Our Baptismal Priesthood and Supernatural Conversions, by Bill Quinn

As I adore Jesus Christ as a transubstantiated Eucharist while on a forty-two hour silent retreat, the Holy Spirit has instructed me to write this:  I stood dumfounded just two weeks earlier as I witnessed the baptism of a non-Christian friend of thirty years. Not in a million years would I have forecasted that this friend would ever want to be baptized, as we behaved like rich prodigals as young men. Perhaps another observer would have never forecasted that I would become a daily communicant. In the room where he was baptized, I experienced, for the first time in my life, the tangible taste and smell of the supernatural.

Three weeks ago on a Sunday, my friend sent me what appeared to be a goodbye message. It was a very gracious and complimentary text about our many years working together and being friends. He was suffering for years with a chronic, debilitating disease, which was culminating in life-threatening breathing challenges. …

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