Come Home

I want everyone, even you, to be Catholic.

It doesn't matter whether you have same-sex attraction, whether you aborted your baby or someone else's, whether you're a non-Catholic Christian, a Jehovah's Witness or Mormon, an anti-Catholic, an agnostic, an atheist, or just an all-around jerk—as long as you are human, you bear God's image, and I want you to be Catholic. Jesus loves you, and He wants you to be Catholic, too, because 2000 years ago He built His Church so that you could be a part of His Body. It is through His Church that you encounter Jesus up close and personal, allowing you to have a true relationship with your Savior and Father in heaven through the Holy Spirit.

If you were baptized in any Christian denomination, you are already connected to the Church of Jesus, but unless you are Catholic, you are not yet fully reconciled with the Church—and you are missing out.

Come home, and see the Lord—body, blood, soul, and divinity—in the sacrament of the Eucharist.

Come home, and hear the voice of Jesus absolving you of your sins—no matter how bad they are, no matter how often you've committed them, no matter how broken you feel—in the sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession).

Come home, and don't think you have to reinvent the wheel of Christian theology. Just as the Church made an authoritative judgment in her Jerusalem Council (Acts 15) about whether Gentiles need to be circumcised and keep the Law of Moses, so she has continued to proclaim the truth of Christianity to this day. And truth does not change. The Catholic Church does not restore truth; she preserves it. And you can count on it.

If you are not a practicing Catholic, check out the Catholics Come Home Web site and see what you've been missing. Read some conversion stories. Listen to or view EWTN on TV or online. If you are already Christian, be sure to explore Scott Hahn's excellent biblical studies and presentations at www.salvationhistory.com. And if you need to be argued into the Faith, that's fine—visit Catholic Answers.

The most valuable advice I can give is to obtain a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. If you just can't wait (or can't afford it), you can read a searchable version online.

I'm a convert myself, and on this blog I will post my personal comments - - Catholic comments - -  as I navigate our darkened world by the light of Jesus.