God Gives Everything

I was thinking about something in the car yesterday. A song came on the radio -- "All of Me" by Matt Hammitt. I don't think I really got the point of the song, but there was a phrase that kept recurring. You're gonna have all of me, you're gonna have all of me... This got me thinking about the difference between Protestants and Catholics. Yes, I know...I do think I somehow tapped into an alternate interpretation.

Even though I'm Catholic, and perhaps because I'm Catholic, I love my Bible. There's something about reading the scriptures that really fills me with the Holy Spirit. It is the most direct way to God's word.

Because Protestants don't accept the Sacraments or the Saints, or Mary as their mother, they truly miss a whole lot of the Faith! They have Biblical devotionals, and sermons, but really...having Jesus come to us directly in the Eucharist at each and every Mass is incredible.

I know the thought has gone through my head before...the doubt that Jesus is really present in the Mass...and that the Catholic Church is the true Church. But yesterday, I was filled with hope and conviction. Our God is a God who is love and proves He is love. He died on the cross for us -- giving us His everything. It just doesn't make any sense that God wouldn't try to do everything possible to bring us to Him. Why would He not come to us in the Sacraments? Why would He not work through His mother and through the saints? It seems that when Protestants refuse to accept these things, these mysteries, they are removing themselves from some of God's closest encounters with us.

That is truly an incredible thought -- because it just makes sense. And so, I wanted to share my hope and my conviction with you. Sometimes we all need a little extra reassurance and prayer.