What Do You Like About Being Catholic?

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What I like about being Catholic: The Mass. Receiving the Body and Blood of Christ. Participating in the R.C.I.A. Being there for others go through the formation process is a blessing. Reading about the lives of the saints and Mary’s appearance over the centuries.
 
Wow, there are so many things! I am so grateful that the Holy Spirit drew me into the Catholic Church. Participation in the Mass with a strong family, receiving the Eucharist, Confession, His Blessed Mother whom I never knew, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the solid foundation of our Early Church fathers and wonderful Saints!!! I was protestant all my life and would have to admit becoming Catholic was the becoming a complete Christian…the fullness of my faith made manifest:)

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  1. The Eucharist
    2.We can be forgivin.
  2. We have houses of worship just about everywhere.
  3. We have a good leader in Pope Bennedict.
  4. I have a great pastor in Father Dave.
  5. It takes a lot to get ex-communicated:D
 
…everything…when I was a little girl, I wondered what I did to be born into a Catholic family? I felt like the luckiest person in the world. My parents divorced and my mother went back to being protestant…but I knew in my heart I was Catholic and always would be! I love the greatest prayer of the Church, the Divine Liturgy. I love the Liturgy of the hours. I love praising God with incense and candles and voice sending all our prayers of praise up to heaven. I love being trinitarian. I love the reverence for the Theotokos. I love feeling connected to the early Christians. I love the Sacraments of Holy Communion, reconciliation, Baptism, Chismation, and Sacrament of the Sick. I love that we have so many sources to be grace-filled. I love our calendar and celebrating the Divine Liturgy with each feast in heart and prayer. I love that we have the Lord to guide us and fill us until the ends of the earth. I love that we have each other.
 
One of the things that I like about being Catholic is the “family” feel that it has. For example, many of the homeschooling Catholic families across Alberta (Canada) know each other, so it makes me feel like I am part of one, universal family.
:highprayer:I also love the celebration of the Mass. Receiving Jesus Christ in the Eucharist is something so extraordinary.
 
I love our Church!!! Just about everything, from every sacrament especially the Eucharist, to confession, the Mass, our new responses, the Catechism, the rosary, our Missals, to our apologetics, our belief in life from conception to natural death, our ministries to others, the saints, the miracles of Mary, relics, holy sites, our priests and Bishops and of course El Papa - just EVERYTHING!!!

:love::love::love:
 
Mass (even better is the balcony seating because I’m in the choir)
Having Msgr. Georges Lemaître available as a “take that” to atheists
For that matter, taking the third option in “evolution v creation” (Theistic evolution)
Being the church that compiled the Bible in the first place :rolleyes:
Having a decent number of famous people I share a religion with (Tolkien, Shakespeare, Santa…)
 
To be frank…I’m kind’f embarrassed to admit it…but besides the Eucharist…

I really love it in mass, when give each other the sign of peace…

The amicable atmosphere, how everyone just wants to share the love of Jesus Christ, and how it feels as if we’re all best friends for ever, and there’s no barriers of hate, just peace and love! For that minute of giving each other peace…I love it, so much. :’) I mean, even when I was going through my “atheist phase,” that would be one of the only reasons that I’d want to accompany my mom to mass. It felt blissful 🙂
 
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What I like about being Catholic: The Mass. Receiving the Body and Blood of Christ. Participating in the R.C.I.A. Being there for others go through the formation process is a blessing. Reading about the lives of the saints and Mary’s appearance over the centuries.
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Wanting to receive the Body and Blood of Christ. When I was little (3rd grade) I could not wait until I could receive the Body of Christ.
 
  1. The Eucharist…
  2. That the Mass is the same no matter where
  3. More Masses…especially at noon…I love going to daily Mass. But days like Thanksgiving too…
  4. An affinity with other Catholics…even fallen away ones
  5. Reconciliation…always a little scared going in…feel fantastic going out.
  6. Priests…we have an AWESOME priest! But in general these guys give their lives to the Church and are amazing.
 
What a great question!

-First would have to be the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our LORD…THE REAL PRESENCE!

-The Sacrament of Reconciliation…how many souls visiting psychiatrists would be way better served by this

-The recognition, honor, and devotion we give to our Queen of the Rosary. Our most loving, powerful intercessing Mother

-Protestant churches will leave one “feeling good”… The one true faith trains or challenges one to become holy in the eyes of God. I kind of think of it like the Marine Corp of the Religions, we get the most properly equipped for battle against the enemy! Advance His Holy Name!

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~ If the dead could come to life again, what would they not do for eternal life? And I - what am I doing? St. Camillus de Lellis, C.
 
Well, first and foremost, I’d like to think that most people deep down mean to say they love the fact it is the Truth, the only truth, and a way to a fulfilled life.

I mean, Catholicism shouldn’t have to persuade us with anything else. It is the truth, and it shows and identifies that very clearly. We shouldn’t expect anything in return. So yeah, I love the fact that my religion is the ultimate truth, the only one that stands up against the challenges of the modern world and has stayed around for this long.

I love the fact that it gives me hope and fulfillment, and that it understands me personally but at the same time does the same for millions of others. I love the fact that it is a mystery, and of course not to mention that so many of the classic non-religious teachings/standards on morality come from Jesus’ words 🙂

And of course, I can mention the list of things I love about practicing as well. Able to feel and interact with our Savior through Eucharist, the range of so many prayers, the fact that it has such a joyful result, and especially love the priests wisdom; hearing them put complex social issues together really gives you an idea of their wisdom and intelligence, they really are living descendants of the power of God.

And of course, it’s FREE! Who doesn’t love that! You can spend thousands on medical doctors, therapists, advice lines, directors etc or you can get it for FREE at the Church. 😛
 
One of the many things I love about our faith is our rich & meaningful heritage. For example, I recently read that the “O Antiphons” have been prayed during Advent since the 6th century- that’s phenomenal to me- no one else even comes close to our history & continuity.
 
The thing that attracted me to the Catholic, primarily is the history behind it that goes back to the 1st century. Secondly would be the issue surrounding sola scriptural being to me too subjective, I wanted a single lens to view scripture through.
 
I love everything about the Catholic Church, esp. the Eucharist, but besides that, there is a spirituality for everyone. One can always find a home in the Church. The Church is truly universal, encompasses all races and nationalities, diverse spiritual traditions, yet we are One.

You really can’t find that anywhere else, that unity in diversity.

Plus we are CLEANSED by the Blood of Jesus, not just covered. And we believe we are essentially GOOD, not evil creatures. We truly believe we are made in God’s image, and can return to that original state by the Sacraments of Baptism and Confession. We do not have to go through life believing we are snow-covered dung heaps. We have true dignity and worth in God’s eyes, and His blood thoroughly cleanses us so we can someday be fit to stand before the Father.

That is what I like about the Catholic Church. It recognizes who we truly are before God. It gives us hope.
 
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