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Who am I?

I have been Catholic all of my life and this has been such a great blessing! But, sadly, I was not aware of the blessing of being Catholic for 25 years! I have always loved Christ, I have wonderful faithful parents and was given the opportunity to go to Catholic school from second grade through twelfth grade. However, I saw the Catholic faith as one great brand of Christianity similar to the others – we share the same Creed and love for Christ and the differences seemed insignificant to me. College promoted a view of relativism which extended to religion – “as long as we believe in Christ why does the rest matter?”

However, by the grace of God, after I completed medical school and residency, I met a Protestant co-worker who became a close friend and one day she began asking me questions about the Catholic faith. Why do Catholics believe the Eucharist is the Real Presence of Jesus? Why do we have ask those who have died, such as Mary, to pray for us? What does purgatory mean? I could answer her questions but only superficially. I was disappointed in myself. I realized at that moment I had dedicated 12 years of my life after high school to studying for medicine and had neglected my Christian faith. I was ashamed. From that moment I began to immerse myself into self-study about Christianity. Why DO we as Catholics believe what we do? Why are there different denominations? WHAT are the actual TRUTHS that Christ revealed to us? CAN we find absolute truths in Christianity among all of the misconceptions and deceptions?

I read everything I could find to expand my knowledge. And then I decided to formally study, and after about 3 years, received a Master’s degree in Theology from the Augustine Institute. I never doubted the existence of God or of Christ in the Incarnation but, after studying, I became convinced without a doubt that Christ established a Church 2000 years ago in order to pass on and preserve all the truths He came to reveal and this Church is the Catholic Church.

That Church has shown us which books were inspired by God and she has preserved these books in what we refer to as the Bible. The Bible is Sacred as it is the written form of the Word of God, and it is without error since God co-authored this book with men. The Church has also preserved the Sacred Traditions and these are the oral teachings that have been passed down from Christ through the Apostles and then to the successors to the Apostles – the bishops. God revealed to us the fullness of the truths he wanted us to know when he became man and, for 2000 years, we have continued to have access to his truths through this one Church that was given the duty of guarding and faithfully handing down the faith to all generations.

Christ promised to protect this Church from the gates of hell and to always be with this Church. This Church may change in its size as to the number of her members but he promised that his Church would never fail. This Church initially did not need any adjectives or identifiers. Christ put the Apostles in charge and one could know this Church because it was visibly connected to the authority of the Apostles. However, after 100 AD, all of the Apostles had died. Heretical groups, claiming to have the truths of Christ, were spreading. So around this time, the one true Church was given an identifier. And we see that around 107 AD, Ignatius of Antioch tells us that this Church founded by Christ was known as the Catholic Church – the one Church that was united universally in its faith (since the word “catholic” means “universal”). A person could go to any of the Catholic communities in the known world and the person would find the same teachings of Christ being taught and handed down through the Catholic bishops (the successors to the Apostles).

This same Church has been protected by the Holy Spirit and by Christ for almost 2000 years. There are many who claim to have the truth but in reality, the Bible tells us the “pillar and foundation of truth” is “the Church” (1 Timothy 3:15). It is through this “Church” that the “manifold wisdom of God” will be “made known” (Ephesians 3:10). This “Church” is the Church of St. Paul. It is the Church of St. Peter, St. Andrew, James and John. This Church is the one, true Church founded by Christ. This Church is the Catholic Church that one can find throughout the world today.

I hope to share the Catholic faith through this website in various ways and be a resource to help those sincerely seeking to find the same truths discovered by brilliant men such as St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Robert Bellarmine and many others over the centuries. It is the faith of the Church founded by Christ that I have thankfully come to finally recognize as the amazing gift and blessing that it truly is!