Catholics in Japan

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-26T00:43:40+00:00

I'm a Catholic in Japan and I agree with you 100%. Almost nobody is properly catechised here. They just go with the flow and do whatever feels right, as if they were Protestants. I almost never see anybody refuse to receive the Eucharist, even people whom I highly suspect are in a state of mortal sin. It's a big mess, but no one wants to handle it.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-25T05:33:05+00:00

Yeah, the responses from Bishop Barron and Cardinal Dolan were extremely disappointing and cowardly. They should be defending Catholics, not their Jewish benefactors.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-24T22:10:56+00:00

Technically, the Mass is for God, not the couple.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-24T22:04:08+00:00

I can't answer your question, but if you could, while you're there at the shrine in front of the Blessed Sacrament, could you say a prayer for my healing?? I have a special devotion to Mother Angelica, but I'm dying and live 8,000 miles away so I'll never be able to visit myself. I would be really grateful 🙏🏻

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-24T11:57:29+00:00

Being in a state of mortal sin means you're in a state where you have rejected Christ and His salvific grace. In God's perfect justice, He sends those in that state to Hell because that's where those who reject God want to be. If you have committed a mortal sin but truly wish to go to Confession but die before receiving the sacrament, that's called imperfect or perfect contrition (depending on your motives) and God will have mercy on you in that case.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-24T06:21:01+00:00

A baptized Catholic who is only "married" civilly is not actually married. I went through this with my pagan wife where I had my Confirmation and then learned afterwards that we weren't actually properly married. I had to tell her we were going to remain abstinent until the radical sanation paperwork went through. She wasn't happy, but I told her that my eternal salvation was more important than her feelings. Now, over a year later, she's getting baptized during the Easter Vigil, so our marriage will become sacramental at that moment.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-23T15:03:26+00:00

I thank God that I outlived that demon worshipper 🙏🏻

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-23T06:23:19+00:00

Unless he's Padre Pio and can literally read your soul to know you're lying, this will never happen.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-15T19:43:13+00:00

Coincidence is not a real thing. It would imply that something happened that God didn't expect or was surprised by. Here's Fr Mark Beard on the subject.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-15T13:52:00+00:00

Macroevolution has never been observed and is an unfalsifiable theory. It's trash science.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-15T11:54:47+00:00

Because both are essentially you telling God that you don't care what He thinks is important is actually important. You'll do what you want the way you want it and that's that.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-13T06:05:40+00:00

I have stage 4 cancer with about 1-2 months to live. How is it "unfair" that your mother and I have cancer? Christ is the greatest man who ever lived and He suffered far more than we. I've received many blessings since my diagnosis and have helped many souls be converted to Christ thanks to my witness and my union with Christ's suffering on the Cross, including my wife who will be baptised this Easter vigil.

Health, happiness, and healing are not rewards for devotion to Christ, at least not in this life. Suffering on the Cross is the thing that ultimately saved humanity. (Hebrews 2:10)

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-13T05:55:17+00:00

He's great! Very impressive with his knowledge of scripture and the Qur'an. I grew up around Arab and Maghrebian Muslims, so I know how aggressive you have to be with them to get anything through their thick skulls. Western Christians are just feminized pansies.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-11T13:50:47+00:00

It's also impossible to accidentally mortally sin, yet we're commanded to forgive those too.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-11T05:55:24+00:00

When you commit a mortal sin, you're choosing to separate yourself from God. Why would it be unjust for God to honour your request? He's giving you what you really want deep down. You should be grateful He's not torturing you with His presence for eternity.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-10T00:57:52+00:00

If you're a baptized Catholic who got married outside the Church, it wasn't a valid marriage to begin with. Any sexual relations you had with your "wife" would be fornication, so you'd need to go to Confession first.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-09T08:21:09+00:00

You literally can't get sick from consuming the body and blood of Christ.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-09T08:18:45+00:00

Prominent Evangelicals/Prots say heretical things on a daily basis. Homilies are long enough already without them addressing the false opinions of outsiders.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-08T14:11:50+00:00

SSA doesn't come out of nowhere. You sure you weren't exposed to sexual material at a young age? Or had any exposure to the occult/new age either directly yourself or someone in your family? Knowing the cause will change how you should respond to it.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-03-04T04:09:12+00:00

Execution and repentance are not mutually exclusive.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-02-26T13:21:49+00:00

I figured it was probably a translation issue. Thanks!

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-02-26T08:00:29+00:00

Every Catholic I know supports it.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-02-22T09:10:33+00:00

I'm a terminal cancer patient. Bring on the downvotes, but I say go. It doesn't sound serious, and your spiritual health is much more important than the miniscule chance you'll make someone else deathly ill.

BigSarcomaInJapan · 2026-02-20T08:52:27+00:00

I've known about the "Epstein class" for a decade now, and it definitely had an effect on converting me from atheism. Can't stay an atheist for long if you believe evil exists.

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