If you want a religion, Catholic is nice...Jesus is calling people to a RELATIONSHIP...He gave us His life and His WORD...man gives religion.
Yeah. That Mother Theresa. She didn’t have a relationship with Jesus, did she?
He also gave us His Church. You know, that thing that is the pillar and ground of the truth.
When you are baptized, you are baptized into the Body of Christ, the Church.
It is important to worship with others members of the church - not as an isolated member cut off from the rest of the body.
And it is scriptural:
Hebrews 10:25
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Just like our bodies need food to function, grow, etc. our souls need food also - spiritual food. For Catholics the Mass and especially the Eucharist provide this spiritual nourishment that we need. You can worship God anywhere and he wants us to. Our lives should be a prayer to God - everything we do should be done to glorify God, but once again going to church gives us the nourishment and the direction we need to accomplish this. As a kid I didn’t understand this and did not appreciate going to church. As I have grown spiritually I cannot imagine not going to church - it is a part of me.
Catholicism calls people to a very deep personal relationship daily as well as weekly.
The Mass starts with the Word of God.
But there is a big difference.
Christ founded the Catholic Church on the apostles, the first Bishops.
After Luther’s split other sects started appearing. Is yours one of those?
Relationship is with Jesus, but you do need the followship of other believers as well.