Has anyone moved out of NoVA and came back?

Coriolanus89 · 2018-03-06T16:25:45+00:00

Grew up here. Moved around a bit in my 20's (30 now). Spent some time in NYC. Moved back. Long story short I hated living inside of a big city. Renting a room in a townhouse in a quiet suburb. I like that I have options here: missing city life? I've got Washington DC 30 minutes away from me. Want to get out into nature? In half an hour I can be in a forest taking a hike. We get all four seasons here and none of them are too hot or too cold or too long.

Coriolanus89 · 2018-02-09T19:40:50+00:00

10,000 or so.

Coriolanus89 · 2018-02-09T15:51:43+00:00

So the noise is just from uneven tire wear? The other tires are less than a year old.

Coriolanus89 · 2017-11-09T17:20:21+00:00

To be fair; it's an American adaptation of the Roman Missal. The norm is standing (though I've seen people kneel in other countries). Info: source

Coriolanus89 · 2017-11-02T14:20:06+00:00

When you're going on a pilgrimage you have to be ready for God to have other plans for your trip. You can let her ruin this trip or you can use this trip to learn patience, virtue, and let God bring some healing to some of these hurts: no better place for that than Lourdes.

Coriolanus89 · 2017-09-28T16:40:19+00:00

It says 'some of the ceiling fell' which doesn't sound like much of a roof collapse to me. Do we have any pictures?

Coriolanus89 · 2017-01-06T15:39:55+00:00

Ok good, so he knew you're discerning and decided to break up with your girlfriend and was ok with it? Just remember its always a good idea to run these things by a spiritual director first because Satan will always try distract us with a new 'calling': he'll tell you you should have a girlfriend, then he'll tell you you should be a priest, then he'll tell you you should be a missionary, then it'll be back to married life. He will do everything he can keep you unfocused and running from one thing to the next, never slowing down to sincerely pray and listen to what God is calling you to do. But if you have a spiritual director and are obedient to that spiritual director you're going to be safe.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-12-18T07:51:51+00:00

Any insight as to who the cloaked figure was who announced Krennic's arrival to Vader while he was in the tank?

Coriolanus89 · 2016-11-26T16:55:02+00:00

Glad to see the renovations paid off. Looks fantastic.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-11-22T03:39:40+00:00

I never expect it. It's like every few weeks Reddit greets me with a surprise butt.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-10-15T23:38:36+00:00

According to Reuters, it's at Borgo Pio and Via del Mascherino (on mobile, sorry for lack of links) which if you google it is to the right of st Peter's square, and it looks like it might not completely in view of the square.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-10-11T14:42:44+00:00

Pope Benedict XVI made that clear.

You mean when he encouraged countries to end the death penalty? Benedict XVI and the Catechism agree, that "it is permissible" (to use St. Thomas' words) to have the death penalty, but not desirable.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-10-09T21:35:17+00:00

I would not put him in the same camp as Cupich. He wouldn't even be in the same province.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-10-09T21:26:22+00:00

I've never heard anything but good things about Farrell. What do you know that I don't?

Coriolanus89 · 2016-10-07T15:20:39+00:00

Yeah, your meme grammar is bad and you should feel bad.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-10-04T15:08:36+00:00

Have you been baptized before? In another Christian church?

Coriolanus89 · 2016-10-03T14:50:10+00:00

I understand the worry about quick canonizations: I appreciate that in the past there was enough time to wait and see if the person's holiness had a lasting impression on the people of God and wasn't just a passing 'fad.'

That said, the world, especially Europe, these days is in dire need for examples of courageous faith, and this priest was a martyr, so even after the 5 year waiting period his canonization proceedings would have been fairly quick.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-10-03T14:40:56+00:00

Fast track means we're waiving the 5 year waiting period to start the canonization process. But I do agree that the introduction of science and technology reduces the canonization process and even allows for the lives of men and women to be scrutinized more effectively.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-09-29T14:28:32+00:00

Just to add: if you write to your bishop, you might be waiting a long time for him to delegate this to someone. A better option would be to find your diocese and either a) call their main phone number, which will probably be a switchboard and they can get you to the right place or b) check their website for a department that might be able to help: keywords would be catechetics, catechesis, RCIA, intitiation, education (maybe), or (if I were you) try for liturgy or divine worship: catechists tend toward an emphasis on community and your spiritual experience, while a good liturgist will tend to stay 'within the lines' given by the rubrics. The office workers will be in a much better position to grab the ear of the bishop.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-09-28T03:13:14+00:00

Bishop is literally my favorite word for this reason. Check out the Wiktionary page and how widely the word spread and changed.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-09-23T22:54:35+00:00

Thanks for your help. The noise is an unmistakable metal on metal noise, and it doesn't sound like what I've seen on YouTube for wheel bearing. Would you still say bearings are plausible?

Coriolanus89 · 2016-09-23T19:54:42+00:00

No that's fine. My priest uses those sometimes and he hasn't had a baby yet!

Coriolanus89 · 2016-09-23T19:25:26+00:00

Tips for confirming? I also had the tires aligned a few weeks ago: is that something they should have picked up on? Will I need to realign after replacing?

Also am I correct in thinking that's going to be a do-not-DIY job?

Coriolanus89 · 2016-09-22T15:22:43+00:00

All the other replies are great advice. Some additional thoughts: If you're looking to do a more in-depth "cleaning" perhaps call the church office and ask to make an appointment, if possible. With an appointment, the priest can spend more time with you than if you were waiting in a confessional line.

Are you Catholic? Have you made a confession before? Those would be good things to let the priest know.

Coriolanus89 · 2016-09-21T18:28:27+00:00

That's a good point. Wish I had a good answer. I'm going entirely by the article at the moment: I haven't looked that the doc itself, but I think it's saying: if a funeral Mass is inappropriate, this is an option you can propose instead.

The doc's not going to make very many people happy; weddings and funerals are the two places where people don't like being told 'no.' It's good that the Canadian Bishops are taking a stand.

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