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My Simple Spiritual Journey
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The communist hordes, and even the government, continued increasing the verbal and psychological attacks against the Church and attendance to Mass and other services decreased even more; however, those who still remained were genuine examples, though not perfect, of what Christians must be. The Faith, Love and Hope of the few who continued working in the Church and for the Church were strong enough to fill the space left empty by the many who quit. Interestingly, numerous individuals who left the Church eventually returned along with others who had never attended any Church. Why did this happen? I believe that a combination of the hard work and the exemplary life of priests, nuns, and lay people contributed to the steady increase in the number of people returning to the Church, or embracing Her for the first time. But I don’t discount the fact that, after losing the material things, many people began to focus on their spiritual life. Angélica and I experienced continuous spiritual growth in spite of the pressures, harassments and indirect threats. We were afraid, but we did not stop working in the Church and for the Church. We had the opportunity to live by what we learned and kept repeating to others the words of the nun: “Hate sin but love the sinner,” adding “To err is human; to forgive is divine.” We knew that Christ was not only counting on us; he was one of us and in us.
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About the Book
The purpose of this book is to share with whomever wants to read it, my simple spiritual journey from childhood through today. This is a journey with numerous peaks and valleys, but with no burning bushes, awesome spiritual experiences, or extraordinary miracles.
I am a convinced and passionate Catholic who profoundly respects people who have chosen other Christian denominations, non-Christian religions, or no religion at all. They may be close members of my family, relatives or friends. I unconditionally love them and will never destroy a bridge, build a wall or close a gate that unite us; and I expect to be treated the same way.
About the Author
Ysaac Chabo was born in Cuba and has lived in United States for the last 42 yeats. Since his early childhood, his mother encouraged him to parfticipate in Mass and other activities appropriate for his age at San Antonio de Padua Catholic Church where he became an acolyte who learned enough Latin to correctly respond to the Priest when Mass was said in that language. At age 22, he was a doctorate candidate at the Faculty of Law of the University of Havana, but discontinued his studies as atheism and marxism-leninism became dominant in the University and he was not willing to abandon his principles and convictions, and deny his Faith. At work, he was promoted to Assistant Economic Chief (Assistant Controller) but refused further promotions because they required membership in the communist party. He and his wife, Angélica, worked very hard in and for the Catholic Church even after he was fired from his job for planning to legally leave Cuba and had to work, as a laborer, in farm construction for one year. After almost five months in Spain with his pregnant wife and a three old son, they arrived at Newport News, Virginia, where they made their home. He has an extraordinary ability to establish relationships with people of different Christian denominations, non Christians, agnostics and atheists, thus living his motto and his stament of faith which are quoted several times in this book.