@JustinusRomanus I chose St Alphonsus as my confirmation saint b/c of an article I read the week prior
I never read any of his stuff until years later
Safe to say I have officially despaired of salvation and only experience torturous thought spirals about the nature of God
There is only pain
@BrendanJGomez@GreeneMan6@MarkBrahmin No. Look at the films Zoomers love
Obsession: A film centered on the horrors of modern relationships
Backrooms: You're trapped in a lonely, decaying expanse that is nothing but copies of copies of old memories, w/ just enough monsters to make sure you always need to be on guard
No Black mother should ever fear sending her son to a high school track meet only for him to lose his life to the prison system from a murder conviction.
@Templarpilled Don't worry you blyats, any second now Putin is going to take the gloves off and win the war with just one more Oreshnik strike. By 2040 we'll be past the fortress belt!
Do people think Social Security keeps their money in a box until they're 65? It was stolen and spent.
We can either accept that, stop kicking the can down the road, and end the Ponzi scheme for a better future for our descendants...
Or double down until it all blows up.
*This* is Europe.
Europe isn't about unlimited open borders, terminating pregnancies, euthanasia, rainbow flags, secularism.
Europe is about allegiance to Jesus Christ and His Church. All of its art, politics, and culture should reflect this truth.
@RejoiceCC People need to have a penance on Fridays at least. It's a shame the US bishops have downplayed it so much
However, I think the flexibility with the specific penance is beneficial
For ex, I started with no choc milk (only thing I drink), then added no sweets, then added no meat
@RejoiceCC You're missing the point of the rule. It's not the meat in and of itself. Would it be okay to eat ice cream and not meat?
In the past, meat was thee luxury food item. So to train against carnal pleasures, it was fasted from. It's uniting oneself to God by avoiding a worldly life
@Faithful2Pray So God is the author of evil? This means He is more evil than the devil since He designed a consequentialist universe that forces people to enjoy sin (contradicting His own Word).
Stuff like this is why I don't want to go to Heaven anymore and despaired of salvation.