Vinu Joseph

Catholic on his way back home. ✝️

Tweets about Truth, Forgiveness, Beauty and Catholicism.

[Darwin to Jesus @darwintojesus]

If this thread helped you to appreciate the impact that Christianity has had not only on Western civilization, but on the entire world, then please retweet this and share it with others.

[History Nerd @_HistoryNerd]

The first slaves in America weren’t African, they were Irish.

Men, women, and children were sold, starved, and worked to death.

Their suffering was buried for centuries.

Here’s the dark & forgotten truth about Ireland’s hidden history of slavery:

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Spiritual Warfare: 1

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

I would like us to renew our hope that #peace is possible! From the Holy Sepulchre, the Church of the Resurrection, where this year #Easter is being celebrated by Catholics and Orthodox on the same day, may the light of peace radiate throughout the Holy Land and the entire world.

[Vinu Joseph @vj_the_one]

A sad prophecy that came true:-

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.”

Luke 2:34-35

https://t.co/qkAHhMSBLA

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"Idleness," writes St. Benedict , "is an enemy of the soul. That is why the brothers have to devote themselves to manual work, in some hours, in others, to reading books containing the word of God."

Prayer and work are not in opposition, but establish a symbiotic relationship. Without prayer, it is not possible to encounter God. The monastic life, however, defined by Benedict as "a school of the service of the Lord, cannot be without concrete commitment. Work is an extension of prayer.

"The Lord", St. Benedict reminds us, "expects us daily to respond with facts to the doctrines of his holy teachings."

[Vinu Joseph @vj_the_one]

Jesus was prophesied about by Isaiah about 750 years before his birth, as the suffering servant who brings us peace. By his wounds we are healed.

Healed of violence.
Healed of disease.
Healed of pain.
Healed of hatred.
Healed of betrayal.

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愛するイエス様、あなたの聖なる火を全人類に降り注がせてください。

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St. John Henry Newman was a devout Anglican theologian, deeply committed to his faith. But the more he studied Church history, the more he realized something shocking:

The early Church wasn't Protestant.

The first Christians believed in the Eucharist, apostolic succession, and sacred tradition.

Newman wrestled with this truth until he could no longer deny it-so he joined the Catholic Church as she continues the sacred and the apostolic tradition and has stood the rest of time through various challenges across two millenia.

Thousands have followed the same path, from C.S. Lewis' friend G.K. Chesterton to modern converts like Scott Hahn.

What about you? Are you aware of the church history before the Protestant Reformation?

The Catholic church is the mother ship of Christianity. ✝️

[Vinu Joseph @vj_the_one]

Are you one of those who 'figuratively' have the Eucharist in their mind? Or do you actually have the bread and wine that is the body and blood of Christ?

Jesus clearly says "Whoever eats this bread will love forever"

A Christian without the bread, is one with weak fundamentals, who doesn't know his faith.

It's CHRISTIANITY 101 - the early disciples all met up in secret, heard the word of God, broke the bread and drank the wine. That's how Christianity grew in the midst of all the various periods of persecution. It was an underground movement that sustained coz they met up regularly to take part in the Eucharist and to do it in 'memory of him', the way he had told them before he was crucified.

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King David could not have been more honest when he wrote this Psalm.

We are all sinners. Only God's mercy and wisdom sustains us everyday.

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Ulma Family of Poland - Martyr Saints,
please pray for us faithful who have families here on Earth. 🙏🏾✝️

They are what Revelations chapter 7 is talking about.

People like them from every tribe and country are enjoying the glory in Heaven, reserved for their exemplary life and sacrifice here on Earth.

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St. Paul says this in Philippians 1:21.

What a journey he had, from being persecutor of the church to being a Martyr for Jesus.

St. Paul please pray for us, the fruit of your labour 2000 years later. 🙏🏾✝️

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The Crown of Life 👑 awaits us if we are faithful until death.

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We all have a calling to be the best version of ourselves.

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Hope - a word with no certainty in a generation that craves absolute certainty in every endeavour it undertakes.

Without hope we are lost.

When we cannot see beyond the circumstances of today however difficult it may be, we become hopeless. Everything seems to become grey. Our very existence and our purpose becomes more of a question mark in our head.

But hope we must! As a better tomorrow, a better life is just round the corner, if we have the courage to hope.

There is meaning to life.
There is meaning to our existence.
We are beings that have reached today because our forefathers did not give up hope when the going got dismal and dreadful.

Even a single negation of life by anyone up our family tree would have resulted in us not being here at all.

We are the light bearers for the people of the next generation , so hope is a paramount virtue we have to nurture and fight for.

Without it we have no sense of purpose.

With it life becomes a wonderful mystery taking us on a winding path to some place beautiful. There will be rain. There will be sunshine. It will all make sense one day.

Until then, hope on.

[Vinu Joseph @vj_the_one]

There are no easy answers to what we're each individually experiencing in life.

There are too many parameters in it that are complex.

Understanding the complexity requires a renewed mind, heart and will.

And it starts with a sincere appraisal of oneself.

Am I being unfair?

Am I being unjust?

Am I being unforgiving?

Coz,

Being fair means to have a balanced way of thinking.

Being just means to hold yourself to the principles of justice.

Being forgiving means to be easy on someone's imperfections.

Starting that inward conversion of oneself is the key to beginning that journey of courage and perseverance. It's the first step of accepting the life we've been given and making sense of it. It's the guiding light in what would be an otherwise bewildering and uncertain path ahead.

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Real reason why Jesus was crucified.

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You don’t know whether you are making progress, nor how much… But what use is such a reckoning to you?…

—What is important is that you should persevere, that your heart should be on fire, that you should see more light and wider horizons; that you should work hard for our intentions, that you should feel them as your own — even though you don’t know what they are — and that you should pray for all of them.

• Text in chapter 'Victory' in the book 'The Forge' of Josemaría Escrivá. Link: https://t.co/DpUnHLFCIk