thoughtsarefree 🎀🇵🇭☧📚🐛

Ex-atheist, ex-protestant, & ex-commie
AntiUS-Zionist
Dreaming of a One Asia
Catholic revert
Bibliophile
Idealistic
Imperfect yet loved
Christ is King 👑

[thoughtsarefree 🎀🇵🇭☧📚🐛 @thoughtsarefree]

May God bless you with discomfort.

[Bishop @BishopJaxi]

Protestantism is the only form of Christianity that can look at the men taught by the Apostles and their disciples and casually say, “They were lying.”

[thoughtsarefree 🎀🇵🇭☧📚🐛 @thoughtsarefree]

You will never convince me that the Catholic martyr-saints who died to follow Jesus are NOT christian compared to your evangelical pastor/missionaries who live in comfort asking money from rank and file employees while buying Apple products and other luxury items.

[Pope Respecter @poperespecter1]

The Catholic Church just finished the largest Cathedral in the world. There are more Catholics alive today than there at any time since Christ and we're growing faster than the global population.

Believe it or not, you are alive at the most Catholic moment in world history.

[RosarySon @SkyVirginSon]

THE CATHOLIC RULE OF LIFE I WISH SOMEONE HAD TAUGHT ME SOONER

A few years ago, I thought becoming a better Catholic meant learning more.

More theology.

More apologetics.

More books.

More Catholic content.

Those things are good.

But I eventually discovered something surprising.

Most saints did not become saints because they knew more.

They became saints because they consistently did a few simple things every day.

That realization changed how I view the spiritual life.

So after studying Sacred Scripture, the Catechism, and the lives of the saints, I began noticing a pattern.

Different saints.

Different centuries.

Different personalities.

Yet they all built their lives around the same foundations.

If someone asked me today:

“How do I actually live like Jesus Christ every day?”

This is the framework I would share.

And honestly, it is the framework I am still trying to live myself.

1. GIVE GOD THE FIRST MOMENT OF YOUR DAY

Before the notifications.

Before the messages.

Before the news.

Before social media.

Give God the first moment.

Make the Sign of the Cross.

Thank Him for another day.

Offer everything to Him.

The first voice you hear should not be the world.

It should be God.

2. READ THE GOSPEL BEFORE YOU READ OPINIONS

One verse.

One paragraph.

One chapter.

Whatever you can manage.

The point is simple:

Let Christ shape your mind before the world shapes it for you.

Many of us spend hours consuming information and only minutes receiving formation.

That imbalance affects everything.

3. PROTECT THE STATE OF GRACE LIKE YOUR GREATEST TREASURE

Because it is.

The Church teaches that sanctifying grace is God's own life within the soul.

Nothing on earth is worth losing that.

Not success.

Not money.

Not pleasure.

Not popularity.

Go to Confession regularly.

Take sin seriously.

Take God's mercy even more seriously.

4. BUILD YOUR LIFE AROUND THE EUCHARIST

The saints never got tired of speaking about the Eucharist.

Neither should we.

The closer they drew to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the more they began to resemble Him.

Sunday Mass is the minimum.

Not the goal.

If possible, attend daily Mass.

Visit Jesus in Adoration.

Stay after Communion.

Speak to Him.

Listen to Him.

Remain with Him.

5. STOP LOOKING FOR HOLINESS IN EXTRAORDINARY THINGS

Most holiness happens in ordinary moments.

Being patient when you are tired.

Forgiving when you would rather hold a grudge.

Remaining kind when someone is difficult.

Serving when nobody notices.

The saints did not become saints because they did spectacular things every day.

They became saints because they loved God in ordinary circumstances.

6. CARRY YOUR CROSS INSTEAD OF RUNNING FROM IT

Every day brings a cross.

A disappointment.

A struggle.

A wound.

A sacrifice.

A burden nobody else sees.

Modern culture says:

“Avoid suffering.”

Jesus says:

“Follow Me.”

The difference is enormous.

One path seeks comfort.

The other seeks transformation.

[Rich Raho @RichRaho]

Pope Leo: “If violence exists, if selfishness triumphs, if even the love between family members turns into hatred, we must ask ourselves some questions about ourselves, about the dynamics of our society, about the culture of individualism, about the temptation of violence, but not about God.”

[Uche is a girl @UcheMaryOkoli]

The image of the Virgin Mary near a private school in General Santos City remained unharmed after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck on Monday, June 8.
- Catholic Tradition & Evangelisation.

[Enrique.DS.R @EnriqueDSR]

@PJavierOR Mi hijo tenía dos años, entrando al templo, antes de misa, dejamos que caminara solito manteniéndolo a la vista, pero fué directo al altar y se acostó boca abajo en el piso frente a este, con los brazos extendidos en cruz. Él nunca había visto una ordenación sacerdotal...

