I was reading last night and it struck me so forcefully that while Satan devours and consumes mortals, sucks in everything of creation to digest and defile it, our God, our Lord Jesus feeds us, literally, by His own Flesh and Blood. The Eucharist is such a gift! ~And we are so undeserving of anything...So correct! Your commentary gave me the goosebumps, actually, so I have to go grab a sweater, but here's a comment as part of Matt C. Abbott's latest article on RenewAmerica that I thought you might like ...
Carolyn Van Pelt wrote:
I'm not anyone of any consequence whose opinion would matter, but I frequently read your column and appreciated 'The Catholic who's anti-Catholic.' I was gone from the Church for 20 years. Left after a major conversion in my 20's and because a good friend, who 'corrected' everything I'd been taught in eight years of Catholic school, told me I needed to be 'born again.' I wandered from one Protestant church to another like a homeless orphan until five years ago, when through the faithful prayers and rosaries of my mother, I came home to the one, true Church.
However, while I was gone, I met so many Catholics who also had left and harbored great hatred for the Church — and I do mean hatred. Sadly, because of years of my association with Evangelical fundamentalists, I became one of them. I'm still healing. It's been a whirlwind journey. It hurts to read it, but it's true. The bigotry is real, and I was one of them.
Now, after several great confessors and a wonderful priest who told me to get up from the ashes, use what I've learned and bring those who have wandered from The Faith, home, I've humbly embarked on that mission, stumbling with a new blog of my own, praying that for every soul I embittered, the Lord will let me bring 10 back. I learn a great deal from you and appreciate your witness for the truth. --Link.
Beautiful.