About
Bread From Heaven Unlimited is an apostolate for educating the public about the Truths of the Catholic Faith using modern media-print and internet. It is our tiny effort to counteract the bad press about the Catholic Church and supplement the catechesis in many modern parishes. This apostolate is dedicated to Holy Mary. And our other patrons are St. Francis de Sales, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Josemaria Escriva, and John Paul II,
I am a Convert to the Catholic Church (1999) from a zealous Protestantism. I have been married for 32 years and we have seven children. The youngest was six when I converted. There are no Catholics in my family line as far as I know. My husband attends church with us but has not entered the Catholic Church, yet.
“There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church - which is, of course, quite a different thing.”
-Archbishop Fulton Sheen
I like your blog site so far. I will check back often.
How does a Catholic get to heaven? Is it true that you have to do good works, worship Mary and the Saints and do pilgrimages to be saved? What about grace? Is’nt that the whole purpose of Jesus coming to earth? He came to pay for our sins!
Dear Sam,
Catholics get to Heaven by the power and grace of God. We do not worship Mary that would be an abomination since she is merely a creature like ourselves. The good works that we do are in in obedience to Christ and in order to purify ourselves so that we can become holy as He is holy. But it is all of Grace. We cannot do anything worth while on our own.
Nice blog! I am a Catholic currently attending a Baptist Church. I’m not sure if that makes me a former Catholic but I believe my children will consider themselves Baptists. I believe God has led me down this path for a reason. After 35 years of Catholicism, I could not answer the question of how or if I am going to Heaven. Even when I ask friends and family now that same question (current practicing Catholics), I get answers like “I’m working on it”, “I think so”, “I hope so”, or “no, I’m probably going to hell”. Not ALL Catholic Churches are doing this, but the ones that I and these people have gone to have not delivered the message, the Good News. It took going to another Church and Bible study for me to realize that through faith in Christ and repentance from sin, Heaven is assured. I disagree completely with one of the comments on the blog here, that you can lose your salvation, but we can discuss that another day. I believe that this is the Catholic belief as well (that faith in Christ and God’s grace get you to Heaven), but somewhere that message is being overshadowed by side issues like Purgatory, Mary, Saints, etc. That may be an outcome of the attacks that the Catholic Church has withstood and continues to withstand over the years, I don’t know. I will always consider myself Catholic (although I wonder if they still accept me now that I go to another Church) and have a deep respect for the Pope and the hierarchy. I must, as you seem to be, and we all should, follow the path which God directs for us and allow him to give us a good whack whenever we stray from his path. All of us who believe Christ died for our sins to bridge the gap between God and man so that we can be together with him again in eternity are Christian brothers and sisters. I look forward to the day when we all come together, despite our differences, and worship in spirit in truth, whether that be in this world or the next. Take care and keep blogging!Peace.
Excellent blog. Thank you!