After 18 months of never missing weekly Mass, even on vacations in different states, nor missing a day of obligation, my Eucharistic yearning comes to a close as I come into full communion with the Catholic Church receiving all my sacraments during a beautiful Easter Vigil!
Join us for the Scripture rosary & Novena to St. Teresa Ávila
She was born in Ávila, Spain, in 1515, Teresa became a Carmelite nun, mystic, reformer, spiritual writer, and eventually a Doctor of the Church. In fact, in 1970 St. Paul VI made her the first woman ever proclaimed a Doctor of the Church.
What is especially fascinating is that she wasn’t some ethereal mystic disconnected from ordinary life.
She was practical, funny, strong-willed, frequently ill, surrounded by controversy, and astonishingly determined.
She traveled throughout Spain founding 17 monasteries while reforming the Carmelite Order, working closely with St. John of the Cross.
@Verlustt11@Brosephos Imagine, Catholic internet is lit up over a beautiful moment and joining together and he saw a chance to advertise and bring down the Church.....what's the over under on Patty hearing "depart from me I never knew you?"
“Clearly, what God wants above all is our will, which we received as a free gift from God in creation and possess as though our own."
Saint Joseph of Cupertino
Ora Pro Nobis
All 3 mysteries a day on the rosary is like putting your brain in a blender and then taking the putty out and filling a stencil of the crucifixion.
Emotional rollercoaster.
This picture says a lot about Catholicism and Protestantism.
Catholic priest: a servant and spiritual father, not looking for a fight, humble enough to admit he needs to study a difficult passage, completely at peace.
Protestant: restlessly looking for confrontation, convinced he already knows everything, and mistakes another man’s humility for his own victory.
One man belongs to a faith bigger than himself; the other has made himself the measure of the faith, and needs everyone else to know it.