All Of What God Had For Me
by Peggy
I was a cradle Catholic who married a non-Catholic. I don't think I fully grasped the Catholic faith even though I was in full communion and because I wasn’t married in the church I left the faith. After 15 years of searching for the truth by visiting many other denominations, I felt a desire to do whatever it took to return to the Catholic Church. I went through the RCIA process and my daughters attended RCIC. I came back into the Catholic Church and made a Profession of Faith around Easter of 1989. After returning to the Church I faithfully attended mass every Sunday and taught RCIC.
After about nine years my oldest daughter came home very excited about what she had experienced with God. She had visited a nondenominational church and prayed for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and received the gift of tongues. I thought I would go to God and check this out and I sat quietly in my prayer chair at home and silently prayed. I asked Him to baptize me with His Holy Spirit, I wanted to be immersed in Him. I wanted all He had for me. I totally surrendered myself to Him including my tongue. I started thanking Jesus and praising Him. Then it happened, I began to pray in tongues! My whole being at that moment felt as if it was surrounded with the presence of Jesus. I felt so much love and peace come over me at that moment it was as if Heaven had dropped down on me in that little prayer chair.
After that day I cannot get enough of Jesus…. in His word. Mass isn’t just a place to go on Sunday. It is an opportunity to receive more of Him, to praise Him. He is truly present. He is the Eucharist. I love adoration, and confession is a blessing, an opportunity to meet with the Priest and  get direction.
I decided there was no way I was going to leave the Catholic Church again. I knew this was something God wanted for me and my family, but where was it in the Catholic Church? I spoke to my sister and we had both heard about a big Catholic Church in Houston called the Catholic Charismatic Center. We decided to go and see if they had heard anything about this. We were so happy that they not only knew about it but there were Life in the Spirit Seminars where we could share and pray with others, Praise and Worship services that lasted as long as God wanted and the opportunities to learn, serve and worship were limitless.
I had such a desire for knowledge about the Catholic Church, the Word, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, everything! I didn’t want to miss out on anything God had for me. I desired to know Jesus better and be led by the Holy Spirit in every area of my life. I am so thankful he led me and my family to the Catholic Charismatic Center and the Priests there who have been such a blessing to us all.
God has put a tremendous desire in my heart for others to come to know Jesus as I have. If God can do this for me and my family and change us as He has, just think what he can do if given the opportunity to share this gift with others.
Peggy C.
Henderson, Texas
Previously- Pearland, Texas
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