Rob Schneider, a former “Saturday Night Live” performer and longtime comedy actor, announced this week that he has converted to Catholicism.
Schneider said on X last week that he had converted just before his 60th birthday.
“I am the luckiest man in the world,” he posted, referring to his wife, Patricia, and their three daughters, Elle, Miranda, and Madeleine.
“Today I am reminded of what Dr. M Scott Peck told me over 30 years ago: At 40, you feel like you can conquer the world, and there’s a sense that nothing can stop you,” he wrote. “But at 60, you realize the very real fragility of life and [the] temporariness of it all. A humbling knowledge that there is indeed a time limit for all things and that God’s design, though perfect, is precious far beyond its brevity.”
Schneider also apologized for his behavior in the past, saying he had a “lack of Christ’s forgiveness to my fellow man.”
I want thank ALL of the lovely people for their kind birthday wishes for me today on my 60th birthday.
I am the luckiest man in the world.
I have a wonderful partner in life, my beautiful wife Patricia and three lovely daughters; Elle, Miranda and Madeline.
Today, I am…
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