When a person embraces a religion, usually it is because there is an encounter and an experience.
In Christianity, it can be said that it is the encounter with God, or Jesus, or the intercession of Our Lady, that led the person to accept baptism.
It can also be said that when a person goes through some crisis or troubles, and when everything is down to nothing, and when that person turned to God, then something happened.
It was an encounter and an experience of God and His saving love, and that led the person to conversion.
Of course, God does not stop blessing us, pouring His grace upon us once we are baptized.
In all the struggles and troubles of life, we turn to God for His blessing, His protection and His guidance.
As St. Paul said in the 1st reading: We all have to experience many hardships before we enter the kingdom of God.
But even in the face of hardships, God will give us strength and peace to keep the faith.
It is also with God’s strength and peace that we bear witness to our faith even in hardships.