Kevin's Guide to New Year's Resolutions and a Better 2019:
1. Do one thing that will make you HAPPIER.
2. Do one thing that will make you HEALTHIER.
3. Do one thing that will make you HOLIER.
Caveat: Should be consisten. Not going against happiness, health, or holiness.
I've been looking into the arguments for the SSPX, but honestly, everything I've read so far boils down to emotional appeals or completely untenable logic.
I think the Rogers Centre staff has to do a thorough walk through of the entire stadium and identify every nook and cranny a ball could get stuck in.
Last year in the World Series. Just now in the right field fencing. My goodness.
Jays up 6-2 in the 8th inning.
"I believe.. the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting"
You don't need to be Dominican to be able to profess what each faithful Catholic professes every Sunday. If this is what Colbert actually believes, hypocrite is not the H-word I'd use - it'll be heretic.
People like to dump on Colbert's faith, but he's one of few people in his orbit to speak so openly about what he believes. I've appreciated his comments over the years.
Maybe you think he's a hypocrite. Fine. But it's really not a diss to say that a late-night host doesn't sound like a Dominican friar when he talks about his Catholic faith.
“The triumph of the therapeutic did not abolish confession. It made confession feel psychologically heavy, and many Catholics stopped going regularly.”
More thoughts at @firstthingsmag.
I guarantee you’re a better writer than ChatGPT. Never butcher your own writing or relinquish your own voice to put your name on the dead-eyed, mechanical hallucinations of a bunch of 1s and 0s. People who know good writing and AI have no trouble recognizing AI-generated garbage.
One reason many Catholics no longer go to confession frequently is that the sacrament subtly drifted from “confession and absolution” toward “spiritual counseling.”
Most Catholics are willing to accuse themselves of sins briefly and regularly. Fewer are willing to enter into an extended personal conversation every few weeks.
The traditional confessional, the screen, brevity, clarity, and sacramental reserve all lowered the barrier to grace. The sacrament felt objective, medicinal, and accessible rather than emotionally burdensome.
Confession is not primarily therapy or spiritual direction. It is sacramental mercy.
@BruceNorth46058@VbcApologetics "Academic research" then proceeds to show an AI slop. Look at the sources: Youtube and BYU. Not really critically acclaimed peer-reviewed scholarly sources.