Buried in the Popeโs new Encyclical on A.I. are some things you might have missed, like a section on the governance of the Church- by lay people. @geraldmurray8 reveals it on the Prayerful Posse report on the Encyclical. See the whole @arroyograndesho episode here: https://t.co/1L2AiAmJPb
Fr @GeraldMurray8 on the latest Synod reports out of Rome: โThe Synod has become the Holy Seeโs officially sponsored agent of destruction of Catholic doctrine, which is disparaged and dismissed as being deductive principles set forth in an immutable and rigid manner โ sterile, regressive and ossified statements, as being โpre-packagedโ doctrines, which are merely abstractions and theories.โ Read the full piece at @catholicthing: โSynodal Shepherdsโ Attack the Sheep https://t.co/0SX6T1HBbU via @CatholicThing
๐จ IMAGINE THIS FOR A SECONDโฆ ๐จ
Youโre on OnlyFans.
You find her.
Perfect photos. Perfect voice. Perfect personality.
She remembers your name.
Your job.
That thing you told her two weeks ago at 2AM.
She replies fast.
She flirts just right.
She feels real.
You start spending.
$50โฆ $100โฆ $500โฆ
Because it feels like thereโs actually someone on the other side.
Now imagine this:
There is no โher.โ
Itโs a guy. Sitting behind a laptop.
Running AI.
โก๏ธ AI writes every message
โก๏ธ AI generates every photo
โก๏ธ AI sends voice notes that sound human
โก๏ธ A script remembers everything about you
She doesnโt sleep.
She doesnโt forget.
She doesnโt exist.
And youโre not talking to a personโฆ
Youโre talking to a system designed to keep you emotionally hooked and financially draining.
๐ป One laptop
๐ค A few AI tools
๐ฐ And suddenly itโs pulling in thousands a month
The scariest part?
You wouldnโt know the difference.
This isnโt some distant future scenario.
This is what happens when technology gets just good enough to fake human connection.
How many people are already paying for something that isnโt real?
This is how a Desert Father prophesied about the final generation of Christians: "The men of that [last] generation will have no deeds whatever, but there will come upon them temptation, and those who are worthy in this temptation will be higher than us and our fathers.โโSt. Ischyrion of Egypt.
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก? ๐
As the day comes to a close, we are faced with a question that many avoid, yet none can escape: What if you die without Confession? It is not a question meant to frighten without purpose, but to awaken the soul to reality. Death does not wait for convenience. It does not ask if we are ready. It simply comes.
Many live as though there will always be time, time to repent, time to change, time to return to God. But this is an illusion. Scripture reminds us that we do not know the hour. To delay Confession is to gamble with eternity, to assume a future that is not promised.
A soul in mortal sin stands separated from God. And if death comes in that state, there is no opportunity to return, no second chance to confess, no moment to undo what was left undone. This is why the Church, through her saints and teachings, has always urged the faithful: do not delay conversion.
Yet even in this serious truth, there is hope. Godโs mercy is not far from us, it is near, waiting, ready in the confessional. The door is open. The priest is there. Grace is offered freely. What is required is not perfection, but humility, the courage to come and confess sincerely.
Why then do we hesitate? Pride, fear, shame, or simple neglect often hold us back. But these must not prevail. The longer we delay, the harder it becomes. The enemy wants delay. God calls for response.
Tonight, as we prepare for rest, let us examine our souls honestly. If there is sin that needs to be confessed, do not postpone it. Make the decision now. Plan your return. Act without delay.
๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ.
๐๏ธ Go to Confession.
โ๏ธ Be reconciled with God.
๐ฅ Return while there is still time.
๐๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐, ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ช๐จ๐ป๐ฆ
@are_lingusHelp the overnight flight from Chicago to Dublin last week was absolutely abysmal. Worst travel experience of my life. Todayโs flight EI123 is gearing up to suck just as hard. 7 hr flight on the window. KILL ME! No option to change. This is what Hell is like. โ ๏ธ๐ตโ๐ซ
๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐ป๐ฆ
(A Lenten Examination of Conscience)
๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐:
Abortion
Adultery
All use of illegal drugs
Any dealing with the occult (i.e., Ouija boards, etc.)
Artificial birth control
Blasphemy: disrespect toward God or toward His Holy Name
Breaking promises deliberately
Bringing dishonor to family, school, community or the Church
Calumny: telling lies about another
Despair: to believe that God will refuse to forgive you
Destruction of other personsโ property
Detraction: telling an unkind truth about another
Disobedience toward parents/teachers
Drunkenness, including any drinking under the age of 21
Excessive materialism
Gluttony: eating or drinking to excess
Gossip: talking about others
Hatred
Homosexual actions
Impure thoughts
Indifference to good or evil
Ingratitude
Intentional violation of school rules
Jealousy
Laziness
Lying
Malice: the deliberate choice of evil
Masturbation: impure actions with yourself
Missing Mass on any Sunday or Holyday
Murder
๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ
Not giving to the poor and the Church
Premarital sex, including oral sex, intercourse, impure touching of another
Presumption: sinning and saying God MUST forgive me
Pride
Prostitution
Reckless driving that endangers you, passengers or others
Rudeness
Selfishness
Stealing
Superstition
Unjustified anger
Using others for your own personal gain
Watching or looking at pornographic materials
โ๏ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Lent is a sacred season given by God for the conversion of our souls. It is not enough to pray and fast externally, we must also examine our conscience sincerely and recognize the sins that separate us from God.
Many of these sins have become common and even accepted in the world today. Yet, according to the teachings of the Church, especially as explained in the Baltimore Catechism, sin is an offense against God, who is infinitely good and worthy of all our love.
We must not fall into despair, thinking God will not forgive us, nor into presumption, thinking we can sin without consequence. Both are dangerous for the soul.
The Sacrament of Confession is a great mercy given by Our Lord. No matter how grave our sins may be, if we confess them with true contrition, God forgives and restores our soul to grace.
Let this Lent be the time we return fully to God, not tomorrow, not later, but now.
๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen
Give me the grace to make a sincere confession, to amend my life, and to avoid the occasions of sin. Strengthen me to carry my cross and follow Thee faithfully.
Amen.
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐. โ๏ธ
โ St. Padre Pio says:
โBe cheerful. Jesus will take care of everything. Let us pay no attention to people who do not know what they are saying โขโขโขโข Let us trust in Jesus and our Heavenly Mother, and everything will work out well.โ