Catholicism has fullness of truth

By Dominic Sam, Port Elizabeth

Hendrietta Coetzees comments in her letter Catholicism is strange (June 19) refers. Your journey to discovering the fullness of truth has just begun. The word Catholic was used as early as the second century by St Ignatius of Antioch: Where there is Christ Jesus, there is the Catholic Church.

“You write that you are attached to my bible; then you will know that Jesus states, Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life (John 6: 56). ” (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)

You write that you are attached to my bible; then you will know that Jesus states, Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life (John 6: 56). This was a difficult teaching and many left him. Jesus chose the time of Passover to fulfil what he had announced at Capernaum: giving his disciples his body and his blood.

The way some of the laity present themselves for receiving the body and blood of Christ is also perplexing to fellow Catholics who know that Jesus is present in the Blessed Sacrament.

But take heart, you will discover the fullness of truth. In the Catholic Church subsists correct and complete confession of faith, full sacramental life, and ordained ministry in apostolic succession. There are numerous texts in the Bible that support the Holy Mass and the sacraments which are instituted by Jesus Christ.

I suggest you contact a Catholic priest to help you on your journey. Reading books of the early Church fathers, the saints, especially St Theresa of Avila, and those by Cardinal Newman, Bishop Fulton J Sheen and Scott Hahn will also be helpful.