed down by the evil taught him in his past. But the Holy
Spirit is always looking for good guys and found him.
I converted because after a man slipped ketamine in my water bottles and I was overdosed against my awareness, I have had mental instability since. I suffer hallucinations, delusions and dissociation of my body now and the medications they put me on for schizophrenia exasperated my mental condition, because I have the MTHFR gene defect, which means I'm more sensitive to meds and often get side effects instead of the desired effect.
Considering all these medications failed me, I would repeatedly turn to God and things would get better for a time. But then when I was better I would stop praying or going to church and just do whatever I want again. I did that like 5 or 6 times, before I accepted I need God all the time, not just for Him to conveniently heal me so I could continue sinning. This mental disorder is lifelong and just as well I am dependent on God for that lifelong healing. One woman explained to me that my mental disorder is actually a blessing because it's bringing me closer to God. Again, hard to accept, but true.
So, I committed to going to church at a Pentecostal church every Sunday and sometimes Thursdays. I love that they're very passionate, but speaking in tongues turned out to be a bad experience for me. Some people think speaking in tongues brought them closer to God, but for me it made my mental condition worse.
Around the time I was overdosed I also met a man who gave me a Pieta Prayer book that you can get from mej.com ... these were Catholic prayers and these prayers were most effective in combating my mental illness.
In consideration of all that, I started researching Church history and realized the Pentecostals are pretty unrealistic in their interpretations, no offense to them. I love them, but I need to be apart of the true Church, which is obviously the Catholic Church.
I've converted last Easter Vigil and I love communion and confession. Whenever Protestants try explaining the Bible to me, I explain it right back. I'm not willing to forgo my moral consciousness or obligation to speaking truth just to earn their approval. I warn them often that many things they believe and preach is heresy and blasphemy. I pray the Holy Spirit will humble them and move them towards the true Church. God bless!
Effie Wilson i have mental illness and am medicated as well. I have tried to join the Evangelicals and it doesn’t feel right. I was raised Catholic and I just the past few days stopped feeling bad for being Catholic and I’m not converting to born again Christian. I’m so thankful for my Catholic Baptism. Praise Jesus! God bless you!
I will pray the rosary for both of you
God bless you always 🙏🏻
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amen...
Welcome come home both of you, you guys pray rosary every single day and you will see the fruit of it. It is a remedy and will heal your pain.
Please pray for my girlfriend, Em, she has been having bad stomach pains and not sure why and it’s very hard for her and me and she’s very worried because of a bad medical background in her family. I saw u guys at a seminary visit with my parish and it was a blessing to see how prayerful you were thank you
What a beautiful testimony Fr Lawrence, thank you for sharing and for your priesthood. I love, "Lord, if it is you...."
What a beautiful testimony! I am Catholic, but I feel the Holy Spirit leading me to speak up for Unity....Unity (not changing our doctrine, but brotherly love) is SO important to Jesus! See John 17....May we all remember to be humble, we are all sisters and brothers in Christ...and only speak to bless our brothers and sisters in Christ! Peace of Christ be with you all!!
Thank you so much for sharing brother Lawrence! It is very hopeful to see a fellow convert Catholic in the monastery.
Thank you for sharing. I spent K-5 grade in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. It was the same for us, a culture shock, moving back to the US.
Thanks Brother Lawrence for your testimony. God bless you in your vocation.
Great video Thank you GOD BLESS. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE BLESS AND HELP US 🕇 🌹 🕇 🌹 🕇 🌹
What a beautiful story. I hear such gentleness in you. God bless you
What a lovely testimony
Thank you for sharing your testimony ... wonderful, beautiful, God is good. 🕆📿❤✌😎
Our Lord's Truth is beauty 🌷🌷🌷
This is such a beautiful testimony. As I listened, I kept thinking, I can relate to so much of what this brother is saying.
Thank you Br. Lawrence. May you inspire others endlessly.
6:35 “...humiliation can be an opportunity for humility...” Bro, you hit me with that one. (By the way, good name-the original Bro. Lawrence is one of my favorites!)
