Reasons why I should become Catholic?

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Sorry I can"t help you. The only way for you to truly be convinced is through prayer and from the Power of the Holy Spirit. If you want to do it the right way study the Church, its teachings. And then pray to the Holy Spirit to open your eyes and show you what you need to see to know that becoming a Catholic is for you. Love and prayers to you.
 
Go to Mass, and listen with your heart. Open your spiritual eyes. Give God your anxiety and distress. Give Jesus thanks from the bottom of your heart. Ask Him for mercy, raising your heart to receive the gift of the Father.

If you want to receive His body and blood with the joy you have being in His presence, be patient and be glad for each day that passes until you are able to receive in a humble and pure manner.

I struggle to receive Him like this. But there is nothing better in this life. Knowing that you are right with the Father, through Jesus, and partaking of the Word became flesh, became bread.
 
kristaok said:
Instead of becoming a Catholic you should concern yourself first about becoming a Christian. If you are good. Spend some time in the Scripture before you make that leap.
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Isn’t that what becoming a Catholic is?

Truly, there is no non-Catholic Christian. There is only levels of what Catholic Christians know and accept.
 
Horizon - There are so many reasons for becoming Catholic, and indeed so many books and readings to support these, but in the end the major issue comes down to '‘Authority’. Steve Ray gives a brilliant talk on YouTube called, ‘Peter, The Rock, The Key and the Chair’ - I recommend you get a coffee and a couple of cookies, and check in for a brilliant and inspired talk by a former ‘Sola Scriptura’ Baptist pastor, who got off his raft and on to the Big Ship, because he found big problems over authority in the Protestant churches - some 40,000 and growing.
 
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I never said Catholics aren’t Christian, but I’d study the Bible myself before I’d join, same with any other branch study first.
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Hey, no worries. I’m not making an accusation about what you said.

It just makes me realize something deeper.

You said “concern yourself with becoming a Christian first”

I only meant to say that becoming a Christian IS becoming Catholic. I know you actually meant membership and Confirmed Catholic, so I didn’t mean to say you are wrong.

I don’t know if it has been asked or stated… but IWantGod, are you Baptized? Obviously you believe that Jesus is Lord and Savior. I just want to ask if you have been Baptized yet, or if that is something you still look forward to.
 
“You are Peter, and on this rock I am gonna set this book down, so you can go off by yourself and figure out what it all means…”. Nahhh. Jesus Christ established a church, a community of like-minded believers. Find that community! It still exists.
 
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Without a doubt. I spent 35 years of my life as a cradle Lutheran, 7 as an Episcopalian, and when my wife and I attended our very first mass, it then became apparent what “The Body of Christ” looked like. It was a fulfillment of everything we’d been searching for spiritually.
 
Yes you can- it may be easier to suggest a person to research Catholicism by oneself, but it may have a better impact when we profess our own faith to others… and besides, we’re called to profess our faith anyways by evangelizing as “one holy, catholic, and apostolic church” (Nicene Creed)… what’s holding you back from trying? If someone had a gun to your face and asked if you were Catholic, would you be willing to profess your faith even then (even if you’d lose your life)? In any case, we gotta be ready.
 
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In the end, before and after all the reasoning and teaching, desire i think is the factor that moves most people. Why should i become Catholic? Because it seems reasonable but also - having been exposed to the Catholic teaching and the saints - i find my self having a natural inclination toward Catholicism. There is simply no other kind of religion or faith that i find desirable. People want what they want.
 
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May I also add that you can attend RCIA. You aren’t obligated to become Catholic just because you attend it. You’ll learn all about the faith that way.
 
WHY should ANYONE be a Catholic?

In a Word: TRUTH

If anyone sincerely SEEKS God’s assistance in FINDING HIS TRUTHS, with perseverance; God WILL lead them to His RCC

BENEDICT XVI
Benedict says: “If we omit the truth, what do we do anything for?”

“Their cannot be your truth and my truth or there would be no truth” [irrefutable logic}

FATHER HARDON, one of the most esteemed theologians of the 20th Century} taught this about TRUTH:

“Truth is the condition of grace, it is the source of grace, it is the channel of grace, it is the divinely ordained requirement of grace.” …

God’s truth CANNOT be found without the grace to do so. But grace is an OFFER and can & often is rejected or misused. Thus the need for perseverance.

Dictionary Definition of “Truth”
  1. The true or actual state of a matter:
    conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement
  2. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like mathematical truths.
  3. the state or character of being true.
  4. actuality or actual existence.
  5. an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.
  6. honesty; integrity; truthfulness.
  7. (often initial capital letter) ideal or fundamental reality apart from and
    transcending perceived experience:
  8. agreement with a standard or original.
    9… accuracy, as of position or adjustment.
  9. Archaic. Fidelity or constancy. End quotes
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WITH THE ACCEPTED MULTIPLICITY OF COMPETING FAITHS AND CHURCHES; all calling themselves “Christian”; MUCH confusion reigns, as so many are agreeable to accepting their own truth or the truth they WANT.

Yet historically, biblically & even TRUE-Commonsense-logic confirms that TRUTH [without the benefit of self interpretation/ or redefinition of same Ordains that there can be and IS:

Only One True God

Who can have nothing more than One True set of Faith beliefs

& who [Yahweh] choose ONLY “One Chosen People”; which Jesus [ the very same GOD] replicates by establishing just “MY Church” [singular, and as every "church is identified by their own freely chosen set of “faith-beliefs”; one can discern that the very multiplicity of these faiths, fail the singular TRUTH test.

Add to this that the RCC existed for some 1,500 YEARS before the Reformation; and the LOGIC of the RCC ought to be SCREAMINGLY Clear.

