Not Too Excited About Crossing The Tiber

This Catholic Journey

"I am a 32-year-old, single mother of three on a journey into the Catholic Church. This blog is collection of thoughts and things I learn along the way. This is my journey and I want to share it with you. All comments are welcome!" View my complete profile


This is the header for Amber's blog who is an evangelical Christian now starting to make the swim across the Tiber. When I read her blog, her understanding of Catholicism blew me away! She is literally counting the days until she can receive Him in the Eucharist. (Notice the Ticker in her blog) She doesn't strike me as someone who will be slavishly dragging herself to the Sacraments! She is literally counting off the days until the Easter Vigil when she enters into full communion with the Catholic Church.Since ancient times, Easter Vigil Mass is when the Church takes in the converts after a 9 month period of the Rite of Christian Initiation. In the early days of the Church, it was a process that took over three years! You had to be pretty sure you wanted to be a Christian in those days. Not to mention that many of the early Christians were accepting the death sentence by conversion. I suspect after reading her blog, Amber would wait ten years in order to come home to the Church. Keep her in prayer as she makes this ancient journey across the Tiber.