Unfortunately for my career as a Witch, I liked two things: horror novels and comic books. Both piqued my interest in the Roman Catholic Church. (Bear with me here!) Ever notice, when real evil threatens in classic horror, it's the Catholic Church that's called on to save the day? And my favorite character in the comics was Nightcrawler of the X-Men, a devout Roman Catholic. (So if you ever want proof that God can reach us through literally anything, there it is, right there. I owe the first steps of my conversion to The Exorcist, Dracula, and a fuzzy blue mutant with a German accent and a penchant for buckling swash.)I fell in love with Nightcrawler in the X-Men movies. What Catholic wouldn't?
I'm so glad I saw Libby's name go by ... I forget where ... and then saw her new blog pop up in the stats. She doesn't have an actual first post up yet, but go by and read her conversion story!
I haven't read the X Men in a long time but I remember Nightcrawler's Catholicism. It was nice to be reminded of this in your blog post, Julie. God certainly can use the strangest ways to reach people - even when they involve pop culture elements that many would just write off.
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