Picture having a child that you love, but who does reckless things, or who is away for a long time, or who has gotten caught up in a relationship that you think is not wholesome.
Now, picture that child returning home, freed from those troubles.
The parent will be joyful that the child has come home safe.
The child will be welcomed home.
That does not mean the child’s life will be free from struggles, only that the child has entered a wiser stage of life, better prepared to handle life’s challenges.
Even if the lost or separated person is 55 when they return home after a long separation, the joy at their return home remains that- joy that the person has come home.
For those of us with a very sound conviction that the Catholic Church is the home that Christ built, we are happy for the person who has come home.
There is no negative projection intended.
So all non-Catholics are lost then? That just confirms my point.