I enjoyed listening to your story, Br. Lawrence--very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
That was a beautiful story, Brother Lawrence. You made that decision, which we all must make at some point in our lives - to leave what is familiar and comfortable, and enter into the Undiscovered Country of Truth, Goodness and Beauty. And you could not be more accurate when you describe God’s Loving Presence through small glimpses or moments of Grace in your life, such as simply seeing a nun in her habit in Papua New Guinea and fully realizing in that moment that God’s Church is still present and alive in the world - and still here for each of us personally . God loves you!!!
Iam from Papua New Guinea. Thanks for your service Fr. God Bless you.
It’s so beautiful he returned to the true faith 😍🙏🏻
He is so inspiring! Wonderful video, thank you for sharing your journey!
Beautiful testimony! God bless you brothers!
For me, it was the realization that many (not all) Protestant churches create their own religion so they can live how they want that led me from Protestantism to Catholicism. It’s much smarter imo to stick with the same beliefs and teachings that the apostles did 2000 years ago than Joel Osteens interpretation of the Bible bc it makes you feel good.
Greetings from Papua New Guinea. Congratulations and welcome home. I'm guessing you went to school in Ukarumpa. I have relies that have lived at SIL for many years and the kids went to school there too. So glad you enjoyed your time in this humble little country. So proud of you. May our dear Lord bless, guide and protect you and your vocation always.🙏❤ 🇵🇬
Amazing story. God bless brother Lawrence!
thank you both for sharing - this will bear fruit well beyond what you could be aware of!
Such a beautiful sharing! Thank you❤️
Thank you so much!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻
After Discerning Benidictines I must admit......you all and your journeys have attracted me to CFR life. Though in a crisis of decision.....I'm pushing forward. Thank you for sharing
Nice testimony!
Love this story. Thank you for sharing. I’m praying for you brother!
An Inspiring story. Glad you found your faith. A friend of ours is a Franciscan Friar who came from an Anglican background. He's a super evangeliser Catholic Friar now. Another person we know an Agnostic former Barman now a Deacon in his local Catholic Church
Br Lawrence, there is a humility and beauty in how you recount your story that really have touched me.
Thanks for sharing.... God bless both of you Bruder....
I'm right there now also. I've been in the middle of this "crisis" of faith for over a year and recently started picking up some of the disciplines and learning to love the mass. I was a little late to join RCIA sadly, and what a year I chose to love the Church with the world crisis we are facing.
Thanks for sharing. I feel the deep joy there at 9:38. Welcome to the family.
Question: Do others see how the Lord is bringing more and more Evangelicals to the Catholic Church? Their special charisms are a gift from the Lord and are one of God's key strategies for the coming renewal. Praise God for our new brother in Christ and the spirit of John 17:21.
eric bastian you’re delusional
And besides what you doing watching this if you don’t believe in Catholicism
Perhaps you searching the truth
Ok keep watching and you’ll learn 😂
eric bastian The Church, from the very Beginning…was Catholic!
Posted by KENNETH HENDERSON on AUGUST 12, 2016
They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers. ~ Acts 2:42
Many “Bible Alone” Christians will say that the Church of the Bible looks nothing like the Catholic Church. If that were true, then we would expect to find evidence of the first few hundred years of Christianity to support this claim. However, what we do find is evidence to show that the Early Church was indeed Catholic in every way! Many Protestants claim that the Church of the first three centuries was a “pure” Church and base that on a modern reading of Acts 2:42, ignoring that writings of the earliest Christians. They will also claim that it was only after the legalization of Christianity by Roman Emperor Constantine (313 AD) did the Church become “Catholic” and corrupt. However, the doctrines of Post-Constantine Catholicism are the same doctrines that were held by Christians for the preceding three centuries. In fact, the evidence below clearly shows that the beliefs of the Early Church are the same as those of the Catholic Church today in the 3rd millennium.
