I have never had more people who are not Catholic tell me what it means to be Catholic than since I started openly talking about my faith.
It is honestly wild.
People who do not go to Mass telling me what the Mass means.
People who reject the Church telling me what the Church teaches.
People who have not opened the Catechism telling me I am practicing Catholicism wrong.
People who mock the Pope telling me what Catholics are supposed to believe about the Pope.
People who do not believe in confession, the Eucharist, apostolic succession, sacred tradition, or the authority of the Church suddenly becoming experts on Catholicism the second a practicing Catholic speaks.
No.
You are allowed to disagree with me.
You are allowed to dislike the Catholic Church.
You are allowed to think I am wrong.
But you do not get to redefine my faith for me because the real version makes you uncomfortable.
Catholicism is not whatever opinion happens to fit your politics, your worldview, or your personal grievances with the Church.
It is a faith with doctrine.
With authority.
With sacraments.
With 2,000 years of history.
With saints who died rather than deny it.
And no, being Catholic does not mean I think every priest is perfect, every bishop is wise, every Pope is beyond criticism, or every decision made inside the Vatican is good.
Catholics know better than anyone that the Church is made of sinners.
That does not make the faith false.
It makes the need for Christ painfully obvious.
So if you are not Catholic and want to ask me questions, ask.
If you genuinely want to understand, I will talk to you all day.
But if you are going to lecture me about my own faith while rejecting the very Church you are explaining to me, save it.
I am not Catholic because it is fashionable.
I am not Catholic because it is easy.
I am Catholic because I believe it is true.
And the more seriously I take that, the less interested I become in letting people who do not practice it tell me how I should.
Saint Catherine of Bologna (1413-1463) was an Italian Poor Clare nun, mystic, artist, and religious foundress.
She died on 9 March 1463 at the Corpus Domini monastery in Bologna.
According to the tradition of the monastery, about 18 days after her burial,
Catherine's body was exhumed because of reports of unusual circumstances surrounding her tomb. Her sisters found the body remarkably preserved and accompanied by a sweet fragrance. It was subsequently placed in the monastery for veneration.
Over time, her body was preserved in a seated position.
Rather than being placed horizontally in a coffin, Catherine is traditionally displayed sitting upright, wearing her Poor Clare religious habit.
Her body is still venerated today at the Sanctuary of Corpus Domini in Bologna, Italy.
Catherine's reputation for holiness spread widely.
She was beatified in 1703 and canonized by Pope Clement XI in 1712. Her feast is celebrated on 9 March.
The preservation of her body is part of her longstanding Catholic devotional tradition, but
incorruptibility itself is not required for canonization and does not by itself constitute proof of a miracle.
Saint Catherine of Bologna, pray for us!
Saint Catherine, faithful daughter of Saint Clare, lead us closer to Jesus Christ.
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再次转发。4000万的项目,转包五次,最终的操作方只剩下10万,项目做完后还被欠款4.5万。最后承包人愤而举报,终于穿帮。
按照这个逻辑,中共投资总额的98%落在了贪官的口袋里,用于项目的只有2%,还被欠款1%。这样腐败的政权还能存在,真是天理难容。
Forwarded again. A 40 million yuan project was subcontracted five times, leaving the final operator with only 100,000 yuan. After completion, they were still owed 45,000 yuan. Finally, the contractor, enraged, reported them, exposing the scheme.
Following this logic, 98% of the CCP's total investment ends up in the pockets of corrupt officials, with only 2% used for projects and 1% still owed. It's truly outrageous that such a corrupt regime can still exist.