Isn't it all about Jesus?

I got an email that said (spelling as received):

...Its all About JESUS not mary, not the pope, not anyone else but GOD. I personally will not follow any church but i will however Follow JESUS and I have read your arguments and i hope you will one day come to CHRIST not mary or the pope...No holy water will fix anything its your prayer to GOD!!

Catholics most certainly believe it is all about Jesus. Let us examine two scenarios of a love relationship.

Scenario 1: If someone falls in love and they say:

I love you so much. I love you so much that I want to spend all my time with you. I never want to talk to your mother. I never want to see your family or friends. I want you to banish them when they come around, I just want to spend my whole life with you and love you.

That's how I understand the Evangelical take on a relationship to Jesus.

Scenario 2: On the other hand he could say

I love you so much. I love you so much that I want to spend my time with you. Your mom is welcome to visit our home. Your family is my family, your friends are my friends. The people you love, I will love. We are one flesh and I welcome everyone you welcome."

I think the second one sounds like a more authentic love. I think is the Catholic approach to a relationship with Jesus.

Go here to find out how to give your life to Jesus.

We must also consider what the Catholic Church says about the Eucharist. We say it is the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus. There was 100% unity among the earliest Christians on this. And ther is abolutely no evidence of any decent among early Christians. Yet 1500 years later it is called into question for the first time in history. The Catholic Church has defended the Body and Blood of Jesus for 2000 years, and so I suggest we are totally about Jesus. When other traditions have abandoned the Eucharist, which all the early Christians say is Jesus real and present in this world, and which the Bible spells out, the Catholics have stood up for the real presence of Jesus in the world. I think that clearly shows that we are "all about Jesus" Christians.

See also:

The Pope
Mary in the Bible
Holy Water

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This scenario was put forth by Patrick Madrid

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