How has Jesus and the Catholic church changed your life?

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A question to people who may have lost their faith for a time- or never had it, but eventually accepted Jesus Christ and came to the Catholic Church- how has it changed your life, and outlook? Before accepting Jesus I was an empty shell- now I feel a happiness I have never known before- The Catholic Church feels right to me, not just because I was baptized, but I feel drawn there, it feels right. I feel God’s presence there. I am just now looking for a local Catholic Church i can call my home. Had I not accepted jesus into my heart, I don’t think I would have been a happy person, and salvation would elude me
 
I once wanted to become a Deist because of the early Colonist aristocrats (Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson), but then I attended Fr Barron’s Catholicism series and I have fallen in love with the church and I am currently in discernment for priesthood.
 
In one word - peace. I never knew what peace was, or what it meant.

For the Church, I am reminded of the saying we often use or often hear when someone finds their way to (or back to) Holy Mother Church - “welcome home”.

I am home and I am at peace.
 
I was loosely raised Lutheran, became Pagan, then Athiest, then found the Church.

Since I started to go to Mass and RCIA I have made an effort to be less angry and more tolerant of/ compassionate toward people and I have felt much less stress (and a drop in blood pressure accompanied by a lower dose of medication) because I can let go, worry less, and trust in God.
 
I no longer circle the black hole of atheism.

I was really never an atheist but I saw the attraction toward that form of faith. In time however it seemed to draw me into a circle of despair.

The intelligent arguments of the Catholic Church drew me away from that despair.
 
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I no longer circle the black hole of atheism.

I was really never an atheist but I saw the attraction toward that form of faith. In time however it seemed to draw me into a circle of despair.

The intelligent arguments of the Catholic Church drew me away from that despair.
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I know the black hole of atheism all too well, I was there- I could quote Christopher Hitchens’s atheist manifesto ‘God is Not Great’ from front to back, and used to watch ‘The Atheist Experience’ show out of Austin, which is streamed online.They seemed to get off on mocking Christians. Interesting, by denying god, i felt like I was cutting off a limb. It hurt. The deeper I fell into atheism, the deeper grew my despair because what atheists believe in is eternal nothingness. How could such a dark world view have room for joy or love? No wonder why I was so bitter and filled with sadness when I was an atheist . I was rescued from that pit by Jesus. He had faith in me! When I accepted JESUS into my heart, my life changed.

One of many things that I like about the Catholic Church is that Catholics seem dedicated to helping others, and locally, are the groups most proactive in helping the poor, the hungry and the needy, and following the example of Jesus

One of my old atheist friends reacted to my news of my new faith by mocking my beliefs- I guess i have to choose, my atheist fiend or Jesus. I wish my x friend a happy life, I’m sticking with Jesus
 
I myself never really fully left the church, but for a long period of time I was left as a non-church goer wondering to myself whether the church was right. But when my godfather was reintroduced into my life I felt straight at home beginning to re-learn the faith has worked wonders in my life.

I started to learn the rosary and getting more involved in the church, I now know my purpose in my life and where I belong.
 
Let me count the ways! Actually it would take too long. I am a cradle Catholic, raised in a Catholic home who spent 7 years in a convent. I am sensitive and shy by nature and I carried many hurts with me through life. The biggest was the my misconception that I was unlovable–even by God. At times God would break through my sufferings, but I always felt like I had to live a double life: The person I presented to the world and my real unlovable self. Then out of the darkness came a light. My mother-in-law came home from visiting a shrine of Mary and gave me a Rosary. Somehow I knew that it was a gift from the Blessed Mother herself! I turned my life over to her spiritual direction. She led me swiftly to Jesus and through a process of formation through the Disciples of Jesus and Mary I was healed. You would not believe the changes that have come over me ever since. It has been nearly 20 years since then and I rejoice in God’s love and mercy.
 
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