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Female 🌅 Catholic and everything it entails 🌅 St. Jean de Brebeuf, pray for us

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[catherine-of-sienna-fanpage]

I have never even considered praying before using the internet before but it makes so much sense! This thing so easily corrupts our lives and our minds (even though it is a blessing) it should be approached with the intentionality it deserves.

[catholicpharmacistofficial]

yea the internet is full of demons but the good news is we also have St Isidore of Seville (my favorite saint for many reasons) who is the patron saint of the internet!

[catherine-of-sienna-fanpage]

After some quick googling he looks so cool! But why is he the patron saint of the internet of all things? Wikipedia didn’t say

[catholicpharmacistofficial]

it’s probably because his magnum opus (the etymologies) were basically a compilation of all knowledge known to man at the time he wrote them which is a pretty good analogy for the internet

[gargoylegf]

If everyone can pray for @morscion, she deleted her blog but she’s going to discern her vocation 🙏

[sidebaxolotl]

P sure I'm blocked but I still wanted this on this blog bc it makes a really good point.

I also believe that this is why transgenderism as an ideology (NOT simply the experience of having gender dysphoria I want to make that explicitly clear) is fundamentally incompatible with Christianity.

It would imply that God put you in the wrong body. Which is false. You have the body He intended for you to have. Can it suck being what you are in your body because of the fallen world we live in? Sure. But you are you, and are in the body you are meant to have.

It's almost pagan if you think about it.

[kai-cheesecake]

I would also like to add that the idea of existing outside of your body is a symptom of dissociation, which more often than not is caused by trauma.

I myself have experienced mild gender dysphoria throughout my life as a result of sexual abuse. It can be adopted as a coping mechanism to assume the traits of the opposite sex either in an attempt to self-soothe or assume traits that we perceived could keep us safe in unsafe situations.

Each situation is unique, but the idea of not being yourself in the body you have is dissociation. It takes a lot of grounding and healing to identify, which can be painful when reliving the things that enabled this coping mechanism to begin with.

[dymphnafrancis]

Please pray for me, I really want to find a new job.

[civil-defense-system]

really messed up and missed a great job opportunity. please pray I can find a nice job out west i can get into before I move

[that-catholic-shinobi]

Humanae Vitae was the biggest flex ever pulled on the Church and I LOVE IT

[hislittleflower-throughconcrete]

And from what I understand, because the sexual revolution was in full swing, at the time many Catholics were clamoring for the Church to “update” their sexual, marital, and family morality positions. Even some clergy, influenced by the times, were complaining for the Church to address its “backwards” view.

So when Humanae Vitae came out, and heard that the topic was sexual and family ethics, everyone thought it was going to be a change on their stance on contraception, divorce, etc.

PVI was like

[eternal-echoes]

To me, this seems to be the reason why people started leaving the Church in droves rather than Vatican II. No one likes to be told that their indulgence in pleasure is wrong.

[fictionadventurer]

I love the history behind Humanae Vitae because it was an even bigger deal than the above makes it sound like. The pope commissioned a group of priests, religious and laypeople to look into the issue of contraception and advise the Pope with their conclusion. The majority opinion was that the Church SHOULD allow artificial birth control.

And THEN, those results were leaked to the press. People were FULLY expecting the Pope to permit use of the Pill. (Some believe the results were leaked precisely for that reason). So when Humanae Vitae came out strongly and unequivocally AGAINST it, people rioted.

Never mind the fact that the commission had a minority opinion that held that, not only shouldn’t the Pope allow it, but he COULDN’T, since it went contrary to natural law. Never mind that the commission was only there in an advisory role and the Pope wasn’t required to take any of their suggestions. People wanted birth control, and they’d been primed to expect that the Church would allow birth control. There was widespread and open rebellion from both laypeople and clergy. (Though, notably, not in Latin America, where the Pill had been tested and where women were pressured into contraception). The bishops of Canada released an official statement saying that birth control was a matter of conscience! This was absolutely a reason why people left the Church, and it’s notable that so many people who did stay in the Church completely ignored it. It was a flaunting of papal authority on a level that has few parallels in Church history.

One of the gutsiest players in all this drama was Karol Wojtyła. According to one John Paul II biography I paged through, he helped write the first draft of Humanae Vitae (of which it’s estimated about 60% of the material made it into the final document). He lived through the public outcry against the encyclical. He watched the stress of it all send Pope Paul VI into a decline. And less than a year after he becomes Pope John Paul II, what does he choose for the subject of his Wednesday addresses? Theology of the Body. 129 weeks of preaching to the open-air crowds in Rome, in intense and exhaustive detail, about why Humanae Vitae was 1000% right. Can you imagine? The nerve that requires?

The reaction against Humanae Vitae is horrible and sad and terrifying, but the history behind it is one amazing example of the Church and her shepherds standing stalwart to defend truth against the spirit of the age.

[disgruntled-foreign-patriarch]

beautiful

[woodenrosary]

Lord... what the heck. amen.

[iustuspeccator]

Christians need to worry less about who's saved and pray more for everyone to be saved

[geminiagentgreen]

Please pray for my pastor, Brian: he's received a cancer diagnosis.

[butter-sketti]

Say a prayer for me please, just had a miscarriage.

[amongthespruces]

Please pray for the conversion of my sister. She seems to be deepening her involvement in the occult and celebrating troubling things.

[mariaportadoceu]

Please, pray for a woman who is fighting for justice for her deceased daughter

[witheredsprout]

we’re in the er with my grandpa rn. they think he’s dying. please pray for all of us

[witheredsprout]

hes still around, he actuallg perked up a lot after they took him off the respirator. hes been able to yap quite a lot and eat and also do some singing. thank u everyone for praying. theyre thinking they will take him home for hospice care tomorrow.

[xiiirouge]

She's just like me fr

[caffeinatedrosary]

She's like me for real.

[apesoformythoughts]

If you can, please pray for me.

[julianspbj]

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[angeltreasure]

Angel this sounds embarrassing, but I had an encounter with a homeless woman named Joanna today (I gave her some food and a Miraculous Medal and talked with her) who very obviously had a mental and physical illness (she had a number of open sores) so I'd like to ask for prayers for Joanan but also for myself that I didn't contract anything (I tried to disinfect myself and my car when I got home but I'm still nervous). Thank you!

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