Comments on: How Has the Liturgical Calendar Impacted Your Faith Life? CHNetwork Community Question https://chnetwork.org/2017/08/07/liturgical-calendar-impacted-faith-life-chnetwork-community-question/ A network of inquirers, converts, and reverts to the Catholic Church, as well as life-long Catholics, all on a journey of continual conversion to Jesus Christ. Fri, 15 Sep 2017 18:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Coming Home Network https://chnetwork.org/2017/08/07/liturgical-calendar-impacted-faith-life-chnetwork-community-question/#comment-29315 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:14:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=47668#comment-29315 In reply to Howard.

Doh! Should have said ALMOST every one… it’s definitely something we’re trying to be more sensitive to, though, if you read most of our recent articles and posts!

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By: Howard https://chnetwork.org/2017/08/07/liturgical-calendar-impacted-faith-life-chnetwork-community-question/#comment-29314 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:37:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=47668#comment-29314 In reply to Coming Home Network.

Not really. “And while there has been a revival of the observance of Lent in some Protestant Churches, it’s still a drastic change for converts to Catholicism, once they realize that the liturgical calendar is literally full of feast days; there’s a saint, and usually multiple, for every day of the calendar year.”

At any rate, I think Dr. Peters was being kinda particular, and not really using the term as it most often is used. I am myself a convert from the Southern Baptists, and the process was referred to (perhaps technically incorrectly) as conversion the whole time. I don’t think that is at all offensive, by the way — it is a huge decision for any convert — though I do take exception to the idea that baptized Christians who profess the Divinity of Christ and the Holy Trinity are converting from a different religion. I was just having a bit of fun with you, though.

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By: Coming Home Network https://chnetwork.org/2017/08/07/liturgical-calendar-impacted-faith-life-chnetwork-community-question/#comment-29313 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:23:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=47668#comment-29313 In reply to Howard.

You’ll note that every use of the word “convert” in this post is by a non-Catholic Christian who became a Catholic. We try to avoid that term when speaking to people considering Catholicism from other Christian backgrounds, for the reasons the article you linked to mentions.

The word “convert,” in its application and its general understanding, is a lot like the word “protestant”; it gets used broadly on a lot of people (and a lot of people use it broadly on themselves), when the word in fact has a much more precise and technical meaning than its usage would indicate. That’s why we also try to find words besides “protestant” to describe non-Catholic Christians who seek us out!

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By: Howard https://chnetwork.org/2017/08/07/liturgical-calendar-impacted-faith-life-chnetwork-community-question/#comment-29304 Sat, 12 Aug 2017 06:29:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=47668#comment-29304 Apparently, non-Catholic Christians who come into full communion are really not supposed to be called “converts”.

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By: Manny https://chnetwork.org/2017/08/07/liturgical-calendar-impacted-faith-life-chnetwork-community-question/#comment-29303 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:56:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=47668#comment-29303 The Liturgical Calendar seems to bring heaven down to earth. I imagine in heaven every moment connected in some way to God. That is what the Liturgical Calendar does.

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By: CSmith https://chnetwork.org/2017/08/07/liturgical-calendar-impacted-faith-life-chnetwork-community-question/#comment-29302 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:16:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=47668#comment-29302 For me, the liturgical calendar provides a structure that helps anchor my study and spiritual growth. The season of Lent refocuses my thoughts to Christ’s sacrifice and brings more joy and meaning to the celebration of Easter. And, of course, since Easter is celebrated for more than just one day, there is time to grow stronger in the joy of the season. The same thing happens during Advent and Christmas. The thoughtful, deliberate preparation for the feast effectively fights the commercialization of Christmas. And we celebrate for days and days. I love that. It feeds my soul.

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By: Lorelei Savaryn https://chnetwork.org/2017/08/07/liturgical-calendar-impacted-faith-life-chnetwork-community-question/#comment-29301 Fri, 11 Aug 2017 03:16:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=47668#comment-29301 It has been so grounding to be able to incorporate our Catholic faith into our family life through the liturgical calendar. As a convert, I’m still getting adapted to the frequency and organized pattern of feast days, seasons, and other Holy Days throughout the year, but I am so thankful for it! It’s such a firm foundation to stand on, for our own personal faith walk, and for teaching our children about the important celebrations within the faith, and also about the many Holy people who have gone before us.

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By: David Russell Mosley https://chnetwork.org/2017/08/07/liturgical-calendar-impacted-faith-life-chnetwork-community-question/#comment-29300 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 23:36:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=47668#comment-29300 Liturgy, and the Church Calendar in particular, was one of the major draws for me when I made the decision to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church. I’ve long loved the rhythms of the Church Calendar, even as a Protestant, and the way they unveiled truths about reality. I particularly love the non-identical repetition involved. Every year begins again with Advent and yet this Advent is not the same as the last, not precisely. This is true not only because it begins on a different date each year, but because time continues to move forward, but not in a line, rather in a spiral. Thus we continue to return to the same spot each year, but on a different level, ever moving closer to eternity. I would love to see some of the old feasts such as Lamas or Plough Sunday return so we can better see how the Calendar takes up the agricultural year, but still what we have makes the connection between the seasons (whether Northern Hemisphere or Southern) abundantly clear, if only you have the eyes to see.

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By: Jeri-Lynn Woods https://chnetwork.org/2017/08/07/liturgical-calendar-impacted-faith-life-chnetwork-community-question/#comment-29298 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 01:45:00 +0000 https://chnetwork.org/?p=47668#comment-29298 I love Lent and Advent – the time of preparation for Easter and Christmas really helps me focus on and think about the events in a deeper way. And I love the reminders of saints’ days, particularly the saints I’ve come to appreciate most, like St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Joseph. The whole cycle of the liturgical calendar helps me remember to look beyond the happenings in my own life and to focus on the things that are eternal.

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