[Fátima de María @fatimademaria25]

@PJavierOR Mi nene ayer celebró como 5 misas en casa
Mi mamá le hizo el trajecito de monaguillo.
Me pide la biblia, el incienso , el cirio y junta sus manitas celebrando misa, se sabe muy bien la secuencia de todo.
Lo amo 😍

[Padre Javier Olivera Ravasi @PJavierOR]

Cuando los monaguillos no quieren perderse ni un segundo de lo que hace a su oficio 😂.
Conocí a este mini, de bebé, en Toledo.
Ya me ayudará algún día en Misa (o la celebrará él mismo 😉)

[Mark Slapinski @mark_slapinski]

I just received an angry letter from a Jewish person

He says that me drawing attention to Israel's use of white phosphorus on civilians is fueling anti-Semitism

I think he has this whole thing backwards

[Martín Dandach @MartinDandach]

“Todos en la vida nos hemos sentido solos alguna vez. Y en los momentos de soledad vienen las propuestas mas descabelladas para salir de ahí, pero la soledad es como un invierno, un tiempo nublado que pasa. Nunca hay que cambiar de rumbo por eso, solo hay que transitarla. Para eso sirve mucho el diálogo y nuestros amigos o familiares. Pero de los momentos feos siempre se saca algo bueno. Las tormentas al final se terminan”.

El Papa Francisco en una de las mejores explicaciones sobre la soledad. Cuanta falta le hace su voz hoy al mundo.

[ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ @RakotiKeme]

little girl interrupts service to donate to the poor

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

At times we experience the night of faith, the weariness of believing, the fatigue of the spirit, a sense of inadequacy in the face of the Gospel’s call, the bitterness of our failures. These nights are a time of blessing and a place for rebirth. #ApostolicJourney

[Paulina Guzik @Guzik_Paulina]

This girl's father tried to kill her mother. A stranger stepped in to shield her, and was killed. The father went to prison, mother turned to drugs. She found Jesus eventually -- through family love and youth retreat -- but struggles to forgive.

"And sometimes I look up to heaven and ask God, 'Where were you when I was a little girl?' Holy Father, how can I forgive my father for almost leaving me without a mother? How can I truly be reconciled with God?"

Pope Leo said the scope of the question should be broadened:

"Should we ask 'where was God'? Or should we ask ourselves about humanity, about how we are sometimes prisoners of evil, resorting to violence against others? How is it that we fail to cultivate love and respect for others’ dignity and freedom? So many crime reports, even today, reflect a toxic climate in family relationships marked by abuse and oppression and, in particular, by violence against women, which unfortunately often leads to femicide."

"We cannot attribute to God what has been entrusted to our responsibility; we cannot imagine that God, from on high, will automatically respond to our needs or miraculously prevent evil from happening."

"He has given us his own Spirit, precisely so that love may be the key to all our human relationships. If violence exists, if selfishness prevails, if even love among family members turns into hatred, we must question the dynamics of our society, the culture of
individualism and the temptation of violence — but not God."

On forgiveness, he said:

"Above all, we must seek forgiveness from the Lord. We must continually ask the Lord — perhaps for our entire lives — to expand the space of love within us,
precisely where we have been wounded, that he can help us reconcile with ourselves and with that
part of our past that has been marked by suffering, so that he may slowly transform resentment into
mercy and compassion."

"This is a long journey," the pope said, "and a process that requires great patience. It is an effort we must make, both on a personal level and through other means of support and inner reconciliation."

"We must not lose heart: we move forward in small steps toward forgiveness. Reconciliation with the past is gradual. Above all, we must not think that forgiveness always and in every case means returning to the previous situation or having a close relationship with those who have hurt us, especially when there was violence. We can maintain a good disposition of heart toward the person, reject all forms of hatred or revenge, strive to repair the relationship as much as possible and perhaps pray for him or her. This helps us to enter more and more into the dynamic of forgiveness and to be reconciled with God and with others."
Video: Vatican Media

[Patrick Neve @catholicpat]

Christians in movies: Dumb, anti-science

Christians in real life:

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

May Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the unborn, intercede for us!

[Fr. John Whiteford ☦️ 🇸🇴 公 公 @frjohnwhiteford]

This is the last completely Christian village in the Holy Land. This is what Israel just did to it. Are you going to do anything about it, Ambassador Huckabee? @USAmbIsrael

[Little Susie @CatholicSusie]

The man in the cockpit may have been Pope Leo XIV, but the one enjoying every second of it was Robert Prevost.

[Sarah☦️ @sarahdactyl123]

So we went from:

-Abortion should be legal for cases of rape an incest (which only accounts for less than 1% of all abortions)
To
-Abortion should be legal for mothers whose health is in danger by carrying the baby
To
-Abortion should be legal for all people as long as the pregnancy is caught early
To
-Abortion should be legal up until 9 months
To
-It is a fetus, not a human. It’s not a human until it’s out of the womb
To
-A baby in the womb is a parasite
To
-A child is better off being killed in the womb than to be born into a poor family who can’t afford it or possibly end up in foster care
To
-We should test for any abnormality in the womb and completely eradicate those people who could have a disability and might require some extra care

When will people admit that the pro abortion argument is, and always has been, evil?