One of the stark differences between evangelical get-togethers and Catholic/confessional ones is the drink selection.
At the former, beer would be unusual/scandal. At the latter, no beer would be the same.
Life as a Catholic is realizing more and more everyday IT’S ALL TRUE, and discovering new and deeper ways to offer more of yourself to Christ in light of that reality.
I fail, many times. But it is the adventure of a lifetime.
Catholic Fun Fact: James Earl Jones was a devout Roman Catholic, having converted to the faith in the 1950s during his service in the U.S. Army.
Jones grew up curious about Catholicism because many of his high school classmates practiced it. While serving as an Army Ranger in Colorado, he met a Jesuit chaplain who, as Jones wrote in his autobiography Voices and Silences, "helped me understand who God really was".
While discerning his future career path in the military, Jones famously noted that the only elements of his life "not geared toward the art of killing" were his Catholic faith and the complete works of Shakespeare. In a 1986 television interview, Jones admitted that he briefly considered becoming a Catholic priest during his conversion period, before ultimately dedicating his life to acting.
Before achieving Hollywood fame, Jones utilized his skills in masonry to help physically build a Catholic church in Irons, Michigan. Despite keeping his personal faith mostly private, the EGOT-winning actor regarded his voice recording of the King James version of the New Testament as his "greatest honor". (Would have been better if it had been a Catholic Bible)
Jones passed away at the age of 93 on September 9, 2024. According to reports from the National Catholic Reporter, his death coincided with the Catholic Feast of St. Peter Claver, the patron saint of Black Catholics.
Carl Jung, fundador da psicologia analítica e pai da psicologia profunda, disse que católicos não precisam de terapia, mas de confissão e comunhão.
O psicólogo defendia que católicos não necessitavam de psicoterapia, pois a confissão sacramental e os sacramentos da Igreja Católica cumpriam essa função.
Em sua obra A Prática da Psicoterapia, Jung disse claramente:
“No tratamento de católicos, eu sempre os remeto ao confessionário da Igreja e aos seus meios de graça.”
Ele observou que, em mais de 40 anos de atendimento, teve apenas cerca de 6 católicos praticantes como pacientes. Segundo Jung, isso acontecia porque a confissão permitia a liberação da culpa e dos conflitos internos de forma eficaz, dispensando, na maioria dos casos, a necessidade de análise.
Jung também destacava o valor psicológico da Missa e da Eucaristia, descrevendo-a como uma das experiências mais completas para a transformação da alma.
Quando atendia católicos com problemas emocionais, Jung considerava seu dever reconduzi-los à prática da confissão e à vida sacramental da Igreja, em vez de mantê-los em tratamento prolongado.
This is incredible. Let us not forget that the reason this works is all the human art used to create the most resonant images within it. And that human art comes from masters from the old world whose skill and knowledge we can barely even imagine today.
Did you know? America is named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, a Catholic. The name Amerigo is the Italian form of Emeric (or Emerich), the name of the Catholic saint Saint Emeric of Hungary.
So, indirectly, the name "America" traces back to the name of a Catholic saint.