I was not forced, seduced, appeased, tempted, provoked, loved, or scared to change my religion. I have my own distinct reason for being a Christian. Spiritual contentment is what I have inherited from being a Christian. My Jesus is my gain. Read more…
Stand there, those who have seen and experienced; There is nothing to say to those who say let the listeners speak. This is my own experience. I joined the Catholic Church at the age of 34 – converted to Christianity. It was on 1 January 2015. It was not an overnight decision made on 31 December and was baptized on 1 January. Becoming a Christian was something I never dreamed of. I was not forced, seduced, appeased, tempted, provoked, loved or scared to change my religion. I have my own distinct reason for being a Christian. No one joins the Catholic Church with the expectation of material gain. Because there is no such option or offer in the Catholic Church. What I have inherited is spiritual contentment. My Jesus is my gain.
I only know about the Catholic Church. There is no arrangement in the Holy Church that if a person wants to become a Christian, he will immediately say, ‘Hey, baby, you can be baptized’. The church must be convinced that that desire is a need of the soul. The Church must be convinced of the accuracy, reality, and divine intervention in the circumstances leading to this feeling. The basic essential things should be known, studied, and practiced to be baptized. There should be a clarification in belief. It is possible to become a member of the Church – to become a Christian – only after passing many great hurdles, in other words clearly convinced that the Spirit is needed rather than the individual.
Now the missionaries of the Church are working in the outskirts of India and abroad, among those who do not know and do not follow human values.
There is no benefit for the Church to convert those who are economically backward and culturally deficient. It is because the Church is illuminated by the unbiased love of Jesus that he goes everywhere proclaiming love and teaching them good values ​​even though he knows that their lives are in danger. Human beings who live like animals will be attracted when they recognize that Jesus is love. It is not to live like animals, but the love of God that convinced him to be human.
Many organizations are conducting religious campaigns and proselytizing in India and abroad. It is not among the poor; in a safe situation among the wealthy people. They too can treat these poor people as human beings and do the necessary things. They won’t because there is no material gain.
The Catholic Church has striven and strives to protect its own faith and train the faithful. How many Catholic missionaries you have seen who are spewing racist venom? That is the essence of the Church. And whoever chooses to be the Nazarene’s own, if it is the will of God, it will happen.
What I earned is only the trust of my burning heart; the gift of my Jesus.
Achu (Rose Maria)