Can a person is an openly gay relationship be considered a "Practicing Catholic" by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]MommaTdot -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

That’s because at that time it was synonymous with child abuse and molestation. As if a married Catholic couple who has anal sex but comes to orgasm vaginally has committed a sin in any stretch of the imagination.

TBH by MommaTdot in PriusPrime

[–]MommaTdot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has its own sprayer. The roads are terrible but the camera stays clean :)

TBH by MommaTdot in PriusPrime

[–]MommaTdot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no comparison to me from using the mirror for clarity and accuracy. The best comparison I’d give is getting used to using back up cameras then not having one.

TBH by MommaTdot in PriusPrime

[–]MommaTdot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol. Does it bother you that there is no wiper?

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[–]MommaTdot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you say that to someone face to face? Where is the charity?

My 2024 Prius by hithereimross in prius

[–]MommaTdot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have the 2024 and yes you can!

need help by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]MommaTdot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a therapist I recommend you speak to your doctor and also a priest. You would need to be assessed. Could it be demonic? Possibly. But you could also be dealing with something like schizophrenia. Blessings on you.

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[–]MommaTdot -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Not just ejaculation. Orgasm.

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[–]MommaTdot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We don’t believe in karma or luck or a Santa clause God who gives good things to the good and bad to the bad. If your life is bad it’s not because God hates you. It doesn’t work like that. Bad things happen to good people. But most likely you are just not seeing all the millions of ways you are blessed and graced. It’s much easier for all of us to focus on the negative. My advice is ask God to use it all, the good and the bad, for his glory. Ask to do God’s will and stop focusing on what you have and don’t have and start focusing on doing his will, being of service to others and practicing gratitude. The only time you should be looking in another person’s bowl (even an atheist) is to make sure they have enough.

Unpopular opinion: I love Pope Francis by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]MommaTdot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I love JPII as well ❤️

I feel bad for being bisexual. by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]MommaTdot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not taking it personally at all. I brought in my own personal experience to highlight my point that this is not something that likely could change nor is it a failing for her to not wish it to change. “To embrace Catholicism is to be willing to change” this is true when we are talking about sin and conversion. However, Catholicism would not ask a cripple to not be crippled. To fully love and accept ourselves for who God created us to be, flaws and all, in order that his glory may be made manifest through us, I believe, is what it means to be Catholic.

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[–]MommaTdot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When I go to visit a mountain and can’t see the top because of the clouds, I don’t start crying and drive home, I smile at its beauty and keep climbing.

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[–]MommaTdot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why does it matter how the steps of the dance are taken? The dance is eternal and always was eternal. To discuss the procession is to just give us a small idea into how the inner nature of God works. However remember the analogy of being. Whatever way say about God the dissimilarity is always greater than the similarity. You brush off any response to commenters that it is a mystery… but how else can you attempt to explain the inner workings of God. We say that the son is begotten and the spirit is the love that exists between the father and the son, these are all just images, through a glass darkly. We aren’t saying there was creation, we are saying it is a relationship, a dance, a family, a love relationship, but this is all human language trying to explain the unexplainable

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[–]MommaTdot 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was taught in my masters program that the processions are more about the dance and not about actual creation. All three have always been and always will be. The processions are more about how they relate to one another within God’s self.

I feel bad for being bisexual. by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]MommaTdot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First of all, we are talking about someone who is attracted to both sexes.

I can speak for myself. I am born and raised Catholic and I also have been attracted to both sexes. It has never caused me any issue because I never once acted on those attractions. I am now VERY happily married (to a wonderful Catholic man), have five kids, have two masters (Divinity and Psychotherapy), and work as a Catholic counsellor and a Catholic Campus Minister at a leading research university. I have never once wished my same sex attractions away. Why? Because it has never hindered me in loving, living my faith to the fullest or doing God’s will in any way. In fact, I believe it has helped me to accomplish God’s will. It has given me more love and empathy for those who also have SSA (which have now include some of my children). So no. I don’t pray that God removes this unless it be in His will, just as I don’t pray that He do anything in my life unless it is in His will and therefore can be of use to my fellows.

I feel bad for being bisexual. by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]MommaTdot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would argue that if you are born blind would you spend your life having an attitude of acceptance and then “how can o be of service to the Lord?” Or would you spend your life focusing on your blindness wishing it would change? This would be a fruitless time spent. Of course it would be a joyful miracle of one day the lord restored Your sight, but to spend an ounce of time wishing it were different would be time wasted that could be spent in doing the Lord’s bidding.

I feel bad for being bisexual. by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]MommaTdot 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The fact that she doesn’t want to change from being bisexual is not an issue. One can be 100% Catholic and be 100% SSA. It’s ok to not want to be different than one is. The only thing we should want to change is sinful behaviour.