tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post6512628154715169043..comments2024-01-29T08:39:40.754-05:00Comments on Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: Protestant reverts: Catholic dishonesty in adverstising?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-41285117041507219432012-08-08T21:26:14.477-04:002012-08-08T21:26:14.477-04:00Rachel, Thanks for your gracious words and insight...Rachel, Thanks for your gracious words and insightful comments.<br /><br />Somewhere in her book, <i>Desolate City</i>, Anne Roche Muggeridge recounts the experience of seeing converts, like yourself, struggle against unlikely odds to swim the Tiber and enter the Church, when the Church seemed far from what she should be. At one point, Muggeridge even toyed with the idea of dissuading the prospective converts from their arduous journey, thinking it might be best for them to stay put, rather than climb aboard such a leaky Barque of Peter. But, God bless them, they swam the Tiber nonetheless, she declared. And likewise, may God bless you for coming aboard to help bail water from the leaky ship. -- PPPertinacious Papisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213911570586726075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-73229575539602561332012-08-05T14:48:16.907-04:002012-08-05T14:48:16.907-04:00Reading this post, I realize how gracious God was ...Reading this post, I realize how gracious God was to me. When I was learning about the Catholic faith, much of my reading was in the blogosphere (possibly including your blog; I can't remember.) The blogs taught me lots of Catholic doctrine and apologetics, but they also gave me a pretty thorough education in what's wrong with the Church today. Once I knew I needed to be Catholic, I told myself, "Time to call up the nearest parish and join their RCIA, which no doubt will be some pathetic exercise of wishy-washy affirmation"-- and so it was! But I wasn't deterred by that; I'd been warned. I'm really glad I didn't build up an idealized picture of the Church and then end up disillusioned.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06624317806947588259noreply@blogger.com