The Evangelical Universalist Forum

Reasons I've Decided To Become Catholic

Hehe, yeah, I was just being silly. Some of my favorite people are Catholics. I used to love watching Mother Angelica and Fr Groeschel on EWTN back when I lived with my mom and had a TV. Some of the most interesting people in history were Catholic, I read a biography once of St Therese of Lisieux, known as the little flower. Very inspiring that someone so young can have a deep love for the Lord. At that age I was way too rebellious.

That’s wonderful Turtle. I’ve never seen those but I do have a book by St. Francis called “The Little Flowers Of St. Francis” that I need to read. He’s one of my favorite. I have a statue of him in my front yard.

The Catholic man who is my A.A. sponsor and the one I am a caregiver for that I mentioned in the OP above had a good happy 30 years of marriage with his now deceased wife. They got along and never fought or argued. They never read a book on how to do it either. It took John Piper 40 years to write a book on marriage. For these reasons I’m rejecting The New Calvinism and becoming Catholic.

I am so glad you have been so greatly helped, Michael.

Whomever we fellowship with, Jesus and his Father are the centre of our affections. They are the Ones who supremely love us.

Well said Paidion!!! Thank you. And I agree!! :smiley:

I consider Christ like an icon and friend. When He’s not at the center things get out of balance for me. I’ve had many icons and idols. From poets, artists, rock star musicians like Metallica, writers, even drugs and alcohol have become idols for me. I worship what I love the most. It’s what my life revolves around. Here’s how the Christian mystic Richard Rohr puts it:

Here’s how one female lady put it:

Another reason I’m becoming Catholic:

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The 85 year old man who is my sponsor from A.A. and father to me (who I help out now) has been a great help to me and influence in bringing me to the Catholic faith. When I was down and out he and his family took me in and loved me when I was unlovable. A lot of people like to get others inspirational greeting cards but I write my own. Here’s what I wrote my A.A. sponsor - father - friend and had it framed with this scripture:

You see. Jesus hung out and loved the outcasts. These are the ones He came to love and heal. It was the poor and mentally ill that He loved. He said " Whatever you do to them you do to me". When speaking to the ruling class he said: