You wrote, “Welcome with great joy to the faith.”
It breaks my heart to think that there are so many people who diminish faith in Jesus by implying that you must be a member of the Roman Catholic Church in order to have “faith.”
“The faith”? No, “the faith” is faith in Jesus. Lots of people trust in Him apart from membership in the Church of Rome. Lots of people disengage from the heresy of the RCC and its Popes, and instead cling to the mysterious and invisible Church of Christ. They should be considered among those who are members of “the faith.”
Please consider affirming Christ more than affirming the Roman Catholic Church.
Good one, Theo....
You sure managed to read a lot into my comments.