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Don’t bother too much about your feelings. When they are humble, loving, brave, give thanks for them; when they are conceited, selfish, cowardly, ask to have them altered. In neither case are they you, but only a thing that happens to you. What matters is your intentions and your behavior
C.S. Lewis (via makingplansdrawingmaps)
But, unless we have Jesus, we cannot give Him; that is why we need the Eucharist. Spend as much time as possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament and He will fill you with His strength and His power.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (via burning-lampstand)
Prayer of Adoration (adapted from Blessed James Alberione)
Jesus, today’s adoration is the meeting of my soul and all of my being with you. I am the creature meeting the Creator; the disciple before the Divine master; the patient with the Doctor of souls; the poor one appealing to the Rich One; the thirsty one drinking at the Font; the weak before the Almighty; the tempted seeking a sure Refuge; the blind person searching for the Light; the friend who goes to the True Friend; the lost sheep sought by the Divine Shepherd; the wayward heart who finds the Way; the unenlightened one who finds Wisdom; the bride who finds the Spouse of the soul; the “nothing” who finds the All; the afflicted who finds the Consoler; the seeker who finds life’s meaning.
Oh my Jesus, honor and glory to You for these trials of love! Great and incomprehensible is your mercy. All that You intended for my soul, O Lord, is steeped in Your mercy.
Saint Faustina's Diary, #116
Pope Francis stops the motorcade to bless Michael, a boy with cerebral palsy
“I didn’t know what I could say for what the pope had given us.”
“There are two things Kristin Keating will never forget about this weekend — the look in Pope Francis’ eye as he stopped the motorcade and jumped out to kiss her severely disabled son, and the huge smile that lit up the 10-year-old’s face afterward.
Keating’s husband, Chuck shared: “I think raising any child has its challenges. I think Michael has been a blessing to our family, he’s brought us all closer together…what Michael has given us has far outweighed the challenges.”
(video interview with parents)
“…And as the Pope warmly looked at the boy and his mother, it was as if he knew. He knew. And his eyes seemed to reassure, “Your life and your son’s were forever changed with his disability. But you loved. You loved without end. And God knows it. And He loves you endlessly through your sufferings, your doubt, your worry. You are loved. You are loved.” As he walked back to the car, it was like all his fatigue had vanished. He had seen Christ in the “least of these” and it had given him new strength.”
From this article that references the above incident: Joy Is On Tour - How Pope Francis Stunned Me & America
Oneness in Christ by Ariel Agemian, 1958
Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries! Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud! You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
Saint James (via the-last-crusade)
The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
G. K. Chesterton, “Orthodoxy” (via superminisan)
Jesus asked to have his cup of suffering removed. It wasn’t removed. The world, as such, was saved through unanswered prayer.
A.J. Swoboda (via blakebaggott)
To those who suffer, God does not provide arguments which explain everything; rather, his response is that of an accompanying presence, a history of goodness which touches every story of suffering and opens up a ray of light.
Papa Francesco, Lumen Fidei (via fratermartin)
I noticed on your blog you said you had converted to Catholicism after being an evangelical Christian. I'm 16 right now and I've been raised in a similar background but ive started becoming really interested in Catholicism. I was wondering if you knew any resources that someone like me could understand? Anything helps! God bless you!
Hello friend! Here are some books and websites that really helped me. I’ve read hundreds of books about Catholicism and visited dozens of websites; these are the ones that made the biggest impact.
Youcat - The Youcat (Youth Catechism) was written specifically for young adults. It’s an overview of the catechism, which can be quite dense. I strongly recommend picking up a copy.
Catholicism for Dummies All in One - This is the best overview book I know of. It covers Catholic doctrine, the types of Masses, saints, women in the Bible, Popes, etc.
The Fathers Know Best - This is good specifically for evangelicals. If you grew up like me, you were probably told at some point that the early Christians were evangelical-like in their beliefs and practices. This book contains excerpts, arranged by topic, on the actual beliefs of the Apostolic age Christians.
