'Sorry little Claire. I know you love Mr. Giraffe, but it will never reach the same beatific vision of heaven that we will because it is an animal and therefore doesn't possess a rational soul.'
Who can't wait for that conversation to take place?
Catholic Life Hack: The nicer the cemetery plot you have, the more likely people will come and stay longer to pray - which will lead to more prayers for your soul to enter heaven.
"Progress is key in the spiritual life. Making it to church every Sunday is progress. Saying a nightly prayer is progress. Doing something every day is progress. And admitting how weak you are is the right starting point." - Lino Rulli
"For the record folks, if you were agreeing with Tyler and nodding your head, something is wrong with you." - Lino Rulli
A statement that could be applied to just about anything he says.
"If you never plan out when you're going to pray. If you never plan out when you're going to church. If you never plan out when you'll read the Bible or pray the rosary or whatever, chances are you're planning to fail in your spiritual life." - Lino Rulli
"People are too worried about what everyone else is wearing at mass. Worry about your own soul! Don't worry about someone wearing flip-flops at mass. 'Oh she's wearing a veil on her head. I don't like that.' Who cares?!" - Lino Rulli
Discernment is very important in the Christian life, whether you are deciding to becoming a priest or solicit a wife in the middle of church.
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"I always think its interesting when somebody has a question asking for advice about something and they say 'Other than prayer...' Like, that's kind of it. That's like THE biggest thing." - Lino Rulli
"If I'm mad or frustrated or tired, I should call Jesus out by calling him 'Lord' and saying what I'm really thinking. At the same time saying 'But I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.'"- Lino Rulli on the prayer lesson learned from Martha at Raising of Lazarus
"Vince Neil & I were in the urinals together and I remember he didn't wash his hands. I'm like 'What the hells going on around here?' Then I thought to myself, with everything he's done in his life not washing his hands is probably the last thing that's going to kill him." - Lino
"I don't look at someone with a nice car and get jealous. I don't look at someone with a big family and get jealous. I get jealous when I go to the lake and I go 'Look at all these cabins!' I don't even know how to drive a pontoon boat. But I want a pontoon boat." - Lino Rulli
Lino went to see The Odyssey in theaters and thought it was all based on a true story... until the subtle hint of a cyclops appeared on the screen.
"Up till that point, I thought this was all real. Then I was like 'Well, that doesn't exist.'" - Lino Rulli
Tyler: There was a garden by Jesus' tomb?
Lino: Yeah. There's a garden there. That's why she thought he was a gardener.
Tyler: Oh. I thought Mary Magdalene thought Jesus was a gardener who was just passing by like "Sup pig, I'm on my way to work."