I'm SO thankful to be Catholic.

Do you understand what Grace, what complete protection, love and provision it is from God the Father, that you and I are Catholic? It dawned on me recently, how profound a Gift this is! With over 36,000+ denominations protesting the 1 True Church of Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church, we are so BLESSED! We have much to be thankful for! Recall your Baptism day, your First Holy Communion Day and your Confirmation Day and be SO THANKFUL for these Gifts of Fatherly care for your soul and be thankful to those who fought for you to receive the Sacraments of LIFE! And, yes, more than likely they fought... everything in the spiritual life is a battle, even getting your kids Baptized! 

Venerable Fulton J. Sheen said:

"If I were not a Catholic, and were looking for the true Church in the world today, I would look for the one Church which did not get along well with the world; in other words, I would look for the Church which the world hated. My reason for doing this would be, that if Christ is in any one of the churches of the world today, He must still be hated as He was when He was on earth in the flesh. If you would find Christ today, then find the Church that does not get along with the world. Look for the Church that is hated by the world as Christ was hated by the world. Look for the Church that is accused of being behind the times, as our Lord was accused of being ignorant and never having learned. Look for the Church which men sneer at as socially inferior, as they sneered at Our Lord because He came from Nazareth. Look for the Church which is accused of having a devil, as Our Lord was accused of being possessed by Beelzebub, the Prince of Devils. Look for the Church which, in seasons of bigotry, men say must be destroyed in the name of God as men crucified Christ and thought they had done a service to God. Look for the Church which the world rejects because it claims it is infallible, as Pilate rejected Christ because He called Himself the Truth. Look for the Church which is rejected by the world as Our Lord was rejected by men. Look for the Church which amid the confusions of conflicting opinions, its members love as they love Christ, and respect its Voice as the very voice of its Founder, and the suspicion will grow, that if the Church is unpopular with the spirit of the world, then it is unworldly, and if it is unworldly it is other worldly. since it is other-worldly, it is infinitely loved and infinitely hated as was Christ Himself. But only that which is Divine can be infinitely hated and infinitely loved. Therefore the Church is Divine."