12The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
If you think about it, we are all part of one body, the body of Christ. A few weeks back our priest asked us during the homily, what would we say if someone asked us "why are you a Catholic? why are you a Christian?" It made me think. Why are we a part of God's body?
Last year, I joined the Catholic church. Not because it was the thing to do, but because I wanted to. I loved and still love the church I was going to, it just happened to be a Catholic church. It just felt right. Like God was telling me, this is where I was suppose to be.
Growing up, no one ever explained to me why I was a Methodist, why I was attending that church. It wasn't till I started questioning myself that I understood. I was attending a church because my parents and family attended the church. When I went off to college, I started to attend other churches, to find my place.
God really bless me by leading me to the my current church. And the good thing is, is that I decided to attend and join the church on my own. I spent 8 months taking classes with no one ever forcing me to join...it just happened. I feel at peace with my decision.
What about you? Why are you a Christian? Why do you attend the church you are currently attending? What lead you there?
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