So I am at the full understanding that due to my chronic illness's progressive nature and my struggle to mitigate against exertion to rest and pace properly because I'm genuinely just too intense, anxious, and high strung to relax...
This illness is eventually going to kill me. No longer a matter of if but when, and for how long until. Chronic may have just become terminal. I plan to have a long talk with the Deacon and Priest of my parish to discuss how I should cope and process this understanding without potentially spiraling or self-destructing.
And like my patroness St. Thรฉrรจse, I give all my suffering to God, placing it all in His hands and using my experience as a way to grow closer to Him and His Love, for there is little I can do, but always with great love. Like her, I will use my Heaven to do good on Earth.
Always remember: In all things there is God. Simply seek and ye shall find, for how couldst we ever knoweth peace without knowing suffering?
We were told gas would be $2. It is $4.
We were told inflation would come down. It went up.
We were told the economy would get better. It worsened.
We were told tariffs would be paid by other countries. They were paid by you, and are now being refunded to the companies that made you pay them.
We were told DOGE would cut trillions from the budget and send us all checks. It cost more than it saved, and the debt is rising faster than before.
We were told there would be no new wars. 16 servicemembers have been killed in a new one.
We were told the war was won in March. It rages on in July.
Republicans have lied to you about everything. Their only plan for the next election is to lie to you some more.
The FBI will no longer investigate ICE agents for crimes they commit while enforcing immigration law.
Donโt ever tell me again that this isnโt the Gestapo.
We continue to follow with concern the events unfolding in various countries torn apart by war and violence. Let us not forget those who are suffering and dying because of these conflicts, and let us add our constant prayers to the generous efforts for #peace.
@Xtopher_Uzo This is why we say the Hail, Holy Queen, to honor the Mother Of God as the New Eve, and the fulfillment of a prophecy foretold all the way back in Genesis. Thru Eve, we fell, and thru Mary we will rise into the arms of her Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Latin is a beautiful language, there's no doubt, and it is rooted in deep tradition that connects to the early Roman See...
However...
The move in Vatican II to allow the Mass to be performed in the vernacular of the parish it takes place is so much more in the spirit of the
universal that the term "katholikos" is rooted in. It means we as Children of God can come as we are and hear the Liturgy of the Word and receive the Liturgy of the Eucharist in the language we are accustomed, so that all who attend may understand the depths of Christ's Love for us, without having to translate as we go for better understanding.
That's just my take tho. V-II happened around 30 years before I was born, and as the only practicing Catholic (currently converting) in my family, I am a certainly a child of said Ecumenical Council.