The Summons: A Catholic Response to the LDS Catholic Restoration

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There’s Something I’ve Waited to Say Until Now

Not out of fear, but out of love.

Because I know what it costs to hear it.

You have been told your church is built on Jesus Christ.
You’ve been told that you’re the restored church. That the priesthood was lost. That the Catholic Church — and all of Christianity — went astray.

But here is the truth:

The Jesus presented by the LDS Church is not the Jesus of the Bible.

He is not the eternal Son of the Father, consubstantial and co-eternal with the Spirit.
He is not the Word made flesh, who founded one Church and gave it the Spirit at Pentecost.
He is not the Lamb of God whose once-for-all sacrifice is made present in every Mass around the world.

He is another Jesus.
A Jesus created to fit a new gospel.
A Jesus who offers you a counterfeit reward — eternal family — instead of eternal communion with the living God.

And that is the snare.

Because who wouldn’t want to be with their earthly family forever?

But in exchange, you are asked to:

Accept a false history of the Church
Reject 2,000 years of saints and martyrs
And believe that somehow, Jesus failed — until Joseph Smith fixed it
The Latter-day Saint Church may say the name “Jesus Christ,” but it is not about Him.

It is about proving it can do better than the Church He built.

And to protect that idea, it keeps you isolated from the truth,
using distortions, half-truths, and endless testimonies to drown out the question you were never meant to ask:

“What if the Catholic Church never fell away?”
“What if the real Jesus never left?”

That is the moment everything breaks open.
That is the moment you begin to see.

Not because you’re bitter.
Not because you’re disobedient.
But because Christ is calling you by name.

So, take this truth and sit with it.

Pray with it. Wrestle with it.
And then read what follows — every word.

Because now your eyes are ready.

And the Church — the real one — is ready to welcome you home.

What Is the Catholic Church?

It’s the place where you and I are forgiven.
Where we learn to forgive others, even when it’s hard.
Where no sin is too big for God’s mercy, and no wound is beyond His healing.

It is the largest charitable Church on earth, feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, housing the homeless, and walking with the suffering — in every nation on the globe.

It is the one Church with 2,000 years of story — and the documented history is real and alive filled with saints and sinners alike.

Judas, an apostle, betrayed Jesus for silver.
Saint Paul once hunted Christians before becoming one of Christ’s greatest defenders.
Saint Peter denied he even knew Jesus — three times.
And yet Jesus chose him to be the rock. The first pope.
Because the Church is built not on perfection, but on repentance, courage, and truth.
It’s a sacred home where every honest question can be met with an honest, forthright answer.

Jesus knew who asked Him sincerely. He answered those souls.
To the proud, to those trying to trap Him — the high priests like Caiaphas, Annas, and the teachers of the law — He often stood silent.

Because truth isn’t a game. It’s a gift.

And He allowed them to crucify Him — not because they were right, but because we needed the Cross.

The Cross was for them, and for us.
To finally see.
To finally understand the Gospel He brought — not just with words, but with His Body and Blood.

That’s the Catholic Church.
Not a club. Not a brand. Not a business.
But the living Body of Christ, still here, still bleeding, still saving.

A Word About Questions

Asking questions is good. Necessary. It shows you're alive. Seeking. Listening.

But asking too many questions at once — especially with no intent to receive the answer — only leads to chaos. That’s not searching. That’s drowning the truth in noise.

“What is truth?” Pilate asked

But if even one question is answered in truth…
If one light breaks through the fog…
If one piece of history, one passage of Scripture, one whisper from God makes you stop and wonder…

What should you do with that truth?

I’ll tell you plainly:
You pick up the Cross and follow Him.

Because everything else — all the gold, all the arguments, all the power, all the pride — will pass away.

“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his soul?”
—Mark 8:36

That is the only question that matters in the end.
And only One has the answer.

When the Veil Finally Lifts

Then comes a moment — unplanned, unforced — when everything changes.

A moment when you realize: It’s all been real. And it’s been hidden from me.
The Scriptures. The saints. The sacraments. The Holiest of Communion.

And most of all — Him.

Not the version you’ve been told to watch out for.
Not a system.
Not a theology class.

But Jesus Christ, living and present — reaching for you through His Church.

It is the moment when the fog clears and truth roars in your heart like thunder.
When grace breaks through not because you earned it, but because He chose to come close.

The Woman at the Well

That’s what happened to her.

A Samaritan woman — lost, wounded, shamed — came just to draw water.
And met the Messiah. She found that she was loved sin and all. And that’s what changes us is it not?

“He told me everything I ever did.” (John 4:29)

She ran.
She didn’t worry about appearances.

She ran into the village to proclaim Him — the first evangelist.

Because once you’ve met the real Jesus, you cannot be silent. I cannot be silent.

The Family and the Snare

Now let’s talk honestly about what may hold you back.

The enemy offered Jesus the world — power, kingdoms, dominion.

He does the same to you.
Only now, he wraps it in something you love.

Your family.

He whispers, “Don’t you want to be with them forever?”
“Would you risk losing them?”
“What kind of person would turn from the only path that guarantees you’ll be sealed to your children, your parents, your spouse?”

And that’s where the trap is laid.

Because what kind of heart wouldn’t want that?

But hear me:

The true Gospel does not manipulate through fear of loss.
It does not teach salvation through ceremonies or man-made covenants.

Jesus never said, “If you follow these temple ordinances, you’ll keep your family forever.”
He said:

“He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me.” (Matthew 10:37)

That’s not cruelty. That’s clarity.

Because when you finally trust Christ, you don’t lose your family —
you entrust them to God, whose love for them is greater than yours could ever be.

The Church does not promise control.
It promises Christ, and life everlasting in Him. You let go; you let God be God.

That is enough.

Why It Feels So Hard to See

You may wonder why it feels so hard to grasp what’s being said here.

The truth is simple: you were never sealed with the Holy Spirit in the way Christ intended.

Baptism in the LDS Church is not sacramental.
Their “confirmation” does not confer the Spirit as the early Church described in Acts.
There is no apostolic succession, no Eucharist, no laying on of hands from those Christ appointed.

And without the Holy Spirit dwelling in you fully, the truth can feel veiled — close, but not quite graspable.

But God sees that.

And He still speaks. Still calls. Still waits.

“You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart.”
—Jeremiah 29:13

And when that moment comes — when you are ready — the veil will fall.
And like the woman at the well, you will run.

The Catholic Church Offers You Christ

Not a program.
Not a checklist.
Not a guarantee that you’ll get what you want.

It offers you something greater:

The Eucharist — the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
Confession — where you are truly, sacramentally absolved.
Apostolic truth — passed down faithfully for 2,000 years.
The Holy Spirit — poured out in Baptism and sealed in Confirmation.
The Cross — the place where fear dies, and love lives forever.
So, when the questions grow quiet…
When your heart burns within you…
When truth is no longer an idea, but a person…

Come.

Come and see what you were always meant to find.

Not a restored church.

But the original one — wounded, holy, global, alive.

The Church that still stands, because Christ still reigns.

And He’s calling you home.

Once I Was Blind…

And when you finally do see…
When grace breaks through…
When all the confusion and distortion melts away…

Your words will be like the blind man in John 9 — healed not just in sight, but in soul.

“One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see.”
—John 9:25

That’s it.

No arguments. No debates. No pride.

Just light.
And the voice of Jesus saying:
“Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

And your soul — finally free — whispering back:

“Lord, I believe.”

And if you’ve read this far, maybe your heart is already stirring.

Let the noise fade now.
Let the questions rest.
And just listen…

“Will you come and follow Me, if I but call your name?”

The Summons

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