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Ottofire,

I am Catholic to the end and because of my age, I am close to that end.

I am just as sure of my faith and my salvation as you are of yours, yet we are not in agreement about what that means for each of us.

Only God and eternity will solve the difficulty.

The Psalms tell us many things--one says "seventy is the sum of our years and eighty if we are strong"--I relate to that.

Another says"whatever God wills, He does."

If you say "it is God's will that I am Catholic"--then I am living in His will.

Again, as the Psalms say--"God indeed is my Savior, I am confident and unafraid"--and again: "He brought me forth into freedom; He saved me because He loved me."

That you have a problem with me being Catholic, I will have to say is your problem. It isn't for me.

I have made my choice and I am at peace, because "God chose me in Him before the world began".

You can pray for me, if you choose, but the only prayer that would mean anything for me and to me, is that I am in God's will. And it is, indeed, His will that I am Catholic.