This video has cleared every doubts I have had.
It has also reminded me of Jesus' promise to be with the church till the very end.
Every Catholic should see this video.
"In every age, it can seem like the church is on her last breath. Today is no different..think of Good Friday....when Christians were thrown to the lions, God raised up saints like St. Ignatius of Antioch.
Every age has its Good Friday. Every age has its moments when people say 'This is the time. The Church is finished."
—Fr. Mike Schmitz
@NickRestivo_ Worked LP at store 004 for a while. Shrink % was under 3 from what i can remember. We had cops working there as their side gig. Was a fun experience learning from them what to watch out for.
Don't cut off your parents.
Yes, it is exceedingly difficult to “honor your father and your mother” when they have objectively failed you as parents. This is a heavy cross to bear, and those who bear it deserve our sympathy. But it is not heavier than the cross of Christ, who was more innocent than any one of us.
“No Contact,” by contrast, is not heroic. It is often the easy way out, and out with it goes the Fourth Commandment. If respect for our parents is rooted in fear of God, then “No Contact” is like sedevacantism, where we avoid a “bad pope” by insisting there’s no pope, or like a petulant breed of atheism that insists God is too mean to exist.
Even the most reprehensible parent can be talked to—maybe only once a month or twice a year, and maybe with much guardedness. But it must be done—conscientiously, resolutely, with unwavering attention to self-protection and protection of the innocents under our authority.
We’re not insular Jews or Amish. Our faith is contact. If we shun it in our own families, we’ll falter in it everywhere else.
When a man with dirty clothes comes closer to the light, he sees those stains more clearly precisely because he is closer to the light. So too, the closer we come to the light who is Christ, the more we become aware of our sinfulness, even though we are closer to Christ than before.
Becoming a saint is a humiliating journey, and it does not feel like a triumphal procession. Yet there is something beautiful about realizing that, with all our sins, we are cherished by the Lord. So do not run from the light on account of your sins, do not say “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man.” Rather, run to the physician, you who are sick; run to the fount of mercy, you who need mercy.
-Fr. Sebastian Walshe
@CatholicSOTC Note CCC 854. This teaches that the Church does not seek to erase every local custom. Rather, she embraces what is good in a culture and purifies anything incompatible with the Gospel. The CCC explains why Catholics in Africa, may celebrate the same faith with different music.
Do not let hope die!
We are not the sum of
our weaknesses and failures;
we are the sum of
the Father's love for us
and our real capacity
to become the image
of his Son.
-St. John Paul II
@KeiferStreet@MAGAVoice Amen. Its so interesting how people assume costs of goods go down, it drops prices down right away. If government wants to help, stop taxing it for awhile...both federal and state...