I too pray for the conversion of souls to Jesus Christ. What you don't seem to understand is that believers in Christ ARE following the universal Christian faith and that is different from what Roman Catholicism presumes it solely represents. That is what I reject - not Christ and not the Christian faith. It's really no skin off my nose where someone is led to worship, grow in the faith and share fellowship as long as they are taught the Word of God. The way you carry on it seems like you refuse to accept as fellow Christians, brothers and sisters in Christ, unless they choose to become Roman Catholics. That's not the right way to see things. God is so much bigger than that. Just be happy when "former Catholics" don't become nonbelievers but remain followers of Jesus Christ and live to honor and glorify Him in all we do - most times to an even greater extent than we did as RCs. That DOES happen outside of the Roman Catholic church. You don't have an exclusive claim to the faith.
Your comment: “What you don’t seem to understand is that believers in Christ ARE following the universal Christian faith and that is different from what Roman Catholicism presumes it solely represents. That is what I reject - not Christ and not the Christian faith. It’s really no skin off my nose where someone is led to worship, grow in the faith and share fellowship as long as they are taught the Word of God.”
You say you do not reject Christ, but you say that you are no longer practicing the Catholic faith as a member of the Catholic Church that Jesus founded and authorized as His Church to lead all to eternal life with God. You claim a universal church that has no basis in history or the scriptures and is different from the Catholic Church.
You reject the Mass where the Catholic priest as the representative of Christ changes the bread and wine into the BODY AND BLOOD of Jesus so that Christ can abide in us as we abide in HIM. You reject most of the Sacraments.
Your comment:”The way you carry on it seems like you refuse to accept as fellow Christians, brothers and sisters in Christ, unless they choose to become Roman Catholics. That’s not the right way to see things.”
I try to love and treat everyone fairly. However, when someone posts what I believe is a false statement about the Catholic Church or God’s Truth, I try to respond with God’s Truth in the hope that they will understand and accept God’s Truth. I truly hope all will find and accept God’s love and I wish no ill on any one.
You follow many man-made church doctrines that are not God’s Truth and are not biblical. Christ expects unity in the beliefs of the Body of Christ and Satan with his lies has encouraged man to say they follow Christ with many different false beliefs. How can so many christian religions all teach the real Truth of God? They don’t.
I believe that many Christians are following their own will in what they believe (and practice)and do not follow God’s will. There are many catholics that may not fully believe and follow God’s will.
I do believe that rejecting God’s Catholic Church and His Truth is a mortal sin. “Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith...” CCC2089. “Apostasy is a total repudiation of the faith.” CCC2089 “Schism is the refusal to submit to the pope’s authority as head of the church.” Christ calls us to have a prayerful, reconciling attitude toward people with difficulties in their faith, to help them toward assent to the truth of faith.
I do firmly believe that all baptized Catholics’ salvation comes through the Catholic Church and the Sacraments. Without a contrite heart and the Sacrament of Reconciliation then we may not enter Heaven.
Yes. “Enter by the narrow gate;.... For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those that find it are few.” Matthew 7:13-14