How has a Catholic Priest Positively Affected Your Life?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best thing that happened to me was when I was a Freshman in college and had a perfunctory meeting with the campus priest, who handed me envelopes for my weekly giving.

When I declined, saying I'd rather just give without it being recorded, he became stern and insisted I had to use the envelopes or not be considered a member of the campus group. I opted for the latter.

I continued going to church - and giving - for a while - then slowly faded away from Catholicism, its authoritarian priests and its many rules and regulations.

That campus priest helped a lot.

Sheesh. If Catholicism stopped being meaningful to you then just say that. But your faith must have been hanging by a thread if being asked to use an envelope did you in!

Read above -- it didn't do pp in, it got the ball rolling.

Anti-Catholic bigots inventing nonsense stories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best thing that happened to me was when I was a Freshman in college and had a perfunctory meeting with the campus priest, who handed me envelopes for my weekly giving.

When I declined, saying I'd rather just give without it being recorded, he became stern and insisted I had to use the envelopes or not be considered a member of the campus group. I opted for the latter.

I continued going to church - and giving - for a while - then slowly faded away from Catholicism, its authoritarian priests and its many rules and regulations.

That campus priest helped a lot.

Sheesh. If Catholicism stopped being meaningful to you then just say that. But your faith must have been hanging by a thread if being asked to use an envelope did you in!

Read above -- it didn't do pp in, it got the ball rolling.

Anti-Catholic bigots inventing nonsense stories.

Not anti Catholic and not invented. really happened and probably happened a lot. The Church likes to keep track of its members. Is it true that it counts anyone who has been baptized Catholic as a practicing Catholic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best thing that happened to me was when I was a Freshman in college and had a perfunctory meeting with the campus priest, who handed me envelopes for my weekly giving.

When I declined, saying I'd rather just give without it being recorded, he became stern and insisted I had to use the envelopes or not be considered a member of the campus group. I opted for the latter.

I continued going to church - and giving - for a while - then slowly faded away from Catholicism, its authoritarian priests and its many rules and regulations.

That campus priest helped a lot.

Sheesh. If Catholicism stopped being meaningful to you then just say that. But your faith must have been hanging by a thread if being asked to use an envelope did you in!

Read above -- it didn't do pp in, it got the ball rolling.

Anti-Catholic bigots inventing nonsense stories.

Not anti Catholic and not invented. really happened and probably happened a lot. The Church likes to keep track of its members. Is it true that it counts anyone who has been baptized Catholic as a practicing Catholic?

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"How has a Catholic Priest Positively Affected Your Life? "

[Anonymous]

It is nice to hear that someone has good experiences. Sometimes, people come on the religious forums to just stir the pot. THANK YOU for sharing.

[GnosticChristianBishop]

I have a love hate relationship with the catholic religion.

I was born into it and owe it a lot for the help it gave me when young, but after reaching the age of reason, my moral sense forced me to reject it's supernatural base as well as some of the immoral tenets, like homophobia and misogyny it preaches.

I tried to help it reform out of it being my home religion, so to speak, but it would ignored and banned me for trying to correct the poor thinking that it propagates.

I am now a Gnostic Christian and believe what some say. The only good Christian is a Gnostic Christian.

Regards
DL

[Anonymous]

GnosticChristianBishop wrote:I have a love hate relationship with the catholic religion.

I was born into it and owe it a lot for the help it gave me when young, but after reaching the age of reason, my moral sense forced me to reject it's supernatural base as well as some of the immoral tenets, like homophobia and misogyny it preaches.

I tried to help it reform out of it being my home religion, so to speak, but it would ignored and banned me for trying to correct the poor thinking that it propagates.

I am now a Gnostic Christian and believe what some say. The only good Christian is a Gnostic Christian.

Regards
DL

The Church's teaching on homosexuality is sensitive and true. Two guys did not marry @ Cana.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

GnosticChristianBishop wrote:I have a love hate relationship with the catholic religion.

I was born into it and owe it a lot for the help it gave me when young, but after reaching the age of reason, my moral sense forced me to reject it's supernatural base as well as some of the immoral tenets, like homophobia and misogyny it preaches.

I tried to help it reform out of it being my home religion, so to speak, but it would ignored and banned me for trying to correct the poor thinking that it propagates.

I am now a Gnostic Christian and believe what some say. The only good Christian is a Gnostic Christian.

Regards
DL

The Church's teaching on homosexuality is sensitive and true. Two guys did not marry @ Cana.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

GnosticChristianBishop wrote:I have a love hate relationship with the catholic religion.

I was born into it and owe it a lot for the help it gave me when young, but after reaching the age of reason, my moral sense forced me to reject it's supernatural base as well as some of the immoral tenets, like homophobia and misogyny it preaches.

