CrusaderFrank
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- May 20, 2009
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I was raised by Catholics before Vatican 2, so naturally I was baptized, made Communion, went to St. Raymond's on "release time" from public school.
I found the Bible wonderful, fascinating...I'd read from it and felt transported back.
As I hit puberty I had other things on my mind and generally turned away from the RCC. Apart from wedding and funerals, I haven't been to a mass in 5 decades.
My wife is Jewish and both our boys were bar Mitzvahs. At first, each Rabbi was slightly skeptical or unsure of me until they started talking to me and we then got to know each other. The Rabbi at the Conservative Temple took a LOT of grief for letting me stand on the Bema with my son. That Rabbi had asked if I ever considered conversion to Judiasm, as did the Westchester Rabbi who Bar Mitzvah my younger son.
I realized now that the reason I never went back to RCC nor converted to Judaism were the intermediaries. The RCC has so many, I can't see ever going back.
Where I find appeal is in Chabad. I find their understanding of the relationship between me and the Creator to be the best fit. I read their daily messages and find them touching, genuine and - for me - accurate.
My brothers and sister are as devout as my parents, even more so. My brother is an ordained Eucharist Ministry. I'm happy he's found a relationship that works for him and I'm happy I've found mine.
I found the Bible wonderful, fascinating...I'd read from it and felt transported back.
As I hit puberty I had other things on my mind and generally turned away from the RCC. Apart from wedding and funerals, I haven't been to a mass in 5 decades.
My wife is Jewish and both our boys were bar Mitzvahs. At first, each Rabbi was slightly skeptical or unsure of me until they started talking to me and we then got to know each other. The Rabbi at the Conservative Temple took a LOT of grief for letting me stand on the Bema with my son. That Rabbi had asked if I ever considered conversion to Judiasm, as did the Westchester Rabbi who Bar Mitzvah my younger son.
I realized now that the reason I never went back to RCC nor converted to Judaism were the intermediaries. The RCC has so many, I can't see ever going back.
Where I find appeal is in Chabad. I find their understanding of the relationship between me and the Creator to be the best fit. I read their daily messages and find them touching, genuine and - for me - accurate.
My brothers and sister are as devout as my parents, even more so. My brother is an ordained Eucharist Ministry. I'm happy he's found a relationship that works for him and I'm happy I've found mine.