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‪@pintswithaquinas‬ in case you did not see my comment, I highly recommend you watch this video from ‪@TheMeaningofCatholic‬ about Pope Francis. As someone who used to have similar views to yours, this completely changed my mind based on the insight of Dr. Robert Fastiggi.

youtube.com/live/R7Tk3MWfRAU?is=IqiGFNoxUsqxydZU

Please watch it if you have the time.

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Look at what Saint Augustine says: the beautiful things of this world kept me far from You, and yet, if they had not been in You, they would have no being at all.

Lust is when you and I take the beauty of the body and of sex, and act as if it has no part or existence in God. We lust for its own sake. We crave for what is created as if there is no God. And thinking that it is “god,” we surrender our whole lives to this god, cutting ourselves off from the One True God in whom, we live, move, and have our being.

The problem of course is that these images, actions, thoughts, and pleasures, though they are powerful, do not have the propensity to give to us what only God can do.

In one of my favorite prayers after receiving Holy Communion, Saint Bonaventure prays that Jesus in the Eucharist will be his pleasure.

The only pleasure that can satisfy us to our core is JESUS! No video, thought, word, or action, whether sinful or not, can give us that pleasure with only God can give.

Let’s pray that we turn to God, wherever we are in our faith journey, and choose Him and Him alone as our true pleasure that satisfies us entirely: Body, Soul, and mind.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

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KING SOLOMON AND THE NEED FOR PERSEVERANCE:

For anyone following the Bible in a Year Podcast with Father Mike Schmitz, we just read how King Solomon, in spite of all his wisdom and knowledge, did not end well.

He did not guard his heart. Instead, after taking 300 wives, he ended up giving in to idolatry, including the worship of Moloch, which would have entailed child sacrifice.

This was not just rock bottom. This was him digging himself in a hole that went deeper, deeper, and deeper. The problem is that he didn’t want to stop, or didn’t ask for the grace to stop.

In 12-step recovery as well as Catholic teaching, the goal is to admit defeat before continuing to make that hole deeper (Step One).

It’s by the grace of God and our cooperation with it that we are able to do this. We have to ask God everyday to “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. The thing is, that evil can come from within us.

Anything, even the most innocent things, can have a hold on us to the point that they become our god.

It seems obvious that King Solomon was chasing something in order to satisfy him. How or when that began, we don’t know.

But the goal of each of us is to say, “LORD, whatever I’m trying to find in this person, place, or thing, help me to find it in You.” God is the source of our desires, and our happiness; therefore it follows that only He can restore us to sanity.

We have to have that “conscious contact with God” by spending time each day, and perhaps each hour, as an act of prayer, recognizing that there are many things our there can be turned into deadly snares.

Let’s make sure to dedicate ourselves to God, for He’s our way of life.

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 1

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So here is a response to Chris, who was interviewed by ‪@tracing-the-cross‬ a few days ago.

The original video is here: https://youtu.be/y5i6FZIi10Y?si=ecv_S...

Dear Chris,

I'm Catholic, and I completely understand what it is like to practice the Faith when there really is not that much connection with God.

I think you are raising a good point that feelings, while they're not the most important and can work against us, do have some importance especially with how we relate to God and our faith.

I used to be so focused on avoiding sin and going to confession just because I feared going to hell and there was not this personal and loving relationship with Jesus Christ.

I also went to Adoration and read the Bible and those things didn't help. I was struggling with OCD and addiction and both of these things had a bad impact on how I understood God.

That all changed a couple of years ago when I started letting go of my own views of who God is that was not necessarily what the Church taught.
I stopped thinking that God was out to get me, but instead that He was out to love me.

And with this new understanding of who God is, and with help through both therapy and working the Twelve Steps, my faith and my relationship with God actually got STRONGER.

The point is that I started looking into my own life and my own situations to see what was going on and why I was struggling.

So I think it's really great that you have this loving relationship with God, because having that recognition of the role of God in your life and that He is madly in love with you is so important.

However, I don't think it's a good idea to assume that the source of the lack of connection or relationship with God is necessarily the Catholic faith.

I think it's better to look into your own story and your own struggles to see what was going on in your life growing up that made you feel like something was missing. After all, you mentioned that 2020 was when you started having a breakdown- that year was tough for everyone, so that is understandable.

And if you look through your life, you might find out that it really wasn't the Catholic Church that was the issue.

So I really do encourage you to see what was going on during that time in your life that you had all these questions.

Because having all the doctrinal answers to questions and simply being taught the Faith is one thing, but having that fire of love for the Lord is another.

And the two can exist hand in hand if we realize that everything the Catholic Church believes and teaches is only part of our walk with God. They’re not an end in itself.

There needs to be such an important emphasis of that covenantal love for the Father who only wants what’s best for us. If someone doesn’t have that in their life, then the rules and the devotions become too much and leads to burnout, which I think is what happened with you.


Whatever you decide is up to you. I know you want to follow and serve the Lord and that you love Him. But consider the possibility that maybe it wasn’t so much what the Catholic Church teaches that was the issue. Maybe something else was missing.

God bless.

Matt

‪@Catholic_Christian‬

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 1

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This is such a great book of prayers and writings by Carmelites. So much great 12-Step spirituality here!


I highly recommend getting this book!



‪@StAnthonysTongue‬ Do you have this book?

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6 months ago | [YT] | 1

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Changes in the Roman Liturgy

If anything that is said below is factually incorrect, feel free to let me know.


