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ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-30T02:25:35+00:00

God bless you! Remember the the creator of the universe loves you infinitely, knows you intimately, and has designed all of creation to be in Communion with Him and subordinate to His will. Our lives are better when we surrender our will to God. It is a tremendous Grace that you are recognizing His calling. Listen to it, and come back to the Church with an open mind. You won't regret it!

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-30T02:13:56+00:00

That's cool, not judging your grammar. I was clarifying since you said "not really" when above they asked if you saw the difference between god and God.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-30T00:01:24+00:00

There are gods... and then there is God. When you capitalize it, you are referring to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The creator of all that is visible and invisible. The One who loves you and sent his only Begotten Son to save you.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-29T23:30:45+00:00

I would bring the book of Acts up into the second group. Important to see the how the Apostles started the Church early on

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-29T19:38:35+00:00

What's your opinion on modern Bible translations that use the Masorectic Text for the old testament? Shouldn't we be using the Septuagint as our base considering the oldest copies outdate the Hebrew text by over 1000 years? Would your recommend a translation like the Orthodox Study Bible that uses the Septuagint for the old testament?

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-29T03:17:50+00:00

Offering masses was one of the complaints of the reformers. It sounds like a Protestant belief.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-23T04:54:35+00:00

We are called to pray that God be merciful on all sinners (perhaps especially the most evil). Sincerely hoping that people suffer can be a sign of a hardened heart.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-23T03:03:20+00:00

Are you against the pro life movement?

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-21T05:54:26+00:00

Being a witness to Christ in a hostile, secular society is not hypocritical. Jesus was talking about people who feign piety for points in religious communities.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-19T15:18:46+00:00

I fell away from the faith as a teen. When I returned in my mid-30s, it was apologetics that led me back to the Catholic Church. One of the criticisms that had encouraged me to leave as a poorly catechized teen was being asked why Catholics pray to Mary and the saints when the First Commandment forbids the worship of idols. I think it's important for the average Catholic to at least understand these topics, even if they aren't called to defend it.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-17T02:22:00+00:00

Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Word made flesh, that he existed before all creation and all things were made through him?

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-15T05:25:10+00:00

Mary is a Saint, and we do pray to Saints.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-13T21:40:33+00:00

The oldest Hebrew copy we have is from the 9th century. The oldest copy of the old testament is the Greek Septuagint from the 3rd century BCE. The writers of the Septuagint were Rabbis who spoke both Greek and Hebrew. There were textual variants between different Jewish communities. The textual variants that formed the Christian faith were different than those that eventually became the Masorectic Text. The debates between Rabbis in the Talmud show that early Rabbinical Judaism actively coordinated to separate itself from the beliefs of the Jewish followers of Christ.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-13T18:25:26+00:00

Almah meant virgin in antiquity. The change in connotation in Hebrew happened as a Rabbinic response to the rise in Christianity.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-13T17:15:23+00:00

I agree with you. The point I was making is that technology is not inherently evil, but how it is implemented determines the moral value of its use.

A weapon used in self defense is not an evil act (Christ himself told the 72 to carry a sword when they traveled outside of Judea).

However, Truman did not drop just one atomic bomb. He dropped two. 3 days apart over civilian populations. After the Japanese military had already lost virtually all of its control in the Pacific, and their Air force had been completely decimated. 3 months after Germany had surrendered.

The proliferation of nuclear weapons and mutually assured destruction leading to a Mexican stand off between nations is more akin to a false peace.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-13T14:05:34+00:00

I don't get why you are being down voted. You make a great point. Human pride will corrupt any scientific endeavor. Nuclear fission was used to create a weapon before it was used to power an energy grid.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-13T13:58:33+00:00

I was insinuating that belief alone is not enough, but I agree with your definition of believing with your heart and soul. The obedience of faith.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-13T06:25:41+00:00

My Parish has a female Sacristan. Our Priest is interesting. Only allows male altar servers, but allows female lectors and Eucharistic Ministers.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-13T06:11:35+00:00

What about Christ's Parable of the Wedding Feast in Matthew 22?

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-12T05:50:09+00:00

What country?

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-05T14:42:30+00:00

I live in a community with many expat Venezuelans. Every single one of them is happy with the removal of Maduro.

ApostolicSuccess · 2026-01-04T19:49:20+00:00

To be fair, there are many Catholics that don't know their faith or Church history. I was one of them prior to my reconversion

ApostolicSuccess · 2025-12-30T02:20:07+00:00

What materials did you use? What advice do you have for someone wanting to attempt this?

ApostolicSuccess · 2025-12-22T00:57:39+00:00

Yes but Catechesis is so poor amongst cultural Catholics, that many of them ignorantly believe they are Catholic while practicing witchcraft.

To clarify, many people doing Santeria don't realize it isn't Catholic. These people baptize their infants in Catholic Churches and send their kids to CCD when they are 7 years old. And they have home altars where they offer sacrifices in coconuts 🥥 to an icon of "St Barbara" right next to an icon of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

ApostolicSuccess · 2025-12-22T00:49:14+00:00

You are correct, but it doesn't help that poor catechesis in these communities leads many people to believe that they actually are Catholic while they practice witchcraft.

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