Again, The Early Church Fathers are so important because: 1) their testimonies prove that the Early Church was Catholic; 2) the councils of Trent and Vatican I declared that no-one may interpret Scripture in a manner contrary to the unanimous consent of the Fathers; 3) all the Fathers were convinced that the original texts of the Bible were absolutely immune from all error. IF, Catholic doctrine had changed “many times” from that of the earliest writings, then the record should reflect this. However, the record shows that the writings of the Early Church Fathers are consistent with the teachings of the modern Catholic Church. Nothing has changed! This is why the councils of Trent and Vatican I attest that the writings of the Early Church are to be regarded as authoritative in respect to the interpretation of scripture. Any interpretation of scripture cannot be in conflict of the testament of the unanimous teachings of Early Church on doctrine. Again, let me clarify…doctrines are those teachings from scripture that deal with items of Faith and Morals, not practices, customs and disciplines which so many anti-Catholics try to say are doctrines. Example, Baptism by sprinkling vs immersion, this is a practice.
The early Church was the Catholic Church. It taught infallibly, gave us the New Testament and was made up of three ranks of clergy, bishop, priest and deacon. The idea of “Scripture Alone” didn’t exist nor could it have as the printing press would not be invented for more than a thousand years. The earliest Christians didn’t even have a New Testament yet. It was a NEW Church. They had to rely upon verbal teaching that was passed down from the Apostles as Paul says in 2 Thessalonians 2:15.
Stand firm, then, brothers, and keep the traditions that we taught you, whether by word of mouth or by letter. (2 Thessalonians 2:15)
Before there was a Bible, there was a Church…
To make sure that the apostolic tradition would be passed down after the deaths of the apostles, Paul also told Timothy, “What you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also“ (2 Tim. 2:2). In other words, he was telling Timothy that it was necessary to keep the traditions and teachings alive. Yes, he was writing letters, but every place a church had been established did not instantly get a copy of those letters. It would take many, many years before they all would be compiled into what we now know as the New Testament. No written Bibles as we know them today existed. This is important to understand.
In the first four centuries of the Church many books, such as the seven letters of Ignatius, the Letter of Clement [the fourth pope] to the Corinthians, the Didache, and The Shepherd were revered by many Christians as inspired but were later shown to be non-inspired. Keep in mind, non-inspired does not imply not important or not authoritative, it just means that they did not see that those writings to be on level with the inspired writings of the Apostles.
The Bible as we know it today didn’t come into being until the Councils of Hippo and Carthage. That is when the Catholic Church defined which books made it into the New Testament and which didn’t. There were many letters and writings that were floating around and they saw a need to settle which were to be considered as inspired, which were important but not inspired, and which were even heretical. The council fathers studied many documents, including, of course, the writings of the Apostles themselves, but it was not until these councils that the Church officially settled the issue of what should be included in the Canon of Scripture.
God bless you and guide your work.
J.J. Kitcat
((((((((((((((⚠️WARNING⚠️))))))))))))))
Sunday is NOT the Lord's day!
Sunday is NOT the Sabbath day!
The WORD says keep holy the 7th day!
The WORLD says keep holy the 1st day?
SABBATH = (Exodus 20:8-11)
SUNDAY = (Mark 7:7)
🙏WAKE UP BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
Such a beautiful story! ❤️
LOVE you guys
What a beautiful testimony 🙏🏼
thanks for sharing your story.
Wow! Awesome story! Thanks for sharing and those beards look cool! Take care and God bless you both in your mission with Christ!✌️🤜🙏🏼🙏🏼
Welcome home brother!!! So happy you're here!!!!
Thank you brother LAURENCE for your TESTIMONIO
Wow, Br Lawrence was at SIL, in Eastern Highlands Province, PNG! So good to know your history has PNG! God bless you in your vocation 🙏🕊🦋 🇵🇬
Wow, what a great conversion story Fr Lawrence! God bless and Welcome Home!😊
You trinity heretics will be home in Hades after Judgment Day.
Friar Mark is *such a good listener,* wow! Very rare. God bless you, father! ♡
God bless you young brothers. You’re wonderful
True Faith,Great Graces!🙏🏽
I love, thanks to share your story!
