The following is borrowed largely from the article
“This is Why We Are Catholic” by Patti Armstrong, The National
Catholic Register. (4/16/2017)
…
Some are saints yet all are sinners. And there is always room for one
more. There is no better place for
sinners to be—for healing, and worship, and community.
We
are the branches and Jesus the vine; we
cling to him through our Church, to keep his life flowing abundantly though us.
To
enter our Church, is by way of the narrow gate. Following Christ is challenging
and we are always behind in the popularity polls. Regardless of misunderstanding,
Church teaching does not restrict, but rather enhances our freedom. For while we are free to choose, even to sin,
we are not free of the consequences of those choices. Church teaching, that is Christ’s teaching, guides
us to the best choices with the best consequences, which leads to becoming our
best selves.
Life
is not easy, and the Catholic Church cannot make it so, but it can make it
better with consolations and grace and truth that never changes. And that
is why we are Catholic.
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