Is being Catholic important to you?

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What do you guys think, is being catholic important to you? Personally, I have been catholic my entire life, I’m polish and I reside in Canada.
 
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It’s important to me because it’s the truth, and having heard the truth it becomes the path to salvation.

We also need a strong moral anchor in light of the modern society we find ourselves in.
 
Being Christian is important to me, i’m a Christian tribesman of
the Catholic Clan !
 
Of course being Catholic is important to me! I have been catholic my whole life like you.

Also, I reside in Canada as well. 🙂
 
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We also need a strong moral anchor in light of the modern society we find ourselves in.
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I think of the Church as Noah’s ark, with Jesus as the captain. The ark provides firm guidance to get us through the flood and storms of life. The ark provides clear channels of grace via the Sacraments and enable us to walk on the narrow path through the storm.

I wasn’t raised Catholic but I was hauled aboard the ark later on in life.
 
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I may be wrong here, but in my experience those who had the life raft thrown to them tend to be more appreciative than those who were born on the ark.

This is anecdotal of course, but it’s just my experience.
 
Yes, being Catholic is important to me, to every aspect of my life, both internally and externally. My son and I joke that if a stranger ever saw my little condo they’d think it was a shrine or a monastic cell, so filled it is with icons, crucifixes, religious art and books… lots of books 🙂.
 
Yes, I am a Catholic Christian, Pope Francis is the vicar of Christ, abortion is murder, and I love reading the Bible and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Yes, it is important, it is the MOST important thing about me.
 
Of course. Hope for eternal life is the beginning and end of our faith.
 
I’ll be 70 next year. I’ve been a Catholic all my life and belonged to the same parish all my life. I’m a Benedictine Oblate, and am about to start the 33 day consecration to St. Joseph. Being a Catholic is woven into my DNA.
 
I’m a convert, so naturally it’s important to me. I was raised Protestant (my mom became a pastor when I was in my early 30’s). I attended a Messianic Jewish synagogue for a few years, dabbled in mainstream Judaism for a time (very nearly joined, twice), explored Orthodox Christianity (nearly joined), and ended up agnostic for a few years. My wife is a cradle Catholic and once we got married I started going with her to Mass to be supportive. After a few weeks I really kind of felt God tugging at my heartstrings and I remember after Mass one Sunday telling my wife that I wished I could believe and have faith again, that I missed believing in God. She told me to not tell her, to tell God. So I told God, “hey, if you’re there and you care, show me what the heck I’m meant to do”. I kept attending Mass and eventually called the RCIA director at the parish where we’ve been members ever since. I came into the Church on Easter of 2017. I have two kids from a previous relationship and I’ve converted them too. I’d say being Catholic is very important.
 
I think it’s safe to say that if Catholicism is not important to a Catholic, then he is unlikely to be spending his time posting on a Catholic forum or responding to your thread.
 
as a former/“cafeteria”/Catholic I disagree with you in that I think many here do spend time on these and other religious forums to learn and debate and discuss lots of current topics and ask questions about the faith in general. So I can honestly say being Catholic WAS very important to me, but my feelings have changed over the last 20 years or so, back and forth.
 
I said “unlikely”, not “impossible”.

Please understand the vast majority of us regular Catholic posters are faithful Catholics, and don’t just drop by here to talk about politics or the Lawrence Welk Show. I can do that on my other social media, which I’m sure many of us have.
 
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110%!!! My Catholic faith was the gift given to our family by my mother and her family!!! She even brought our dad along (a southern Methodist)! I was kid number four and he converted after conversations with a priest when I was the baby!!!
 
For a lot of the time I was a Catholic, it was probably the most important thing to me.
 
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I may be wrong here, but in my experience those who had the life raft thrown to them tend to be more appreciative than those who were born on the ark
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To build on that statement, did you ever notice that Catholic convert writers tend to be more eloquent about the Catholic experience than cradle Catholics?
 
I’m am incredibly grateful to be raised Catholic. The Catholic compass is infallible and that gift of Father, Son and Holy Spirit cannot be matched. I always tell Catholics who live in doubt about the Church or the Pope, you aren’t living that wonderful gift of trust, hope and joy! That is where the missionary spirit is formed and spreads out from.
 
I’m a 64 year old man that converted at age 60. It literally turned my life upside down (in a wonderful way)! I had been a Protestant all my life before that bouncing around among denominations. I married a Catholic who later divorced me. I married another Catholic and this time it stuck :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:. Since I was divorced she wasn’t receiving communion and it bothered me. I knew it was important to Catholics but didn’t understand why. She never pushed me to convert. When Pope Francis streamlined the annulment process, I saw a report on television about it. I convinced her we should talk to a priest to see what we could do to get her in good graces with the Catholic Church. We spoke with our priest and got the ball rolling with the Marriage Tribunal. Our priest suggested I enroll in RCIA to learn more. Half way through I decided to convert. I found the truth I had been looking for! YES!!! It is important to me!!!
 
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