Mary Major Fan from the Mary Major Blog commented here after reading my coming home story over at the Closed Cafeteria.  In the comment, MMajorFan made a couple of brilliant points about how cradle Catholics don’t have an “ajcithatplas” moment in their lives because to a Catholic every day is a new day to “ajcithatplas.”

You are feeling a bit bemused and bewildered by now, so here’s what ajcithatplas means.  It means, “asking Jesus Christ into their hearts as their personal Lord and Savior.”  This is likely one of the most common Protestant (esp. fundamentalist) expressions, which refers to a single experience of salvation that one must have in order to be saved.  Any time there’s an altar call (or “invitation”) that’s what one’s invited to do.  For cradle Catholics who are brought up in the faith, as well as for folks like me, who’ve always been in Church, there’s not a single moment I can point to when my life underwent a major change because of accepting Christ – He’s always been in my heart.

Of course, 4 years ago my life did undergo a major change when I came home to His Church…

Kudos to MMajorFan for the new acronym!