Today is the Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo; convert, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church, Philosopher, Theologian, and Church Father.
Doctor gratiae, ora pro nobis
"You are the image of God, which you corrupt through fornication and reveling in lust, while you do not pay attention to whose image you violate"
– St. Augustine of Hippo
How right Pope Benedict was when he diagnosed a spiritual pathology at the heart of the Church. When it is possible to say that you ‘hate’ the way the Church worshipped for a thousand years or more, giving us Martyrs, Saints, sublime architecture & art, you have a problem.
Catholic Fun Fact: James Earl Jones was a devout Roman Catholic, having converted to the faith in the 1950s during his service in the U.S. Army.
Jones grew up curious about Catholicism because many of his high school classmates practiced it. While serving as an Army Ranger in Colorado, he met a Jesuit chaplain who, as Jones wrote in his autobiography Voices and Silences, "helped me understand who God really was".
While discerning his future career path in the military, Jones famously noted that the only elements of his life "not geared toward the art of killing" were his Catholic faith and the complete works of Shakespeare. In a 1986 television interview, Jones admitted that he briefly considered becoming a Catholic priest during his conversion period, before ultimately dedicating his life to acting.
Before achieving Hollywood fame, Jones utilized his skills in masonry to help physically build a Catholic church in Irons, Michigan. Despite keeping his personal faith mostly private, the EGOT-winning actor regarded his voice recording of the King James version of the New Testament as his "greatest honor". (Would have been better if it had been a Catholic Bible)
Jones passed away at the age of 93 on September 9, 2024. According to reports from the National Catholic Reporter, his death coincided with the Catholic Feast of St. Peter Claver, the patron saint of Black Catholics.
Trad Caths -> Martin Luther was a Jewish plant to destroy the Church
Norvis Ordo Caths -> Martin Luther is why the Holocaust happened
Both are slander, if your ears were infected with their Jesuit Tricks call a Doctor
@leftlefthz@EelsPdf@intl_weeds "that if women react to actual criminal conduct"
Ooooh so the twelve year old kid is the criminal that sexualized that woman who made the tweet.
Grow the fuck up