Friday, November 02, 2007

November Chant


Dies Irae


In Paradisum

It was the doctrine of Purgatory that first made me think about the Catholic faith, as a teenager it struck me as glorious that God's mercy and healing extends beyond the grave.

3 comments:

Victoria said...

Beautiful father, beautiful. Thank you for this post.

gemoftheocean said...

I love conversion stories. And the most interesting parts of the story to me are what first about the Catholic faith, or its practitioners that gives the non-Catholic the shove (gentle or otherwise!) to the faith. I bet your conversion story would make interesting reading.

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for that,Father. What a wonderful prayer it is, and how lucky we are to belong to a Church that uses it.

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