| QUOTE (Marysixtyplus @ Sep 1 2006, 11:22 AM) |
| Hi, My name is Mary, I AM something over sixty. Your forum seems right for me at this time in my life. I have been married for nearly fourty years and have two married sons. I am a Registered Nurse who's specialty is psychiatry.(Retired) My spiritual history is a bit unusual. I attended Catholic school for first and second grade. The local public school was torn down and a number of parents, mine included, sent their children to St. Mary's. My dad had been baptized in an Episcopal Church (never went again until my wedding) and my mother wa a non-church attending protestant -- believed in Jesus Christ, and had been "born again" at some point in her life but didnt attend church. My sister and I were sent to the local mainline Protestant Sunday School and I stayed there, joining the church at 13. However, my Catholic education had "taken" I guess, and during highschool I began attending an Episcopal Church. As soon as I was out from under my parents roof at 21 and in nursing school, I began taking instruction in the Catholic faith. That lasted until I met a great guy who was an Episcopalian -- yep, he said he couldn't marry a Catholic; so five years later we were married in an Episcopal Church! At that time I really felt I was sincere. Both sons were baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal Church. Then after attending a Curcillo weekend, my husband became a "convicted Bible-believing" Christian. Within three years we saw the heresy ( and this is BEFORE the Gene Robinson debacle) -- I was a candidate for the Permenant Diaconate and I realized I could not agree to the direction the Episcopal church was headed. So we left and joined an anabaptist church. We have been there for thirteen years and I am so miserable -- I am beginning to drop back from church. Yes, I miss the Eucharist, Liturgy, the whole thing -- I would head for the Catholic church tomorrow but for my husband and sons. One son belongs to evangelical and one to a pentacostal church --they do not know how I feel, but I know they will be hurt to find out where my heart is. I desire your prayers and any suggestions you may have...Thanks for putting up with this ramble-I am really glad to have someone to talk with! :( |