REGINA: What brought you to the Faith?
Christine: My return to the Faith was the result of a confluence of factors: 11 years going from one Protestant denomination to another led me to the conviction that Christ could not have come to earth to establish such doctrinal anarchy. I was also deeply convinced that abortion and divorce and remarriage were wrong; I recognized that the Catholic Church alone stood like a bulwark through 2,000 years, never compromising on these teachings. The same could not be said about Protestantism. Finally, the constant and faithful witness of devout Catholic professors and friends through my three years of law school had a powerful impact on my perception of Catholicism; I suffered at the time from deep prejudices based on Protestant misconceptions. I also credit the prayers of some of these faculty and friends who were actively praying for my conversion.
REGINA: What would you tell people who have doubts?
Christine: The power of the sacraments are real. They change your life. Saint Therese of Lisieux said, "All is grace." My experience coming back to the Faith made that crystal clear. There were a number of difficulties I struggled with before my return to the Faith; when I started accessing the sacraments of penance and the Holy Eucharist, Our Lord simply took many of them away, or so greatly reduced their power that they were no longer a struggle for me. The sacraments of the Catholic Church are life-changing, and life-giving.
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