I Am Home - 2/7/2026

As I've mentioned before, my reversion journey journey started with a video I saw on YouTube. A young woman named Justine Donahue gave a beautiful testimony about how she went from being a devoted and active Evangelical to Catholicism. Her story wasn't my story, but it caught my interest, and as I listened, it became the spark that re-lit the fire of my faith.

A couple of days ago, I was surfing YouTube for some inspirational Catholic content. I came across a video by a woman named Ana Munley. I've watched a few of her videos before. Her stuff is really good, but usually it's not exactly in line with where I am currently in my spiritual journey. But the title of the video I came across is, "My Catholic Reversion Story." That got my attention. That seemed like something I might be able to relate to, so I gave it a click. I'll include a link. I recommend it, especially if you're like I was, a Catholic, just not practicing. On the sidelines. Sitting a faithful life out. Maybe like me you were lazy, making excuses, and avoiding addressing what is, no other way to say this, your sinful self. That was me.

The more I listened to Ana, the more I could relate to her story. Sure, the issues in my life aren't the same as hers, but I do think our faith walk came very close to following in the same footsteps. Here's what she had to say:

After Mass with Ana Munley

Ana Munley. I like her YouTube channel, "After Mass".
Let me share some of her words from early in the video that resonated within me. I encourage you, if you're touched by this little sample, to watch in its entirety:

"I never actually stopped belonging to..."  Me? Same.

"Drifting through indifference." Those words very accurately describe me in my dormant, idle state. I was drifting through life, untethered from a God and a Church deep down I always believed in.

"He (her husband) had started praying." Me? My beautiful wife Caroline's prayer was a trigger for me. She prays devoutly and without fail every morning. It is a beautiful thing for me to see, and it surely is a major factor in my own reversion story. Her prayers a constant reminder of where I wasn't but ought to have been.

"I saw myself in all those sins... They weren't Catholic technicalities. They were soul level realities, eternal realities."  Yes, we are talking not only about here and now, but about eternity. Yes, I am a sinner. For me, there is only one way to turn to turn away from sin.

"What if I died today?" Yikes! What if? 

And here was the magic words that for me echo what I felt when I heard Justine Donahue's testimony. Ana said it beautifully, describing the same "call home" that I heard: "And for the first time in a very long time, I felt conviction. Not shame, not panic, conviction, That quiet steady ache in your heart that says, 'You are not OK, and you need to come home'"

"You need to come home."

"You need to come home."

"You need to come home."

Yes, Jesus, my Lord and my God. I am home.

Also, while I'm on it, I'd like to share the video, that along with Caroline's beautiful example in daily prayer, called me home. Justine's story wasn't a perfect parallel to my own, not as much perhaps as Ana's is. But here is Justine Donahue's beautiful testimony: 

Justine Donahue - This video was the spark.

Justine Donahue, whose ministry is called "Theology of Conversion." Look her up.
 

Have a blessed day, friends.

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