Some thoughts

We all have someone in our family who has left the Faith. They might still call themselves Catholic, but their hearts are not in it, and hence, they do not practice the Faith, or have rejected it. It's just not that important to them. My new saying is this: Our eternity depends on Jesus Christ, and we have turned our backs to Him. Following are some thoughts from one who had left the Faith to pursue the pleasures of the world, only to not be satisfied with them and returning to the Ark of Salvation.

“Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would have not been at all. You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness. You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me, and I burned for your peace.”

St. Augustine from his Confessions

His conversion is the result of many prayers from his mother. 30 years of them, in fact.