Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
I was so sharp and so ready for this fight I cannot believe what has happened. The talk of me being off while walking in to the fight is nonsense. I was calm, ready, and confident. I am in shock what has taken place. The devil is literally staring at me right in front of my face here. I am not engaging. I will be at church tomorrow.
I will overcome this.
I will not be deterred.
I will return.
I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
consubstantial with the Father;
through Him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
He came down from heaven,
and by the Holy Spirit
was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
He suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead,
and His kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the Giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism
for the forgiveness of sins,
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.
Amen. 🙏🏼
> Sacerdote
> Era alcohólico
> Era mujeriego
> Mantuvo una concubina con la que tuvo muchos hijos
> Es capturado por protestantes
> Aún así se mantiene fiel a la Iglesia
> “Fornicador fui siempre; hereje, nunca”
> Es ahorcado
> Termina siendo canonizado
San Andrés Wouters
You think the Catholic Church is a cult because you've never seen real worship in your life.
You grew up in a church where the lights are flashing, the music is blasting, people are jumping up and down, crying, shouting, falling out, and someone told you that that is worship.
That is entertainment, that is emotion.
That is not worship. Real worship is walking into a space and immediately feeling the weight of where you are.
- The silence, the incense, candles,
people kneeling, heads bowed.
Not because someone told them to perform, but because they actually believe they are standing before God.
The entire mass is built around one thing, the Holy Eucharist. The actual body and blood of Jesus Christ. Not a symbol, not a memory.
God, physically present on the altar.
You do not jump up and down in the presence of God.
You kneel.
You are silent.
You receive him with humility because you understand what is actually happening.
The early church did not have hype men and a smoke machines.
They gathered in silence in homes willing to die for what they believed in.
That is the church Christ built.
So before you call it a cult,
understand what you are looking at first.
Protestantism requires you to believe Christ founded a Church that failed almost immediately, that the gates of hell prevailed against it, and that it remained lost for 1,500 years until private interpretation and thousands of mutually contradictory denominations came along to restore it.