A very interesting testimony! Thanks for sharing!
Today, I was searching for evangelical to Catholic testimonies because I love hearing different perspectives; I also am a previous evangelical who just recently became Catholic with my husband…. Little did I know that Brother Lawrence would share more of my story than anyone probably in the world. My parents were also missionaries who moved my sister and I to Papua New Guinea when I was 4-9 years old. I grew up from that point in Florida, met my husband, he spoke with me about pursuing the Catholic faith-also for questions that the Assemblies of God and Baptist faiths could not answer-and then we made the giant leap of faith to come into the Church. It’s good to be home. Thank you for sharing!
Welcome home Br. Lawrence. Prayers to all the Friars from Ireland. 💚
Well said! I’m publishing a weekly CZcams video on episodes from the life of Don Bosco, entitled ST JOHN BOSCO by JOE ZAMMIT. In this series I’m narrating events and miracles from the splendid life of Don Bosco. St John Bosco used to perform a miracle almost every day, through the intercession of Mary Help of Christians. From the lives of saints we can learn how to love God more and draw closer to him. Thank you.
@@josephzammit8483 Thank you. Best of luck on your venture.
@@valward8195 Thank you.
Amazing grace...🙏🙏🙏
That was beautiful... thanks...👊
Beautiful
@ascensionpresents Since Brother Lawrence mentioned predestination: Could you make a video about predestination (including the aspect of vocation in that)? That would be so awesome and helpful :) God bless
God bless u and welcome home
Luke 5:3 - Jesus teaches from Peter’s boat which is metaphor for the Church. Jesus guides Peter and the Church into all truth.
Luke 5:4,10 - Jesus instructs Peter to let down the nets for a catch, and the miraculous catch follows. Peter, is the “fisher of men.”
John 21:2-3,11 - Peter leads the fishing and his net does not break. The boat (the “barque of Peter”) is a metaphor for the Church.
Something I heard that struck me as interesting. When they pulled up the nets, the catch was described as 153 fish. There was a Roman book of natural sciences (written by Pliny the Elder, I think?) which identified 153 types of fish. So I'm not sure if anyone knows, but the speculation was the universality of this catch, if it could pull in one of every type.
God bless you! Greetings from PNG.
God bless fathers
I like that! I like how he said God’s reaching out to everyone. We really only see His grace later or if we want to. I think of all those people who choose not to believe or don’t want to see Him or plain don’t see Him working in their lives. I say this with the utmost respect and love, that’s so sad. I was that person. God was working in my life ALL along, I only really saw or payed attention when I sought out that relationship with Him.
Welcome home Br Lawrence! God called us both home to His Church!
This blog can enhance your spiritual
Welcome home! Praise God..
May God bless him!
I shared recently my testimony back to the Catholic Church. Thank you, Lord for not giving up on me .
God bless you and please do continue to pray for us all. We love Jesus but we do fall sometimes. Please keep is in your Prayers.
Hi
God bless you 🙏
Evangelicals and other types of Christians have SO much to offer - especially when it comes to having a personal relationship with JESUS through your heart. I wish that they were able to share this aspect of Christianity (and really, Catholicism) in the Catholic Church. Protestants pointed out valid issues in the church, but it didn’t mean that the Catholic Church was wrong - just the way humans were implementing it, and the solution was not to break up Christianity!
I wish other Christians could see why we ultimately should stick with the earliest “Christian” churches that we know of - those are most connected to Jesus. These new sects sow division in the body of Christ, even if we are all still one body
WE NEED A PART II (pretty please)! How do Br. Lawrence get from RCIA to becoming a grey jedi (I mean a Friar of the Renewal). Please, ask him if he's open to sharing the next chapter in his story. Thank you!
We need part 2, how he was drawn to religious life!
Wow!!! You spent part of your life in Papua New Guinea??. Mi hamamas lo harim stori blo yu. Good night from Port Moresby, PNG.
We love you ❤️
Good on ya ‘ !
Praise the Lord!!