More of my Testimony

We are kindred spirits:)
I always felt a nagging difficulty about the Westminster Assembly being a divine council.
I was a nondenominational Calvary chapelite when I was listening to Rich Mullins and those words ” it is the very truth of God and not the invention of any man” cut me to the core.
Lets reminisce together;)

https://youtu.be/9LR2hFP1yb4>>>>>

Well, this is restful for the Lord’s Day. :-)

Our assurance is grounded in Christ. There is salvation in no other. He gives Himself to us.

“...the Eucharist contains Jesus Christ in the fullness of his divinity and the completeness of his humanity.”
-Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.

I am not sure, but I don’t ever remember as a Protestant being hungry for the body and blood of Christ. Sure, I liked taking communion as we did every Sunday. It was special, but not the same.

Mullins never quite made it into the Church, but he does show how a Protestant can appreciate Catholicism without being hostile to her. He sure seemed to be drawn. It’s funny. If we discuss theology, we get all whatever. However, if we sing together and listen to the same songs and same hymns, somehow that is a kind of expression of our underlying unity.

Protestants even sing Faith of Our Fathers with gusto. A Lutheran wrote the Mass in b minor - easily the greatest musical work ever written. What does that say to us?

I look back over my life and see signs I hadn’t noticed before. I had always wondered why, when I was a child I held a rosary in my hand and prayed, “Since you gave Yourself for me, I give myself to you.”

On a Christmas Day, it was. My family did not go to church at all. We certainly were not Catholic. My grandmother was Lutheran. Our family was made up more of skeptics and atheists - yes, real atheists. That’s another story for another day, but I wonder.
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"Fr. Matthew McGinness reports that by September 1997, Mullins had finally made up his mind: He was going to be received into the Catholic Church. With his busy tour schedule he had a hard time meeting up with his priest-friend. But on Thursday, September 18, Rich phoned Fr. McGinness. “This may sound strange, but I have to receive the body and blood of Christ.” The two planned to meet the following Sunday.

On Friday, September 19, on his return to Wichita, Rich Mullins and fellow Kid Brother Mitch McVicker were involved in a car accident. Their jeep flipped and both men were thrown from the vehicle. A trailing rig swerved to miss the jeep and hit Rich. He died at age forty-one.

The conversion would never be “official” but Rich was, at least, an asymptotic Catholic. He kept approaching the culmination of his journey but never quite made it to the end”at least not in this life.”

http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2013/03/rich-mullins-asymptotic-catholic