So seek GOD’s Truth and become one of His Catholics.
 
To Bootsy:
True that “God’s people are in all churches,” but there is greater depth to that, if you’re willing to find out. Clearly something triggered you to deter from being a practicing Catholic; once a Catholic, always a Catholic. What factual evidence can you prove that you think you’re right with the truth being outside the Catholic faith? Clearly, you haven’t dived deep enough into the reality of Catholicism and everything else that it entails- otherwise complaining and searching elsewhere wouldn’t have happened. Are you familiar with the Saints?.. “Our hearts are restless until they rest in You” (St. Augustine of Hippo) [God+Jesus+Holy Spirit]. May I ask what experience caused you to walk away from it?
 
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  • I can only share my own journey home so to speak. I grew up with the faith, my entire family did. Never missed Mass, but at the same time, I can’t really say I understood the faith. I blame no one for that except myself.
  • Like many of my peers, I became lazy, went off to the university and with all that reason and logic they program your mind to apply, my devotion to the faith wavered into indifference, even though I always believed in God.
  • The biggest lie the world will tell you today is: All you have to do in life is be a good person, and be good to others. This lie fails for 2 main reasons. It’s a life without God, and it’ll be a death where your soul will not be with the God. Remember, there can be no heaven, without God.
  • The reason why I believe everyone should be Catholic is because it truly is the Body of Christ. It is the visible Kingdom on Earth that God promised and will be here until His return. The bride of Christ much like your own mother, you can entrust with confidence and faith to protect your soul from all evil in this world. There are beautiful teachings in other faiths, but everything you need, God, faith, history, social justice , reason, peace and joy are found in the Catholic faith. It is not just going to Mass, it is not just prayer. It’s all that so that you see the world, you understand life and death in such a way that you live it in total peace. You don’t fear aging, , you don’t fear failure, you have something that you will always hear in Mass, joyful hope, instead of the Godless worlds dread and fear.
To all those searching, to those disillusioned trying to make sense of your purpose. I pray that like me, you meet someone who lives and exudes the Catholic faith that will inspire you to seek and learn the truths of the Catholic faith. For me it was playing golf with a priest. I watched him hitting that golf ball one day and in my mind wondered wow, what a lonely life, no wife, no kids, no money, but why on earth is he so genuinely full of joy all of the time and I’m not?" God moves in mysterious ways, even through priests on golf courses.

God bless you and everyone in your journey.
 
That’s understandable, to some extent. Not necessarily does desire move people to explore Catholicism or any other religion for that matter… in some instances, people are against it, don’t desire it, & don’t will it intellectually- and yet in the end of most of those instances- God intervenes into their lives to help guide them (when they let Him take the steering wheel- not easy, but it’s definitely worth it) on what path to take and where to go from there. For the unconditional love of our souls, God desires what is best for us in this life and beyond- we can choose our own path in life all we want but there will be consequences, or we can choose God’s path in our lives that He desires; not our will but His Will will be done. When we let go of the steering wheel of our lives and place it into the hands of God, what a valuable trip and journey it is and can continue to be, in more ways than one! True- “people want what they want”, but not many people know really what they need nor want. I can relate to this! In reality though, God knows & loves us more than we truly know & love ourselves… when God is at the center of our lives, everything else does fall into place & our desires (if good for us) will eventually happen in His time, not our own. That’s great that you’re interested in Catholicism and have a “natural inclination”- that’s actually the Holy Spirit (society likes to call it our conscience) within you moving you to draw closer to exploring it. In the end, God alone is enough… anything we are yearning for, whether it’s searching for purpose, love, success, new car, whatever it is- anything we are yearning for, we are actually yearning to draw closer to God- so naturally, we will have an inclination within our experiences. He already gave us the desire to will and seek it & there’s no doubt that He’s going to reveal Himself deeper when we follow that “natural inclination” or desire for further understanding and deeper union with Him.

Real people to learn about their conversion experiences:
~Dr. Scott Hahn
~Saint Paul
~Saint Teresa of Calcutta
~John Henry Newman
~St. Augustine of Hippo (although previously mentioned, He is well-known in the Catholic Church)
~Leah Libresco
 
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I stumbled across a wonderful expression: “the fullness of the faith”.

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One day I was in our adoration chapel and overheard a non-Catholic talking with her Catholic friend … that she felt the presence of another person, even when no one else was there.
 
It’s all perspective. I grew up Lutheran, drifted to the Episcopal church, and only when we started the journey to Catholicism did we start getting more scripture, and the scripture came alive in ways it never had before.
 
HLS Club. Hook Line and Sinker. 😀

Jesus gave his ALL so he could have our all!!
 
Bootsy said:
They don’t know what they miss out on. For once, I have a personal relationship with the Lord
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What could be more personal than to receive his body, blood, soul, and divinity in the Eucharist?
bootsy:
Blockquote Jesus died for a reason, and there is nothing we do to attain heaven. It’s about what He did. His redemption plan is we are saved by faith, not by what we do. Love the Lord, learn about him, accept His death as enough. We will never be good enough to deserve heaven. Why did Jesus die…if we think by our works we can add to what He did, we are mistaken. He knew we were sinners and the only way out is through Him. It’s a choice we make to accept Him by faith. Then we are given the free gift of grace, eternal life.
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This is a misunderstanding of what the Church teaches. Pelagianism was a heresy. We are saved by grace. We cooperate with Christ’s Grace. We are called to feed the hungry, Matthew 25. Faith without works is dead, James Ch 2
Faith and Works.*
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What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?i
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If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day,
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and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?j
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So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Keep coming back and learning about the One True Faith!!
 
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