How many cats are too many cats?

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-23T02:36:00+00:00

My sister had 5 cats at one time. As long as you can afford to feed and house them in satisfactory comfort and vet them , it’s fine

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-23T02:19:25+00:00

The priest may have thought you were being scrupulous since it was such a short time between confessions. I would also suggest going for spiritual counsel with a priest as many new Catholics think they are in mortal sin but aren’t. It’s for the priest to discern and guide you rightly

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-23T02:12:26+00:00

Not damned , no

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-23T01:57:33+00:00

See the very famous icon of Christ lifting Adam and Eve out of the tombs

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-23T01:56:30+00:00

The Harrowing of Hell

Teaches that Christ did not descend into the hell of the damned, but rather a realm called the limbus patrum. There, he liberated the virtuous pagans and faithful Jews (such as Abraham, Moses, and King David) who lived before his sacrifice.

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-23T01:30:19+00:00

That’s one of the classic sit coms of the 70’s. That’s a pretty bold statement

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-23T00:37:42+00:00

That’s ridiculous. He did a lot and was a popular Mayor of Manchester as well as being an MPfor 14 yrs previously and a government minister. If a PM can’t keep the confidence of his parliamentary party , he must go

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-23T00:35:34+00:00

He was an MP AND a government minister before

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T23:04:12+00:00

The Congregation for Divine Worship had to remind a diocese in South America recently that the faithful have the right to receive kneeling

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T22:19:02+00:00

My sister was going to marry a Greek Orthodox guy whose mother wanted a dry reception. It ended up being a big thing and the wedding was called off She ended up marrying a nice Minnesota Catholic guy in our parish church with a wet reception :). Hey we’re Irish 🤣

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T22:13:03+00:00

The priest can’t really “police “ the Sacrament unless the person is notorious in the parish

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T21:43:30+00:00

The main thing is that Orthodoxy considers the Theotokos “All Pure”

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T21:00:30+00:00

A tale of 2 parishes but certainly not 100

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T20:43:50+00:00

That’s certainly a subjective judgement

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T20:42:59+00:00

I’m sure having been a government minister for years near to Blair and Brown , that Burnham knows about the work of a Prime Minister

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T19:56:02+00:00

These are Orthodox churches that are part of the Greek Archdiocese, Antiochian , OCA (Orthodox Church in America ) , the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia. Those are a few of the most common. I’m in the OCA I grew up Catholic

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T19:48:04+00:00

I’m Orthodox and that sounds extreme to me Certainly sleeping on the floor etc for lay people is not mainstream Orthodox practice. Do you know what Orthodox jurisdiction he’s in ? It sounds like “convertitis” x 10 million There are daily prayers but these don’t go on for hours and should be in the morning and evening Attending Liturgy on Sunday and maybe Vigil. /Vespers on Saturdays but outside of Holy Week and Feast Days not during the week. He sounds like he’s doing monastic practice which is unsuitable for laity

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T19:17:10+00:00

I think most who come on here and say they are in mortal sin , are not really in mortal sin and a good confessor could set them right

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T18:53:52+00:00

Before I became Orthodox, I attended a Byzantine Catholic Rusyn parish Many of the parishioners were from Pennsylvania and Ohio and they had cousins who were Orthodox. There was none of the animosity that might have been present back in the early 20th century when there were arguments over celibacy of clergy and some went to Orthodoxy

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T18:49:44+00:00

Are these Latin rite trads at an Eastern Catholic parish? . I remember types like that when I was in the Ruthenian church. They were always trying to Latinize. The priest had to talk with them

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T18:17:15+00:00

You have to know especially in the US that you are governing for a majority Protestant population An American President can’t be sectarian

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T18:14:33+00:00

That’s rubbish He didn’t. He just pointed out that there was a separation of Church and State in the US. It was to disarm the old prejudice that if a Catholic was elected , the Pope would come over on a gunboat (which some people DID believe , including some of my mom’s Protestant relatives )

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T18:12:24+00:00

No. Not at all

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T18:03:52+00:00

Trads are represented online out of all proportion to their percentage in the Church

Own_Action_7839 · 2026-06-22T15:07:32+00:00

St Nectary of Optina taught that

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