@UcheMaryOkoli I attended mass at Sacre Couer in Paris on his feast day. It was the highlights of my trip to Paris. Along with seeing St. Catherine Laboure (one of the incorruptibles) at the Church of the Miraculous Medal. ๐๐๐
A CATHOLIC TEENAGER DIED AT 15 AND LEFT A PROPHECY THAT NOW TERRIFIES THE INTERNET.
Saint Carlo Acutis said:
โThe Eucharist is my highway to Heaven.โ
He spent his short life documenting Eucharistic miracles around the world.
Lanciano.
Fatima.
Buenos Aires.
Science examined consecrated Hosts that turned into human heart tissue.
John 6:55
โMy flesh is true food.โ
The modern world believes in aliens, simulations, and ghosts.
But the Real Presence is โtoo impossibleโ?
Maybe the greatest miracle on earth is happening quietly at every Mass.
Leaving the Catholic Church because of sinful priests makes no sense when you look at the Gospel.
Jesus chose twelve apostles, and one of them was Judas. Judas betrayed Christ, but the other apostles did not leave Jesus because of it. They stayed with Him, even after seeing scandal, weakness, fear, and betrayal up close.
The Church has always had sinners in it because the Church is made up of human beings in need of mercy. That does not change who Jesus is. The Catholic Church is still where Christ gives us the Eucharist, the sacraments, and the truth He entrusted to the apostles.
Bad priests cause real damage, and the pain people carry from that should never be ignored or excused. The Church must take sin seriously, especially when souls are harmed. But the failures of some priests do not cancel out the holiness of Christ or the promises He made.
Peter denied Jesus three times. Judas betrayed Him. Yet Jesus still built His Church and remained faithful to it.
The question is not whether people in the Church will fail. They will.
The real question is: when people fail, do we walk away from Jesus too?
๐ฌ What keeps you rooted in the Catholic Church even when members of the Church disappoint you?
โThe first Christian service on our soil was a Catholic mass.โ
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio deliveres a powerful speech reminding America of its deep Catholic heritage
Protestants: โYa know, there were several BAD POPES!โ
Do you honestly think we Catholics donโt know that? Our faith is in Christ the Savior. Popes can and do disappoint. Some popes are great. Some aren't. All Catholics acknowledge this.
Not found in Scripture?
Letโs try again:
1. Papacy - Matthew 16:18โ19
2. Purgatory - 1 Corinthians 3:15
3. Prayers for the dead - 2 Maccabees 12:46
4. Infant Baptism - Acts 16:15, 33
5. Indulgences - Matthew 16:19
6. Calling priests โFatherโ - 1 Corinthians 4:15
7. Clerical Celibacy - 1 Corinthians 7:32โ38
8. Christians can fall away - Hebrews 6:4โ6
9. Salvation through obedience and charity - James 2:24
10. Sacramental grace - John 6:53; John 20:23
Scripture and history are Catholic.