ay-in ar-i @_ierosam

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I hope Catholics understand that this view — that Christ shields us from a wrathful Father — is heresy. By grace through the Sacraments, we become like Christ so that we can stand before a loving Father as His children.

Protestia @Protestia

a year ago

Christian apologist Wesley Huff appears on the Flagrant podcast with comedian Andrew Schulz: "When you stand before the judgment throne you're either going to take the penalty you deserve, or you're going to be covered in the righteousness of Christ and that penalty is on him."

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INDIFFERENCE Every teacher knows that it is easier to win a mind with a mistaken interest than one that has no interest at all. The greatest of the Apostles, Paul, came to the Lord through the flames of hate, and the reason of his hate remained the reason of his love -a vivid recognition of all the Person of Christ stood for in relation to humanity. The sensuous passion of Magdalen finally swept in the opposite direction and became the supreme dedication of her love. But what is extremely difficult for the blessings of heaven to work upon is indifference and the middle-age spread of false broad mindedness. The Lord can do something with the obviously bad, but it is rather difficult to do anything with the obviously good. They have outlived their hot venturesome days but have not yet seen into the vanity the world prizes. They are comfortable and hence ask for no change; because they have wealth, they think that they are worthful. Tennyson in his "Holy Grail" tells the story of such a man, who surrendered all of his high ideals and settled down to a soft, materialistic, sensual life. Originally he had set off in search of the Holy Grail, but soon wearied of the quest; finding a silk pavilion in the field and merry maidens in it, he abandoned the search. Later on, when he returned to King Arthur's court, he ridiculed the idea of looking for that great and holy thing which the cup signified: It is a madness But by mine eyes and by mine ears I swear, I will be deafer than the blue-eyed cat And thrice as blind as any noon day owl, To holy virgins in their ecstasies, henceforward. Dante in his description of hell said that when he first entered it, he found some spirits that were neither rebellious nor faithful, but existed solely for themselves. They were "hateful, distasteful to God and to His enemies.' When these indifferent souls steal, they do not restore; when they have moral collapses, disgusting to the moral sense, they do not repent, but creep back into an old respectability; they judge themselves by the accepted standards of the group in which they move; social refinement is regarded as the flower and the aroma of virtue; secular conventions are given the force of Divine commands; and finally, they may call themselves stupid but never sinful. Herein lies the psychological reason for the denial of immortality. Knowing that such indifference cannot escape judgement when all things are weighed in the balance, they resort to denying it. Shakespeare wrote: In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prides itself Buys out the law: but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies in His true nature. No one can pick up the Scriptures without reading a devastating criticism of social moral standards, as when the Divine Saviour put a harlot above a Pharisee, a penitent robber above a religious leader, a prodigal son above his exemplary elder brother. Many a tree as it stands in the forest looks fair, fine, solid and valuable, but when it is cut down and sawed for use reveals rottenness, cross grain and knots. Social conformity to low standards may give the appearance of goodness, but in the judgement of God the true character is revealed. - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen🇻🇦🕊️

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"In the worldly order...either the State annihilates the enemy or it is annihilated by the enemy. [But] for Christians the friend-enemy dialectic cannot be resolved by annihilating the enemy: only by recovering the enemy as a friend." Methol Ferre

Joe, vessel. @blessed_nothing

a year ago

Pope Leo called the friend/enemy distinction Manichaean today

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"The Gospel, everywhere assumes the presence of an enemy, one named diabolos, accuser. This Enemy is the anthesis of dialogue: he is the one who is divides, isolates, obstructs, who blocks relationship, which is to say, he stands in the way of love." Methol Ferre (1/2)

Madoc Cairns @MadocCairns

a year ago

"In the worldly order...either the State annihilates the enemy or it is annihilated by the enemy. [But] for Christians the friend-enemy dialectic cannot be resolved by annihilating the enemy: only by recovering the enemy as a friend." Methol Ferre

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"And so, in this sense the enemy is outside us and against us, but also within us. In the enemy is the friend who must be rescued and saved." Methol Ferre (2/2)

"what a person is before God, that person is, and nothing more." -St. Francis of Assisi

very good honse account

horse @horseimage

a year ago

horse in gorgeous field of poppies chamomiles peace and harmony wildflower beauty beautiful day in nature

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And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. Exodus 24:10

“Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.” ― St. Augustine of Hippo

Over a century ago, Pope Leo XIII noted that "the preservation of the Eastern rites is more important than is realized." Let us embrace the appeal to safeguard and promote the Christian East, especially in the diaspora. vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

Peace be with you all! This is the first greeting spoken by the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd. I would like this greeting of peace to resound in your hearts, in your families, and among all people, wherever they may be, in every nation and throughout the world.

My Ideology is simple

David The Goat | ❤️‍🔥 | 🇻🇦 @CathDavidd1776

a year ago

My Ideology is simple

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This is me btw

Going to adoration of the blessed sacrament tomorrow morning if you have any intentions you would like me to pray for please leave a comment.

“All the harm comes from not truly understanding that he is near, but imagining him as far away. And indeed how far, if we go to heaven to seek him!…we have heaven within ourselves since the Lord of heaven is there.” (St. Teresa of Jesus. The Way of Perfection. Chap. 29.5)

James Tissot - Jesus Ministered to by Angels (1886-1894)