Evangelicals who journey East

http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/1995/9504fea1.asp

A good article for the most part. I don't agree with his assessment though that Gilchrist's conversion to Orthodoxy appears to have been easy and without much struggle.

Some people just write in an abbreviated fashion. I'm sure the story of my conversion to Catholicism seems short and easy to some too. I'm just not a good writer. From the time I started reading and studying up, it was only about four months until I converted, but I was on the fence of leaving my Baptist church for well over a year.

The fact that I was brought up Catholic made my journey back easier than for someone like Scott Hahn, because I was already familiar with many of the doctrines and dogmas. I just needed someone to explain them more fully, and be at a time in my life where I was receptive.

For a similar page on the same subject that is better written and parallels the reasons I did not become Orthodox, see Jimmy Akin's article, Why I am Not Eastern Orthodox at http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2005/0504bt.asp

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A prayer for Haiti

Today marks one year since the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Please continue to pray for them:

Lord, at times such as this,

                when we realize that the ground beneath our feet is not as solid as we had imagined,

                we plead for your mercy.

Comport the people of Haiti, Lord.

                Be their rock when the earth refuses to stand still,

and shelter them under your wings.

Pierce too, our hearts with compassion, we who watch from afar,

                as the poorest on this side of the earth find only misery upon misery.

                Move us to act swiftly this day, to give generously every day,

                to work for justice always, and to pray unceasingly for those without hope.

And once the shaking has ceased,

                the images of destruction have stopped filling the news,

                and our thoughts have returned to life’s daily rumblings,

                let us not forget that we are all your children and they, our brothers and sisters.

                We are the work of your hands.

For though the mountains leave their place and the hills be tossed to the ground,

                your love shall never leave us, and your promise of peace will never be shaken.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

                Blessed be the name of the Lord, now and forever.

Our Blessed Mother foretold

Micah 5 2-3: "But you, Bethlehem-Ephrathah too small to be among the clans of Judah, From you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel; Whose origin is from of old, from ancient times. (Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time when she who is to give birth has borne, And the rest of his brethren shall return to the children of Israel.) He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock by the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD, his God; And they shall remain, for now his greatness shall reach to the ends of the earth;"

How many times have I read this and not seen our Blessed Mother and the inauguration of the Church?