What brought you to the Catholic Church?

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For me it was accepting 2000 years of the history of the church and its foundations with St. Peter as the rock.
 
Many, many things. Reading the Epistle of Saint James was one of them. I don’t know how anyone can read the book of James and believe in ‘faith alone’.
 
Christ love the Divine Mercy chaplet.
With the intercession of St Faustina And St Bernadette and all the saints.
I was constantly beaten I was in my own little cult I was told Jesus will rapture his bride
I was also told the rfid chip is the mark of the beast and Obama was the antichrist and pope Francis was the false prophet I was wrong. I pray for those people claim to say that and when this false Jesus didn’t come I was already dealing with depression it made it worser. But I finally accepted the true Jesus as my personal Lord And Savior.
And The church as my mother
 
“Faith alone” as a salvation means really doesn’t work. You could say, " I truly believe it will rain tomorrow"; but it’s not going to save you. Same with Jesus. He didn’t come with an easy message saying all you have to do is believe in me.
It’s a double message- faith in Jesus is followed by hard work.
 
It happened slowly over time. As I learned about different things that I disagreed with, one by one I began to change my mind. But I still remained Protestant, because each time I thought, “well I don’t have to be Catholic just because I believe that.”

One day I realized there was no point in pretending any longer. There was nothing I’d rather be than Catholic.
 
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“Faith alone” as a salvation means really doesn’t work. You could say, " I truly believe it will rain tomorrow"; but it’s not going to save you. Same with Jesus. He didn’t come with an easy message saying all you have to do is believe in me.
It’s a double message- faith in Jesus is followed by hard work.
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When you do not have the Eucharist, you are left with ‘faith alone’.
 
Well I grew up in the faith and Catholic schools. Leaving out a bunch of details, but around the year 2000 I began really searching for GOD and being Catholicism was my roots, I returned to that. I began lots of study and eventually began going to adoration and receiving the sacraments again. At some point I was challenged with questions I couldnt answer. I checked out a Baptist church nearby as I was disappointed with some people in my parish. Well after the Baptist service I knew they too were missing something and I didnt feel anymore welcome spirit there than in my parish. I knew I wasnt “home”. So thru more prayer and confession and study I have matured in my faith. Today I have the desire to receive the eucharist. I want to go to mass. Learning church history and apostolic succession has sealed it for me. Christ intended for One and all early history points to what Christ handed to Peter. Peace be with you
 
It was totally a Holy Spirit rap on the back of the head. I was a cradle Lutheran, we moved to a town with no Lutheran church, so we became Methodists. Went to college and was nothing for awhile. Back to Lutheran after marriage, really started to question things, and Lutheranism became completely untenable. Tried the Episcopal church for awhile. It was theologically a hot mess. Quit going anywhere when one Sunday my wife and I decided to “check out” a Mass. we were in the priests office the next day signing up for RCIA.
 
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