I tried to help it reform out of it being my home religion, so to speak, but it would ignored and banned me for trying to correct the poor thinking that it propagates.

I am now a Gnostic Christian and believe what some say. The only good Christian is a Gnostic Christian.

Regards
DL

The Church's teaching on homosexuality is sensitive and true. Two guys did not marry @ Cana.

Let me give you the same look this good woman gave her dick wad Bishop.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/08/minnesota.catholic.gay.marriage/index.html?eref=rss_latest&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+Most+Recent%29

Why do you think God creates gays?

Surely not for you and I to deny them the opportunity to find a loving lifetime mate.

So what is more important to your life. Love, or where you put you junk?

Regards
DL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

GnosticChristianBishop wrote:I have a love hate relationship with the catholic religion.

I was born into it and owe it a lot for the help it gave me when young, but after reaching the age of reason, my moral sense forced me to reject it's supernatural base as well as some of the immoral tenets, like homophobia and misogyny it preaches.

I tried to help it reform out of it being my home religion, so to speak, but it would ignored and banned me for trying to correct the poor thinking that it propagates.

I am now a Gnostic Christian and believe what some say. The only good Christian is a Gnostic Christian.

Regards
DL

The Church's teaching on homosexuality is sensitive and true. Two guys did not marry @ Cana.

Let me give you the same look this good woman gave her dick wad Bishop.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/08/minnesota.catholic.gay.marriage/index.html?eref=rss_latest&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+Most+Recent%29

Why do you think God creates gays?

Surely not for you and I to deny them the opportunity to find a loving lifetime mate.

So what is more important to your life. Love, or where you put you junk?

Regards
DL

We are all sinners. Do you imagine that every carnal urge is OK by definition because your creator is responsible for such urges? Try living that out -- oh, wait -- they did try that in Sodom and Gomorrah.

[Anonymous]

Not directly, because I haven't met any Catholic clergy.

But, many of my good friends are Catholics, and their priests have been important in making them the caring, giving people they are.

[Anonymous]

My story is small, and I'm not a practicing Catholic. I'm actually an agnostic.

But when I was in college, I was having a tough time. I went to confession, and the priest could see I was distressed. The penance he gave me was to sing a song out loud. "A religious song?" I asked. "No," he said with a really warm and genuine smile, "a song that makes you happy."

It kind of makes me cry when I think of it. It was like 20 years ago, but when I'm really feeling like life is grinding me down, I think about him and the "penance" he gave me, and I realize that he was trying to tell me to feel joy.

I think he's still there at the college. I'm certain he's made a difference in a lot of lives. He's kind, and I think he truly wants people to feel close to God, not God as a wrathful or stern figure, but God as joy and love and peace and solace.

I miss him and some others like him I once knew. These days, I feel surrounded by people who are empty and conniving and mean-spirited and without warmth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My story is small, and I'm not a practicing Catholic. I'm actually an agnostic.

But when I was in college, I was having a tough time. I went to confession, and the priest could see I was distressed. The penance he gave me was to sing a song out loud. "A religious song?" I asked. "No," he said with a really warm and genuine smile, "a song that makes you happy."

It kind of makes me cry when I think of it. It was like 20 years ago, but when I'm really feeling like life is grinding me down, I think about him and the "penance" he gave me, and I realize that he was trying to tell me to feel joy.

I think he's still there at the college. I'm certain he's made a difference in a lot of lives. He's kind, and I think he truly wants people to feel close to God, not God as a wrathful or stern figure, but God as joy and love and peace and solace.

I miss him and some others like him I once knew. These days, I feel surrounded by people who are empty and conniving and mean-spirited and without warmth.

that priest sounds like a genuine good guy. Somehow, I bet he didn’t learn that in seminary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best thing that happened to me was when I was a Freshman in college and had a perfunctory meeting with the campus priest, who handed me envelopes for my weekly giving.

When I declined, saying I'd rather just give without it being recorded, he became stern and insisted I had to use the envelopes or not be considered a member of the campus group. I opted for the latter.

I continued going to church - and giving - for a while - then slowly faded away from Catholicism, its authoritarian priests and its many rules and regulations.

That campus priest helped a lot.

Sheesh. If Catholicism stopped being meaningful to you then just say that. But your faith must have been hanging by a thread if being asked to use an envelope did you in!

Read above -- it didn't do pp in, it got the ball rolling.

Anti-Catholic bigots inventing nonsense stories.

Not anti Catholic and not invented. really happened and probably happened a lot. The Church likes to keep track of its members. Is it true that it counts anyone who has been baptized Catholic as a practicing Catholic?

FOR THOSE THAT FORGOT THE TOPIC
"How has a Catholic Priest Positively Affected Your Life? "

The situation described above was very positive —“that campus priest helped a lot”