A common objection among traditionalists is that 87% of the Liturgy changed in the Novus Ordo Mass, and that only a small percentage of what is found in the Tridentine Mass remained.

I don’t think I necessarily agree with the 87% change in the Liturgy, but below are a list of things that changed and stayed the same.

For reference for what is listed below, I recommend comparing the Order of Mass from both the 1962 Missal, and the current Missal of Saint Paul VI.

1. Psalm 42 was removed (it was already removed from the Traditional Latin Mass in late 1964, I believe)

2. The Confiteor removed the addressing of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Michael, Saint John the Baptist, and the Holy apostles Peter and Paul, and is said once by both priest and faithful. The Indulgentiam is removed.

3. The Ostendi Nobis Domine (Lord show us Your Mercy) remains as an option for the Penitential Act. The preceding versicle and response is removed.

4. The prayers as the priest ascends and kisses the altar are removed because in the Novus Ordo Missae the priest not only ascends the altar and reverences it in the beginning but can also offer incense before the introductory rite. This custom is common in the Byzantine Rite because any preparatory prayers are done before the liturgy begins.

5. The Kyrie, the Gloria, the Collect, and the Creed remain. However:

A. The Kyrie is no longer tripled (saying each petition 3 times)

B. The readings and setup of the Liturgy of the Word changed, though the gradual and tract are still available as options instead of the Responsorial Psalm. (The Responsorial Psalm in some shape or form goes back to Saint Augustine, and was reinstated. Also, the Coptic Liturgy already had a tradition of having more than one reading before the Gospel)

C. The priest’s Prayer before the Gospel is abbreviated but is more or less the same prayer.

D. The Apostles’ Creed is an option.

E. The Prayer of the Faithful is reinstated which is a custom always used in the Byzantine Liturgy.

6. The prayers of offering the Bread and wine are new but follow a liturgical structure similar to what possibly could have been used at the Last Supper. However, the “Deus, qui humanae substatiae” prayer at the combining of the wine and water remains partially.

7. The “In spiritu humilitatis” prayer remains, but admittedly the rest of the offertory prayers were removed.

8. The First Eucharistic Prayer (The Roman Canon) has remained mostly the same. Other EP’s were added as options. As for the Memorial Acclamation being added, there is precedent because at one point the chant, “Ave Avery’s Corpus” (Hail, the True Body) used to be sung immediately after the Consecration of the Chalice.

9. The Libera Nos Quaesumus is abbreviated (just like the Confiteor) but is mostly the same. The Doxology, which originated from the East, was added.

10. The Domine Jesu Christe Prayer for Peace (Lord Jesus Christ, who said to Your Apostles, etc.) is mostly the same except it’s said before the Kiss of Peace and says, “Look not on our sins” because it no longer is considered a preparatory prayer for the priest.

11. The May this Mingling Prayer is the same minus the phrase, “and the consecration”.

12. The two other prayers before Holy Communion are given in the Novus Ordo but the priest only says one of the two as an option. The Quid retribuam Domino is removed.

13. The Ecce Agnus Dei was expanded to include “Happy are those called to the supper of The Lamb.” The Domine non sum dignus Is said only once.

14. The Quod ore sumpsimus prayer for ablutions remains, but was edited.

15. The Last Gospel is removed, but the Placeat tibi can optionally be said after Mass.

So going through these things, one thing I can agree with you on is that some of these changes should not have happened, such as some of the Offertory Prayers.

Some may object saying the theology changed, citing what Archbishop Roche said when interviewed about the restrictions on the TLM.

What is more likely the case is that the Roman rite restored the theology to what it originally was; namely, that the priest, while he is the celebrant, has joined with him the prayer of the congregation. Again, this is what has always been the case in the Byzantine Rite, and perhaps the other rites of the Church as well.

For example, the Byzantine Liturgies do not allow for private recitation of the Mass. A congregation is needed.

The Mass still of course remains sacrificial and the priest is the only one who can confect the Holy Sacrifice, and strictly speaking it’s not necessary to have the laity even present.

But I still think there is a distinction made in the Novus Ordo Mass between what the priest’s role is and what the faithful’s role is.

The reason why the Traditional Latin Mass is celebrated the way it is because the 1570 Roman Missal based its liturgy on what is done when the priest celebrates Mass privately. In the earlier centuries of the Church there was more openly active participation from the faithful which was retained in the other rites.

Plus I would make the argument that there are things in the Tridentine Mass that point back to a time where the faithful had more openly active participation, such as the Orate Fratres.

‪@Catholic_Christian‬

7 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 1

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‪@AshMaiz‬ This doesn’t make sense to me. I can understand if an Orthodox Jew were to come with objections to the interpretation of the messianic prophesies in Isaiah, but how can there appear to be such a lack familiarity among the people in this video?

https://youtu.be/uxMVMqy6vTk?si=xDSSH...

8 months ago | [YT] | 1

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‪@Catholic_Christian‬ here is a good example of how Saint Anthony’s Tongue’s videos are like. What are your thoughts? https://youtu.be/wcTDXvp1iBw?si=Wj558...

8 months ago | [YT] | 0

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‪@Catholic_Christian‬ ‪@MilitantThomist‬ ​⁠‪@DoorDashThomist‬

What are your thoughts, fam?

I personally think Professor Fastiggi is the BOSS. He saved me from Pope Derangement Syndrome when he was on Meaning of Catholic six years ago to discuss Pope Francis, and I know he’s knowledgeable about magisterial authority.

I’m not finished with the video yet, though.

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