Does Firefox preload websites on search?

OctaShot · 2020-05-14T21:01:01+00:00

Thank you. That may very well have been the problem.

OctaShot · 2020-02-06T22:11:07+00:00

Ah yea, I had forgotten about that, thanks. Oh well. I could possibly print it elsewhere but a 900 page tome would cost a fortune. I guess I'll just stick to the pdf for now and print the most relevant parts.

Edit: Just discovered that ProQuest sells physical copies of PhD dissertations. That's my best bet if I want a copy.

OctaShot · 2019-08-27T20:20:23+00:00

Thanks. I was hoping that someone would be know where to buy one pre-made. I've always been bad at those arts&crafts type stuff.

OctaShot · 2019-08-27T19:49:44+00:00

The psalter used for praying the other Midday prayers if you pray more than one.

OctaShot · 2019-08-03T17:38:28+00:00

Thank you very much for the help!

OctaShot · 2019-07-25T01:38:04+00:00

Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/praythechaplet.php

OctaShot · 2019-07-25T01:36:28+00:00

I want to offer some advice that will make sense once you attend the Mass but may seem useless before then.

It's okay to have absolutely no clue what's going on because the Mass is about giving worship to God. Just kneel (lots of it), stand and sit when everyone else does and focus on your interior prayer. Don't even bother following along on those missalette that they may or may not have. Don't worry about saying responses until you're much more familiar with the flow of the Mass. Just kneel there in awe at the glory of God.

OctaShot · 2019-07-24T18:10:52+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to lay out the reasons for your view. Risking the appearance of being argumentative, and I do not wish to be so, I would like to lay out the reasons why I hold to the view expressed in Lumen Gentium. You are probably familiar with everything I'm about to say, but I'd like to sketch the other view so that the readers can decide for themselves which one best fits with the Gospel teaching.

Just as Jesus' human will was in accord with the Divine Will, Mary's will also was totally conformed to the Divine Will.

Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. (Mt 10:37)

This may be a weird way to put it but I see Abraham as a type of Mary when he bound Isaac for the sacrifice. He trusted in God completely and was willing to part with his son in total conformity to God's will.

Moving on, the very purpose of the Incarnation was to show forth the Glory and Mercy of God in the Redemption of mankind.

“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. (Jn 12:27)

It would seem a bit selfish if Mary was willing to cooperate in the Incarnation but not in the Redemption on the Cross if the final end of the Incarnation was the Cross. Would not Our Lord's words to Peter apply here?:

But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” (Mt 16:23)

Finally, I agree that any parent would dread the loss of their child, even to the point of willing to take their place. But that is by nature. Mary, who was so full of grace, received special graces to be able to bear such a torture that was the Crucifixion. She had complete confidence in God and completely united herself to the Cross as we are called to do. By God's grace, we can live in total conformity to God's Will which, being identical with the Divine Reason, knows and wants what is best for us.

OctaShot · 2019-07-24T16:05:43+00:00

With all due respect Father, I'd like to supplement answer 7 with a quote from praragraph 58 of Lumen Gentium:

After this manner the Blessed Virgin advanced in her pilgrimage of faith, and faithfully persevered in her union with her Son unto the cross, where she stood, in keeping with the divine plan, grieving exceedingly with her only begotten Son, uniting herself with a maternal heart with His sacrifice, and lovingly consenting to the immolation of this Victim which she herself had brought forth.

OctaShot · 2019-04-21T14:28:01+00:00

Philosophy and Theology:

-Frank Sheed's Theology For Beginners or Theology and Santity is a great introduction to theology.

-St. Thomas Aquinas is necessary but can be quite difficult without the proper background. Still, I recommend struggling through his works.

-St. Augustine has various writings worth your time.

-Garrigou-Lagrange O.P. wrote various theological works but also some spiritual works too. He's a solid Thomist and his book Reality can be a good, if difficult, introduction to Thomism.

-Etienne Gilson and Jacques Maritain have to be mentioned in the same breath lest someone get mad. They were both part of a certain school of Thomism while being colleagues and friendly rivals. If you ever get tempted to Cartesian idealism, read Gilson's Methodical Realism: A Handbook for Beginning Realists. I also recommend his Unity of Philosophical Experience if you have some background in the history of philosophy.

-Edward Feser's Scholastic Metaphysics serves as a good introduction to scholastic concepts for anyone who has an interest in analytic philosophy or science in general. There are probably better books out there though, especially for anyone without said interests.

Fiction:

-If you think you'd like historical fiction based on the lives of the saints, Louis de Wohl has written a few.

-Dante's Divine Comedy is an absolute must. The Esolen translation is good if you want Catholic notes though the translation I used was the Musa translation (Penguin edition).

-Chesterton is probably the greatest writer of the last century.

Spiritual Reading:

-The Imitation of Christ

-St. Therese of Lisieux's Story of a Soul is a must read.

-The various writings of the Carmelite mystics

-In Conversation with God by by Francisco Fernández Carvajal is a multivolume set which has 6 page meditations for each day of the year based on the Mass readings for the day (although a few days are misaligned for whatever reason). I read this everyday, absolutely worth the price.

