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The Bread of Life - Why I became a Catholic

There was an engineering student in Manila. He was a catholic but did not know his Catholic faith very well. He was looking for something but did not know what it was he was looking for. He decided to become a Mormon and spent a few years being so. But found that whatever it was he was looking for it was not in the Mormon faith. So he decided to become a Baptist. He spent another few years  being a Baptist. Then one day he read a passage in the gospel that said. “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall not hunger and he who believes in me shall never thirst.” (John 6:35) He realized that that was what he was looking for, something to satisfy his hunger and his thirst. So he began to rediscover the mystery of the Blessed Eucharist in his own Catholic faith. He reconverted back to Catholicism. He then decided that he wanted to become a priest. But when Cardinal Sin heard that he had been a Mormon and a Baptist he was not too comfortable. So he was not allowed into the diocesan seminary. He was admitted to another seminary and after his studies when it was seen that he was bona fide he was ordained and accepted into the diocese of Manila. His first assignment as a priest was in the chapel of the university when he had been a student. Each day when saying Mass when it came to the moment to hold up the sacred host he would say “This is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world…” and he would add. “This is why I left the Mormon faith and this is why I left the Baptist faith”. But there were many Mormons and Baptists in that university who did not like him saying these things so they complained and he had to be moved to another parish where he is to this day.

Unfortunately I do not know the source of this story. If you know please e-mail me so that I can acknowledge. Thanks.

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