Do you thin kRoman Catholicism is spiritual/mystical?

[WingedPig]

I'm feeling very drawn to Roman Catholicism as I feel it's incredibly Spiritual compared to my Anglican roots, has anyone else found this?

No.

Someone further up asked about meditation. I'm currently taking instruction from a Jesuit priest and Ignatian meditation/mental prayer is part of my weekly spiritual direction. I very much recommend it: AFAIK more and more people use the Spiritual Exercises and even attend Jesuit retreats who are not Catholic or even Christian. It has a discipline that's similar to Zen in some ways, and my church offers a Zen course, too.

It was the sacrament that brought me to Catholicism. Politically (in the sense of institutionally: I'm very comfortable in the radical lefty corner of the global Catholic church) I should really be Anglican. I argued with myself about it for years, but finally decided to go where my longing took me and work out my own accommodation with the church, which realistically is what the majority of Catholics seem to do. The creative tension of it is enriching, but I'm certainly freer to make it my own because I wasn't raised in that or any religious community. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone here.

Yes it does. Some of the issues surrounding morality, sexuality, politics etc. will be (hotly) debated by Catholic coming from every conceivable view within the church. But I don't know any Catholic that doesn't love the Sacraments and believe that the Sacraments and scripture is what holds us all together. I see it us one big, unruly family loving and fighting on board an ark called the Church as it rocks through history.

Non-Catholics seem shocked when Catholics don't leave the church over certain issues or scandals. But I think most Catholic think "It's my church too - I'm not leaving because of other people's sin" and practicing Catholics always know so many good and great Catholics personally that they just refuse to be defined by the church's failings alone. They meet Jesus in the church - along with a bunch of messy, weak and sinful yet also wonderful and loving other Christians. Most Catholics will say, if you want God just come on in - no one gets to decide who's a "good" Catholic or not.

"Lord, where would we go? You have the Word of eternal life."