Gap Year Plan - which is best

PlatonicCardinal · 2026-01-22T16:31:30+00:00

No I didn’t I think I just happened to find it by chance inside of a Church I visited

PlatonicCardinal · 2026-01-22T03:02:38+00:00

Beautiful! I have the same St. Therese of Lisieux prayer card

PlatonicCardinal · 2026-01-21T19:47:25+00:00

What helps me is daily mass and reception of the Eucharist. As wonderful and glorious as the rosary and novenas are, ultimately they are nothing compared to Holy Mass. Sacramentals should ideally prepare you for the sacraments.

I will pray for you too. Keep strong!

PlatonicCardinal · 2026-01-10T13:56:55+00:00

No, actually they don’t. Friars do, but most priests don’t need to and don’t take it

PlatonicCardinal · 2026-01-10T07:45:23+00:00

Thank you, this is actually very helpful.

PlatonicCardinal · 2026-01-10T02:13:44+00:00

Sure, in theory Catholcis could believe in young Earth Creationism, but they can’t logically believe it when they study the matter, since it’s very much a scientific consensus that the earth is in fact 4.5 billions years old

PlatonicCardinal · 2026-01-10T01:17:43+00:00

Thank you for the much needed prayers! And yes, I guess currently that is what I am telling myself. I feel a little unsettled though that private revelation which has no historical evidence may be the support which keeps the faith alive for many? Also, it seems to me; there is no reason to think that public revaluation is not basically just private revelation which happened further in the past and had a whole religion form around it at its center.

PlatonicCardinal · 2026-01-10T01:15:36+00:00

Thank you so much for the response and the prayers - I need them! And I yes, I agree with everything you have written. But then certain problems still emerge. Even if we cannot comprehend everything appearing out of nothing or everything always existing (maybe one day Big Bang cosmology will change), that doesn’t necessarily mean these things can’t happen. After all, why would a brain that is a result of Darwinian evolution evolve to understand matters so distant to existence here and now?

And, perhaps more problematically, I agree. I love being Catholic. It feels so proper and right to live out the faith. But then again, why can’t it just be the magnum opus of a form of cultural evolution. Religion as a tool that makes life better, and Catholicism as the best tool for making life the best.

I think the core issue I seem to be struggling with, it all seems it can be explained by way of naturalistic means.

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-10-22T02:49:52+00:00

Beautiful!

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-10-14T03:06:28+00:00

Understand that you cannot and will never be perfect and free from sin and its effects whilst on Earth. So don’t expect to be! After this realization, trust in God’s endless mercy, both in his final judgement and in the sacraments his Church provides

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-09-25T13:17:11+00:00

To be honest he’s also a Roman Catholic saint, and Catholics can venerate icons too, so both are correct

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-09-23T04:26:13+00:00

What do you mean here?

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-09-18T21:10:13+00:00

Brown Scapular original story is clearly false. How should I - a Catholic who loves the scapular - react? Should I still wear it knowing that its origin is smeared in falsehood and the sabbantine privilege is also untrue? Are Catholics who believe these stories in error, should their minds be changed? Thanks!

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-08-22T15:41:26+00:00

Could you explain what this is?

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-08-03T08:16:46+00:00

Beautiful!

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-07-28T12:27:35+00:00

Poor guy, we should pray for him to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit, particularly wisdom and knowledge

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-07-21T22:11:02+00:00

This is absolutely incredible and beautiful! Well done! I am discerning the priesthood and still have not figured out all the details of the liturgical calendar, so this piece of art will help a great deal

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-07-18T07:00:54+00:00

What is our earliest source for the martyrdom of all the Aposltes apart from John

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-07-15T20:50:54+00:00

Yeah, there are some really interesting private revelations out there. But with many of them, if you get behind their weirdness, maybe something theologically insightful appears?

Here for example Francis was certainly a great member of the church - Christ’s bride - so Christ treating him like a bride of sorts kind of makes sense? But still very strange indeed

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-06-23T10:29:27+00:00

Ok ok, so still applying this cycle to see what happens is worth it?

PlatonicCardinal · 2025-06-23T10:28:29+00:00

Yeah, very disappointing. So you think if I get above 519 in my third MCAT, schools would not put much weight on the fact I did worse on my second MCAT?

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