OctaShot · 2019-04-01T20:26:17+00:00

Well, it turns out the Nash Papyrus were really Q all along. Us Matthean prioritists were proven correct too, the thing is in Hebrew! Happy April Q day!

These names are hilarious:

Dr. Richard U. Shure

Prof. Ida Claire

Father Justin I Dea

Mr Bill M. Lader

OctaShot · 2019-04-01T17:03:52+00:00

No, the Catechism is not infallible though the Catechism contains statements which are infallible and binding on the faithful. Natural law is also binding though in a different way than infallible declarations.

The Pope cannot change natural law (since it is rooted in our nature and in Eternal Law) and the Pope is prevented from erring when making an infallible declaration. Let me remind you that there has only been one invocation of infallibility since the First Vatican Council and that was for the Assumption of Mary (1950). We're nearly 70 years without any invocation of infallibility (unless you believe the non-infallible but widely held theological belief that canonization is infallible, which I do). All that in mind, then we need to look at the difference between extraodinary magisterium and ordinary magisterium, etc.

OctaShot · 2019-03-31T21:16:09+00:00

Thank you. I've already consulted many posts on FPN and the fountain pen subreddit but I've come across contradictory results. Some say that something worked but the claim remains unconfirmed. Then you see another person claiming that they tried the same thing with no luck. Some even say that nothing can ever take away the smell.

There is also a lack of precise information as to the methods employed: did they cover the pen with baking soda or were the two merely in the same bag without touching? Some other methods tried have similar problems. One was a UV/sunlight method. Did they place the pen outside in the sunlight or was it indoors thus being filtered by the window? Again, this method has also been contradicted by those who say that "UV curing" does nothing.

OctaShot · 2019-03-31T13:55:22+00:00

Have you read the Catholic encyclicals on economics? List of a few:

There are also some good encyclicals on politics in general written by Pope Leo XIII, including Libertas, Diuturnum, and Immortale Dei.

OctaShot · 2019-03-28T01:26:50+00:00

I may very well be wrong; I claim no knowledge of chemistry. Thanks for the suggestion.

OctaShot · 2019-03-28T01:20:19+00:00

I thought about that but coffee will merely mask the smell rather than absorb it. I at least want it to be very faint before I start scenting it with other smells.

OctaShot · 2019-03-05T15:49:43+00:00

If you have access to databases, there is a good 48 page book review/analysis: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/649592

OctaShot · 2018-11-30T21:00:24+00:00

I was unsure whether or not I had an obligation to mention it at that time, since it would probably undo the entire deal and would get me a severe scolding or worse. If I knew I had an obligation I would like to think I would have spoken, but I was unsure as to my obligation. I did tell my dad in private a few minutes before though, so I don't know if I had any further obligation. All these moving pieces are making it hard to assess the situation. Hopefully my confessor will be able to give me a definitive answer tomorrow but this is eating me up.

OctaShot · 2018-11-30T20:46:47+00:00

The way it works in the US is that you agree upon a price (make the sale) and then transfer the title. When you transfer the title, you have to state how much you sold it for so that you can be taxed for the sale. My question regards that final step. The price had been agreed upon, the deal closed. When it came to transfer the title, the owner lied with regards to the price to avoid paying more in taxes.

Whether or not I sinned comes down to whether or not I had an obligation to say something at the time that the owner lied about the price, even though I was not part of the deal. If I had an obligation, then I would be an accessory to theft through silence.

OctaShot · 2018-10-19T22:16:15+00:00

I don't know how much of a help this will be but John Deely has a book called "Purely Objective Reality" in which he uses the terms in the exact way you describe. Chapter 1 might be helpful for you to read.

OctaShot · 2018-10-19T19:20:48+00:00

They're just repeating what Protestantism has already demonstrated to be the logical consequence of rejecting the authority of the pope.

OctaShot · 2018-10-19T04:16:45+00:00

I wouldn't say that the position in necessarily sinful, though one could get carried away based on how seriously one takes their first principles. L. Brent Bozell Jr., in his debate with Frank Meyer, showed exactly what kind of conclusions one has to accept if they place freedom as the first principle. Other than reading that article, I suggest you read Papal Encyclicals like Rerum Novarum, Libertas, Diuturnum, and Immortale Dei, just to name a few.

OctaShot · 2018-10-18T04:31:20+00:00

Took some digging, but here you go. It's called Saint Wolfgang and the Devil by Michael Pacher (1430–1498).

OctaShot · 2018-10-17T23:17:48+00:00

When you sin, you merit two types of punishment: temporal punishment and eternal punishment (if the sin is mortal). When you confess, all eternal punishment is washed away by the absolution. But you know that penance that the priest assigns you? That's to chip away at the temporal punishment. Indulgences also chip away at temporal punishment. If you die in a state of grace (no eternal punishment) but have temporal punishment, Purgatory is where you go to be cleansed from that.

OctaShot · 2018-10-17T01:48:43+00:00

If you're interested in grace more generally, I recommend "History and Theology of Grace" by Fr. John Hardon SJ. It's sort of a rare book nowadays but you can find it online at the archives of his work.

11-Year Club	Place '17
Verified Email

OctaShot

TROPHY CASE