The Church is CATHOLIC

Galatians 3:26-28
Revelation 7:9,10

What does ‘catholic’ mean? It means that the Church is universal: that its message is relevant to all times and cultures. It therefore includes people of every age, race, nation, culture and status. It doesn’t matter who we are or what our background is; we belong together as members of God’s family, and we are all equally important.
It does not mean that the Church includes absolutely everybody: God’s Kingdom embraces all kinds of people, not all people. Jesus welcomed sinners to repentance.
It is one thing to acknowledge this in theory; it can be surprisingly difficult to work it out in practice. (James 2:1-4) It is perfectly natural to prefer to associate with people who are ‘like us’, whether in appearance, educational level, social class, or whatever. The danger is that we can unconsciously form cliques that exclude certain sections of the community – and we ourselves may not notice.