For Reverts Back to the Church

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What tempted you and ultimately led you to leave the Catholic Church? What was it that helped the most in your journey back to the Church? What keeps you anchored in the Church today?
 
I left the church after my parents divorced (about age 10) because no one made me go anymore. I did not go to any church for several years, until a girl invited me to a methodist church youth group. I went there for a bit, but it didn’t feel right, so I stopped going to church for another 10+ years. I was agnostic for most of my teenage years and early 20’s. I proposed to my now wife who wanted to get married in a “pretty” church, not the “plain Jane Baptist” church she attended. So, we settled on marrying in the Catholic Church because they’re “pretty”. I talked to the priest who said I had to get confirmed in order to marry in the Catholic Church and I could start RCIA the next week. He did me a favor by letting me start in late January or early February and still be confirmed that Easter. He gave me a rosary and suggested I pray it that night. As I prayed the rosary I felt a sense of calm that I had not known in my adult life. I started to attend RCIA classes and only the required masses because I was only doing it to be married. After I got confirmed, I continued to pray the rosary. After a few weeks, I started to go to mass on Sundays because I wanted to. Then eventually I started to go on Wednesday’s (my “Sunday”) because once a week wasn’t enough. Shortly before I was married, I realized that I finally found my home in the church and truly believed the Church’s teachings. Ever since then I go to mass every Sunday and Wednesday. Here recently I started going on Tuesday mornings as well. I love going to mass as often as possible and my wife has been going with me for a few months now. She is considering converting, so I try to be the best Catholic I can by teaching her and encouraging questions. But overall, I attribute the Rosary being the driving force to my reversion to the Faith.
 
Marvelous! I’m pleased by your story. It’s the sort of answer I was hoping to get when I posted these questions.
 
I tried to keep it concise, I am more than happy to answer any questions or elaborate if you need it!

God Bless
 
Okay. Thanks for offering that. I may just take you up on your offer. I’ll think and pray a bit about it and formulate a bit of my story.
 
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