Hail, Holy Queen - The biggest hurdle I had to overcome in my walk to Catholicism was veneration of Our Lady. I just didn’t understand it! I prayed about it and stumbled upon this book, which is written by a former Presbyterian minister who is now one of the foremost Catholic theologians in the world. He approaches the Marian doctrines with Protestants in mind.
EWTN - The Eternal Word Television Network is a Catholic cable channel. Their website contains thousands of pages of useful information about Catholic doctrine and practices.
Catholic Answers - The Catholic version of GotQuestions contains true and precise information about Catholicism (unlike GQ). I quote from their pages all the time.
And of course, message me any time if you have questions about Catholicism. Apologetics is my passion and I love helping evangelicals understand Catholicism and why I converted.
God bless you. I will pray for you.
Hi!! I converted to Catholicism while in college after wrestling with things for a few years. I have a reading list on my blog. I'd suggest you take a look at resources designed specifically for teenagers and young adults like chastity.org, lifeteen, Net Ministries USA, and FOCUS. You can also look up catholic youth ministry speakers like Father Mike Schmitz, Jackie Francois, Leah Darrow, Jason Evert, Matt Fradd, Chris Stefanick, etc. on facebook and youtube! Just try to read, listen to, and watch as much as you can about the church!!! Let me know if I can help, I'll be praying for you!
No such thing as equal in power/rank. We're all humans and priests have a special call. Women don't have an "equal" call.
Something seems off about that (in my uninformed, youthful, and idiotic opinion)
Yeah: moms are just as important to kids as dads. That’s what’s wrong. Sisters are just as irreplaceable as brothers, wives as beloved as husbands, nieces as adored as nephews. In a healthy family, parents work together in a manner that best suits their individual skills and talents, and also to alleviate each other’s burdens by doing tasks that they know their spouse finds stressful or taxing. The Church is no different, since in its essence it is a family. Priests are not higher in standing than, say, a perpetually single woman. It is merely that the relationship between priests and others in the Church is that of a spiritual father. This is as irreplaceable as being a spiritual mother, which many women happen to be (for myself, there is a nun who had a particularly strong impact on me in my childhood). Can her effect on my life be replaced by that of a priest? Never. Although I love the priests who have played roles in my life, they could never, ever do for me (even all of them combined) what that single nun has done. But does that mean that I love my dear sister more than my favorite priest? No. They fill up my heart with joy and love and grant wise counsel when I need it. None of them are unequal, because they do not even play the same parts. It’s like saying that Han Solo is greater than Leia, or that Seamus was more important than Luna Lovegood. They are not fulfilling the same role. They’re both important in their own right, and it is okay that those roles are different, because without someone to fill those singular roles, we would lose the gift of their greatness.
I think it is important to note that only validly ordained men may confect the Eucharist, which is the source and summit of Christian life.This, however, is not a power that they themselves possess, but rather the gift of the power of Jesus Christ working through them. The different, but no less important, gift given to women is to bear children in their womb, which men cannot do (although, they are an important part of the process). Both gifts relay life, albeit in different ways, and both gifts are essential to human life. Different does not mean less. Different does not mean that men and women are unequal. Not all women are called to be natural mothers and not all men are called to be priests, it’s not even a universal gender gift.
All persons are equal in value and dignity by virtue of being a creation of God. In the children of God, people have different gifts and abilities, which are unique to them. St. Francis de Salles said in the Introduction to the Devout Life, that being under religious vows doesn’t necessarily mean one will be led to a state of perfection. Rather it is living out the will of God according to one’s own state in life and vocation, using one’s gifts and talents to further the Kingdom of God that will lead to holiness and uniformity with God’s will.
I think that there does need to be a return to the reverence given to priests when they are acting in persona Christi, that is, during Mass and in the confessional. At that time, especially during the consecration, priests are using their unique office in a way others cannot. During this time, the priest’s own holiness is set aside and he is not acting as himself, but rather in the place of Jesus Christ.
The same could be said for returning to acting chivalrously towards women, though.
Madonna of the Moon, painted by the Carmelite nuns of the Holy Trinity convent in Tokyo.
