The Catholic Gateway Drug

Ryan Kraeger describes his ascent into Catholic spirituality be beginning with just three simple Hail Marys a day.

Once upon a time I was a teenage Catholic who wanted to go to heaven when I died, someday. I figured I would get the going to heaven thing taken care of and then get down to the business of living life, knowing that I had the afterlife under control. I suppose there was a sort of wisdom in that. That is, I recognized a fundamental principle that “what does it matter if one gains the whole world, if you pay for it by losing your soul.” I realized that it would be a bit embarrassing if I made it through life acheiving all sorts of great things, and found that I had missed the grade by a few Masses or a good confession. So I set out to find for myself what I had to do to get to heaven.

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