In Memoriam: Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger

Aaron Jean-Marie Lustiger, cardinal and archbishop, died on August 5th, 2007, aged 80

AT THE funeral of Jean-Marie Lustiger, at Notre Dame de Paris on August 10th, his second cousin Jonas Moses-Lustiger read a psalm in Hebrew and placed on the coffin a jar of earth that had been gathered on the Mount of Olives. Then another cousin, Arno Lustiger, bent over the coffin to recite Kaddish. Only when those things were done was the body of Cardinal Lustiger carried inside the cathedral, where Catholic panoply took over.

A Prodigal Son Returns Home

My Return to the Catholic Church 

Introduction

This is the story of my return to the Catholic Church.  I will attempt to explain how my walk with the Lord these past years has led me to this important and difficult decision, yet one that I make in peace and enthusiasm.  It is addressed to my Evangelical Christian and Messianic Jewish friends in Israel, and particularly to those who do not believe that one can be a "true believer" and a Catholic at the same time.  It is also written as a personal testimony for the many good and faithful friends I have made over the years around the world who may be interested in my walk of faith.  To them I dedicate this essay and pray that it will help us to grow in unity in loving and worshipping the King of Kings.

Read and hear testimonies of "fulfilled Jews" who entered the Catholic Church on the site Salvation is from the Jews

Once a Chicken, Now a Fish: the spiritual journey of Reformed Jewish girl through Messianic Judaism, paganism, and Episcopalianism, until she found her home in the Catholic Church.

Yartzheit for the Cardinal by Joshua Turnil - an article about Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger on the Jews for Jesus site.