24 responses to “No More Chris Tomlin”

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   Dave Waters

   July 13, 2023

   Have you finally converted to the Catholic Church?

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      David The Good

      July 13, 2023

      Rachel and I will be received into the Church on the Feast of the Assumption, in mid-August.

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         Aunteater

         July 14, 2023

         Congrats!

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         Gina

         July 14, 2023

         Congratulations, indeed! Gloria in excelsis Deo

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            David The Good

            July 14, 2023

            Thank you, Gina.

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         Alex M.

         July 16, 2023

         Deo gratias! That’s wonderful news! Continued prayers for you and your family.

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            David The Good

            July 16, 2023

            Thank you very much.

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         Bernadette Marie

         November 4, 2023

         Saw your reading list awhile back and thought you were following that path! Congratulations! You will find an amazing archive at this site. https://www.discerninghearts.com/catholic-podcasts/

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            David The Good

            November 5, 2023

            Thank you.

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   Aunteater

   July 14, 2023

   I sometimes wonder if I’d still be Protestant if it hadn’t been for “Shine, Jesus shine!” I think Tomlin must have come on the scene after I left. A quick perusal of YT for his work… oy.

   For the record, here is the way “Let God Arise” is supposed to sound:
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmRU7-8IdVI

   And the Great Prokeimenon in tone 7 (Who is so great a God as our God):
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HMSxSu2p-o

   Just sayin ;)

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      David The Good

      July 14, 2023

      Let God Arise – awesome! I love the joy in it.

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   Brian K

   July 17, 2023

   I was filled with joy listening to my 3 year old twin girls singing the “Salve Regina” this morning, at 6:15am, lol.

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      David The Good

      July 17, 2023

      Hahahaha. That is amazing. My son was singing the Kyrie with the one-year old today, but it wasn’t that early!

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         Brian K

         July 17, 2023

         Beautiful!

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   Joe Alf

   July 19, 2023

   Congratulations David! The Tridentine Mass is the most beautiful thing this side of heaven. And to be Catholic is everything.
   Both quotes from people smarter than me. I saw Chesterton on your reading list, that’s a great way to look at and enter the Church.
   I’ve followed you occasionally over the years being greatly entertained on your informative blog and couldn’t be happier for you. I’m a semiretired landscaper and hobby farmer in Melbourne Florida who does a lot of pro-bono work for the SSPX priory in Sanford where we have a pretty impressive collection of food and ornamental gardens. If your ever back in the area you would be welcome to a tour. Also doing phases of installing garden at their seminary in Virginia.
   Welcome to the Faith and God Bless!
   Joe

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      David The Good

      July 20, 2023

      Thank you so much. I would love to see what is being done there.

      Pray for us – this is a hard thing for our extended family, and even for some of my children, as we have no Catholics in the known history of our family whatsoever.

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         Miriam

         July 27, 2023

         What wonderful news – welcome to the Church, David and Rachel!! I will add your family to my daily Rosary intentions. Many blessings to you and your family as you two are received into the Church in a few weeks.

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            David The Good

            July 28, 2023

            Thank you very much, Miriam.

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   Tom

   July 23, 2023

   What drew you to the Catholic faith? I am a lifelong Baptist, but have found myself increasingly frustrated with what I perceive as a wrong focus of the church service.

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      David The Good

      July 23, 2023

      Thank you. I started studying the history of the early church and the foundations of the faith and was shocked by both how the Bible was originally preserved and assembled, and then how the Reformation had made a sharp break with what the Church had always believed. Particularly the idea of baptism and communion both being symbolic things. The Early Church believed Baptism literally saved you by washing away original sin, and would never leave children upbaptized. There’s a book called “Four Witnesses,” which has lots of writings from four very early church fathers. Their views are almost completely contrary to many current Protestant teachings, yet they were very soon after the Apostles and some even were taught by them! The endless schisms and the loss of history very much bothered me, and I realized that despite the current terrible issues in the Catholic Church, it must simply be the One, Holy and Apostolic Church. They were the only ones with the direct link to the first century, as well as the laying on of hands in a chain that reaches all the way until now. It was not a conclusion I wanted to reach, but I have been forced to reexamine what I believe and now think there’s just no way out of joining. In the early church, an altar was the center of worship – Christ’s Sacrifice being the main focus – and now, it’s a pulpit, and the best talkers win. Whew.

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         Tom

         July 27, 2023

         Thank you for the insight, David! You mirror much of what I’ve heard from others who moved to Catholicism from Protestantism. I’ve started exploring Church history; I might have to check out “Four Witnesses.” Thank you again for the in-depth response.

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            David The Good

            July 28, 2023

            Thank you. I highly recommend the book.

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   Kevin

   July 26, 2023

   That’s awesome! I found a Traditional Latin Mass community about an hour away from me in Lancaster, PA. I’ve been going there since the beginning of Lent this year.

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      David The Good

      July 27, 2023

      That is wonderful.