Interesting, what made you decide on the Catholic Church in
the end?
I am a born Catholic but parents stopped going to church. But
I somehow still have some spiritual connection with Jesus. So
when I was in Pri 2, my music teacher chio us to go Sunday
School. That's I started learning about bible.
When I grew up, I moved to the neighbourhood that was so near to
the Catholic church that I was baptised. Every day I heard
the church bell ring. Really loved it. Went to attend
Mass to find out more. That time, the priest was Fr Carlo Ly
and the very sermon that he preached was about love and I was drawn
to his sermon.
Even though I had been trained by the Protestant Church to
memorise bible verses, I somehow knew that the fundamental of
Christian teaching is all about love, how God loves us, how Jesus
teaches us about love and most importantly, the commandment that
Jesus gave us "Love one another as I have loved you".
I was to and fro the Catholic Church and Protestant Church,
trying to learn more about God and God's love. But somehow,
my Protestant friends were condemning the Catholics and I was just
wondering to myself "where is the love that Jesus preached in the
bible and where is that love when this friend talks about Catholics
and non Christians this way?" On the other hand, often I
heard Catholics referring Protestants as their separate
brothers. Even though it has been clearly recorded in history
that they were the ones who broke away, the Catholics that I got to
know never once belittled the Protestants.
So, I see love among the Catholics. I loved the charity
works that the Catholic Church, and religious sisters do. I
read about how Catholic priests risked and even lost their lives
trying to save souls (I went to Sarawak for holiday and learnt
about how the descendents of the cannibal tribes converted to
Catholics -- and yes, priests were killed by the cannibals at that
time). I volunteered my service in one of the Catholic old
folks home. I visited the sick with the Catholic
volunteers. In short, I very much saw God's love in
action. So, I decided that, after spending more than 10 years
learning God's words, I should learn to live His words.
That's my conversion story.
*clap clap clap clap* :D
