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Recent content by PilgrimHeart

  1. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    I thank God that I do not know any "genuine Protestants" in your vein, who would stand and publicly denounce my wedding. If any feel the way you do, then I would not want them at my wedding any more than they would want to be there, and I'd pray they would not attend. Gracefully, most Christians...
  2. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    I don't mean they would literally curse it in any efficacious way. But their speaking ill of it rather than support it and praying for us is the sort of thing my fiancée fears -- their disapproval and condemnation rather than a literal curse.
  3. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    Praise God that your wedding was such a blessing. We will also not be having alcohol at the reception. Her Baptist family seems to expect that all Catholic events are "wet", but I don't think we've ever had alcohol at my rural parish apart from the elements of Communion. My family is only a step...
  4. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    It is sad to say, that she was so used to them treating her this way before that she didn't immediately understand why I would be offended. In her mind, their rejection was perfectly justified by their "standing for what they believe." But it is a huge deal, I told her, and it is a deep...
  5. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    Yes, it will be very different than what most all of them are used to. For one thing, it is traditional in the Catholic Church (though by no means is this an exclusive tradition) for the bride and groom to walk down the aisle together, rather than the bride to be escorted by her father. We are...
  6. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    I think you are mistaking us, Goodbook. We don't snub or look down on anybody; we certainly don't curse anybody. We do attend her parents' Baptist church on occasion, especially to honor her parents on Mother's or Father's Day. I also attend a weekly fellowship with Baptists. I love Baptists a lot.
  7. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    It is enough for me; I'm not sure it is enough for her, who will likely imagine their repugnance even if it is not vocalized. I do feel that their being there is important, a statement that they will be there for us in our new family. I was very offended before by their refusal to attend: even...
  8. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    We both very much want to have a nuptial Mass, and we've never really considered not having one. It's a very important statement, for us, of who we are (Christians whose union reflects our union with Christ) and what our marriage is (a Sacrament). I have actually suggested things like having...
  9. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    Because to attend would have been to support it, correct?
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    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    But you do not oppose it, at least. You do not think attending the wedding would be a negative reflection on your Christian witness, etc. If you felt that, you wouldn't attend. It is important to us to be married in the context of a Mass, to let our union with each other reflect and glorify...
  11. PilgrimHeart

    Interconfessional wedding: Attending = supporting?

    Hi. I'm engaged to be married and am in the midst of trying to plan our wedding with my fiancée. She is feeling extremely anxious and self-conscious especially about inviting guests. A bit of background: We are both Catholic converts with families that are exclusively Protestant, hers in...
  12. PilgrimHeart

    Question

    Hi, just thought y'all might be interested to know, I got part two of the exploration of St. Peter's tomb up. I can't post a link, but my blog is here: catholicusnascens.wordpress.com And there will be a part three, hopefully tomorrow.
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    Question

    That'sa me. *points to link* Was led here by the pingback. Thanks for noticing me. :) As proud as I am of my post, and as hard as I'm working on part two -- which will contain even more archaeological evidence -- there are other, better resources out there. I hope, at least, that mine will...
  14. PilgrimHeart

    Protestant views of justification / sanctifying grace

    Hi. I am a recent convert to Roman Catholicism (from evangelical Protestant roots), and since my conversion I've become very interested in theology. I never had much of a theological foundation before -- the church of my youth taught very little in the way of doctrine -- so I am now trying to...