@BillArnoldTeach Bravo, well done.
That is a great explanation of the parallels between the ark of the covenant of the Old Testament and how it prefigures the ark of the covenant of the New Testament which is Mary!
That is sufficient enough to understand how the New Testament fulfills the Old!
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝗱.
𝗜𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁.
If you understood the Ark, you would understand Mary.
If you understood the sacrifice, you would understand the Eucharist.
If you understood covenant, you would never call Catholicism “extra.”
Protestantism teaches you to read Scripture in pieces.
The Church teaches you to read it as a body.
Once you see the pattern, you can’t unsee it.
And that’s why this conversation never stays calm.
@rustyrockets Christ assented into heaven with a resurrected body that can walk through walls.
After his accession, the Angels said He would return by the same way the apostles saw him go up into heaven.
Pope Leo XIV insists the person and families must be at the center of the labor system — calling for work that respects dignity, supports life, and strengthens community.
https://t.co/sCM9xBkaAm
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻… 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴. 😌
Her own words say everything:
She steps into the quiet.
Feels the stillness.
Sees the red lamp.
And something in her soul finally exhales.
All the noise, the hype, the overstimulation fades…
and she meets the One she has been seeking in the silence Catholics have guarded for two millennia.
When a heart is honest, the Eucharist pulls it like gravity.
𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦_4_𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘬𝘛𝘰𝘬
@englandthydowry There's no time limit.
You could sit there repeating,
"thank you Lord for the gift of the Eucharist,"
over and over for 5 hours and God will be with you as long as you keep savoring the Eucharist.
The Lord stays in your heart not in your stomach.
@latinedisce Hey wait a minute! "As it is in Heaven so also on earth."
That's not backwards, you're backwards!
Why do we say it backwards in English versus the original Latin?
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou,
O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
If you love St. Thérèse of Lisieux as much as me, maybe you’ll join me for these 9 nights of reading, reflection, and prayer.
Each night starting with this thread, I’ll post a portion of her writing, a reflection on it & a prayer.
We conclude on her glorious Feast Day! 🙏🧵👇 👇
@just_keep_read@BreeSolstad The Early Church Fathers agree
St. Ephraem of Syria, 373 AD: “With the Mediator, you are the Mediatrix of the entire world.”
&
St. Cyril of Alexandria, 444 AD: “Hail, Mary, Mother of God, by whom all faithful souls are saved.”
Would you disagree with the Early Church Fathers?
@BreeSolstad I, Brother N., vow to God the Father, holy and almighty, to live for the entire time of my life in obedience, without anything of my own, and in chastity; at the same time I profess the life and Rule of the Friars Minor & the Constitutions of the Order of Capuchin Friars Minor.
@BreeSolstad Capuchins don't make a promise to administer what they have for God's glory.
They make a promise to "not have anything of one's own" and to live in poverty.
Keep the promises you make to God, or don't make them if you intend not to keep them.
@RKNRL11@BreeSolstad Because he made a solemn vow to God to "not have anything of his own," not a vow to be a good administrator of what he had.
The point is if you make a promise to God, you should keep it, otherwise don't make promises to God you don't intend to keep.