Ping!
Amen!
“By this point I had my fill of old-school Christian talk radio, especially the anti-Catholic sentiments often expressed, and on occasion, l found myself watching Catholic television instead. I was surprised to hear almost none of the bigotry I had been listening to and was amazed at the level of kindness and respect shown to everyone, friend or foe—while maintaining traditional Catholic stances.”
EWTN does show the utmost respect to all of our fellow Christians. I can’t say whether it’s returned as I don’t listen to any other religous media tough do notice a distinct uncharitable flavor towards Catholics from some groupies on this forum.
That is something that I never knew. I remember reading "Chance or the Dance" roughly two decades ago.
It seems that most of these stories of reversion follow a similar path.
While I left the Church because it was “too restrictive”, as I grew up, I found that following my own desires had left me cold and I was missing something huge in my life.
I thank God every day for never letting go of me.
—The final thing that happened after this rapid-fire convergence of events was reading Scott and Kimberly Hahn’s book Rome Sweet Home, in which they chronicle their own struggles and journey from Protestant to Catholic. I ended up devouring it nearly in one sitting. At the end knew I needed to return to the Church—and soon.**
Every Catholic needs to read this book and be willing to buy a copy for any Protestant who asks about the Catholic Church. I am just finishing reading it for the first time!