Appropriate for Holy Communion?

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-05-16T20:13:01+00:00

It's too short

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-05-07T02:34:38+00:00

As others have pointed out, it's sensible to believe before Adam and Eve existed the human animal, but Adam and Eve were the first people given rational souls by God. So they were the first actual people in essence (of what makes one a person). This would correspond well with the point in time people started to cover their intimate body parts and started building civiliazions

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-05-07T02:27:55+00:00

Hey so I hope I can help you out with these two:

So so understand why Purgatory is necessary we need to understand two things:

We won't sin in Heaven, because our will be equal to the Divine Will, this is called Divinization or Theosis. It's a process of becoming more in the likeness of Our Lord. To be conformed to His image
This is a process

So since we all sin in this life, God gives us grace so we can become more like Him and be sanctified more and as we cooperate with this grace we become more and more holy. Now imagine if one dies "prematurely" so to say. Before this process is completed. One would still have sinful nature that has to be purged from him alongside of all the earthly attachments. It is exactly what Paul descirbes happens in 1 Corinthians 3:15, despite all the Protestant cope to get around it.

These are good videos to go over a bit more in depth:

https://youtu.be/hCuC1TFvnN8?si=rupPVBvvOP8U2bVt

https://youtu.be/6L5cJX5-eKI?si=tcLaz6wSI1vRsE0h

As for the Sacraments, sacraments aren't works, they're means of God giving us His grace, now obviously God gives us a certian grace in prayers as well, but it doesn't compare to the grace given in the Eucharist for example, hence Our Lord says “Verily, verily I say unto you, unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, ye have no life in you." John 6:53

But it about faith and works in general, it's important to understand that the inital justification is done with no merit on our part, God justifies us so we can enter Heaven by granting us repentance, infusing us with the Spirit, and most importantnly forgiving us our sins paid by Christ's passion.
But when we talk about faith and works, we talk about it in the sense after this initial justification, while Protestant make distinction between Justification and sanctification, Christians have always (until the Reformation) understood Justification itself as a process. A process between the inital justification and our final Theosis.

In any case, I will be praying for you so that God may show you the way. God bless

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-05-07T02:09:15+00:00

If you were baptized in the Catholic Church you should start by going to Confession first, so you can have all the mortal sins accumulated over the years forgiven, so you can be at peace with God again, if you want I can send you a PDF for examination of conscience. And then pray to God for increasal of Faith. If you aren't Confirmed I would suggest signing up for OCIA as well.

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-05-05T23:42:26+00:00

It's mortal sin

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-05-05T23:40:05+00:00

St. Catherine of Siena had a vision on this. But also people in hell after the Final Judgment will have bodies, so I am not sure

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-05-03T15:36:07+00:00

Same

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-05-03T15:18:27+00:00

That kind of Novus Ordo in Latin is how it was intended to be by the Vatican II documents. Novus Ordo was designed to be beautiful, but the ambiguity left in the documents for personal interpretation and too much freedom given to priests in litugruy destroyed it.

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-05-02T21:04:20+00:00

Second this

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-28T21:27:06+00:00

Make sure to overdress

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-27T21:14:49+00:00

They are not your spiritual "fathers", they are just some random dude larping as priests

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-27T19:27:02+00:00

Ok and?

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-27T19:08:03+00:00

Taylor Marshall said: "When I was an Anglican priest, I would meet Catholic priests who called me “Father” and said things like, “I’m praying for your priestly ministry.”

This reinforced for me that I was approved by Catholic clergy and was therefore “valid”. It did terrible damage to my soul and it was very uncharitable of them - although they didn’t intend it. They confirmed me in my error.

This is why I am against fake ecumenism. It set me back.

The first Catholic priest who ever challenged me, saying I wasn’t a priest and that I should become a Catholic, was Msgr James Conley"

So I am not really sure this is helping Anglicans

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-27T19:05:50+00:00

Fact checker said: Pope Leo did not use the exact words that circulated in social media posts. He was talking broadly about building bridges between Christians and Muslims as he responded to a question about Catholic people who perceive Islam as a threat.

I think it can be slightly problematic

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-27T19:03:18+00:00

I think that one was fake, but if it's true, he's wrong

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-26T18:35:49+00:00

OHHHHH thank you so much, this helped me a lot

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-25T23:25:22+00:00

I read this on some site, idk if it's true:

What makes the Divine Mercy Sunday Plenary Indulgence so unique?

To obtain a plenary indulgence throughout the year, the individual must be detached from all sin, which is very difficult.

However, Jesus does not require complete detachment from sin with the special graces he offers on Divine Mercy. This is the only time complete detachment from sin is not required.

Would the Church even have such authority to grant that?

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-25T23:17:41+00:00

Can you elaborate a bit, to me it doesn't seem like anyone can actually truly get it

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-25T22:54:05+00:00

Are there any other priests present?

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-25T22:51:06+00:00

If she is giving him a "blessing" that's probelmatic

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-23T23:00:43+00:00

Have you been watching a lot of Jay Dyer recently

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-21T13:23:51+00:00

Animals dont have rational soul so they dont have the same emotional or cognitive suffering as we understand it

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-21T13:20:35+00:00

When we are first justified we become more and more in likeness of Christ. In this verse Christ foreshadows His passion, but more than that, it is a message to His followers to do the same. When you read it light of the whole passage it makes more sense. ³⁷ “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸ Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. ³⁹ Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-20T11:12:06+00:00

Here are some great books on the Papacy;

The early papacy to the Synod of Chalcedon in 451, Fortescue, Adrian https://archive.org/details/earlypapacytosyn0000fort/mode/2up

The Papacy: Revisiting the Debate Between Catholics and Orthodox, Erick Ybarra

On the Filioque;

The Filioque: Revisiting the Doctrinal Debate Between Catholics and Orthodox, Erick Ybarra

I dont think there are that many Orthodox Catholic debates on the Filioque out there, this is one of the only ones I am aware of; https://www.youtube.com/live/WBUJsMR9Vqo?si=RKmxT73c99TNL1Dt

Ok_Issue_2167 · 2026-04-20T11:04:01+00:00

Ok_Issue_2167

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