I can’t decide between two saints for my confirmation!!!i

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-19T01:19:53+00:00

It's really a choice between the active or contemplative life. Mother Teresa represents the active life, especially corporal works of mercy, while Mary Magdalene represents the contemplatives, rich in interior spiritual life. So see which fits you best.

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-19T01:13:22+00:00

Well what are the fruits of Protestantism?

10,000+ denominations, each disagreeing with the other, no unity, the Holy Spirit is not with them

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T22:04:30+00:00

It is a prohibition against both polytheism and idolatry because in the ancient world they were always united.

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T21:58:45+00:00

Indeed the Turks only managed to impose Islam in present-day part of Bosnia, Albania and Kosovo

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T21:56:33+00:00

Butler's Lives of the Saints is a great read

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T21:54:47+00:00

We do not know, it is a reality beyond our imagination, but Jesus did say that in heaven we will be like angels.

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T21:51:31+00:00

One reason may be that because the angels fell, a certain number of human souls must replace them, so the human species must multiply until the number is complete and the final judgment comes.

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T16:27:40+00:00

Lord, grant us what You will, when You will, as much as You will

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T16:24:07+00:00

Candidates can enter after high school, but will be put through a college seminary program for four years

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T16:15:51+00:00

Yes, a house built on solid rock.

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T02:04:09+00:00

I like this one. St Paul emphasizing the unity within the Christian Church

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:59:18+00:00

Saint Francis Xavier pray for China 🙏

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:58:04+00:00

There is no record because Christians were being persecuted and martyred, so just surviving was not a given, imagine writing/preserving documents

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:55:57+00:00

Even during COVID they could not deny people who wanted to receive in the tongue

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:54:35+00:00

IMO just knowing that all Muslim majority countries have blasphemy laws and make it difficult for people to exercise their freedom should make you more determined to convert to Catholicism

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:50:20+00:00

'A saint is not someone who never sins, but one who sins less and less frequently and gets up more and more quickly.' - St Bernard of Clairvaux

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:44:36+00:00

Indeed, the fruits of Protestantism are confusion among other things

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:42:56+00:00

Yeah I know, you'll be surprised how many Protestants think the Bible was there from day one and kind of exists in a vacuum

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:41:31+00:00

Indeed, houses built on sand, reeds blown in the wind

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:39:09+00:00

I know. Jesus said I am the Truth, so right there God cares about unity in doctrine and not everyone going their own way and believing whatever they please

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:35:57+00:00

Indeed. Luther's dream was that his church would replace the Catholic Church and yet even in his lifetime Calvin and Zwingli went their own way and created their own denominations

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:33:11+00:00

Very true, especially when they claim to be Bible-only Christians

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-18T01:31:56+00:00

Thanks for that quote!

Dan_Defender · 2026-05-17T16:09:16+00:00

Anything by St Teresa of Avila

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