> FROM:"Kenneth R. Rhoades", INTERNET:success@prairienet.org
> TO: Father Mateo, 76776,306
> DATE: 1/15/96 8:08 PM
> Re: return (Luke 15: 11-32)
>
> On 12 Jan 1996, Father Mateo wrote:
>>
>> Kenneth R. Rhoades
>>
>> Dear Kenneth,
>>
>> God has given you a major grace, bringing you home. Please read
>> the Gospel of St. Luke, 15:11-32. Welcome!
>>
>> Please go at once to your parish priest, sit down with him, and
>> get acquainted. He will help you prepare for confession and when
>> you are ready, he will bring you Christ's mercy and forgiveness
>> in the Sacrament of Penance. After confession, go regularly to
>> Holy Communion.
>
> I have at this point had my first meeting with Fr Remm at St.
> Patrick's - and have attended (not taken yet) my first mass.
> Your reply was in execlent time and has given me corrage to go
> to Church, It is so diffrent today.
>
>> Prayer is of primary importance. Make time every day for prayer
>> --- for adoration of God, thanksgiving, repentance for past sins,
>> and asking for your various needs.
>
> I am praying the rosary (full set) each day (Lord willing).
> I will pray for you also.
>
>> After many years away, you need instruction in the truths of your
>> Faith. Get a Bible and begin to read the four gospels, the Book
>> of Acts, and the Psalms. Get a copy of "The Teaching of Christ:
>> a Catholic Catechism for Adults" by Wuerl, Lawler, and Lawler,
>> 3rd edition (publish by Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division
>> 200 Noll Plaza, Huntington, Indiana 46750, ISBN 0-87973-850-2)
>> Catholic bookshops carry this book, or you can order it by mail
>> (write to the publisher for price and postage information). Read
>> it two of three times.
>
> I will check this out - it may be in the Church Lib at St. Pat's.
>
>> You will not go to Holy Communion until you have gone to
>> confession. But please begin going to Mass every Sunday at
>> least, and to other parish devotions.
>>
>> Entrust your conversion to the intercession of Mary, the Mother
>> of God. Pray to her. Get a rosary and a rosary instruction
>> booklet to help you begin to pray the rosary with Our Lady.
>>
>> Once more, welcome. Pray for me, and I will pray for you.
>>
>> Sincerely in Christ,
>> Father Mateo
>>
>> - Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit -
>
> Amen, the Lord be with you and bless you too.
>
> Kenneth R. Rhoades
Dear Kenneth,
Thanks for your prayers. You are in mine also. God love, bless,
enlighten, and guide you.
Sincerely in Christ,
Father Mateo
- Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit -
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