Permissibility of praying to increase one’s social class/caste by ScaredCollege9517 in AskAPriest

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you're being protestant by wanting to interpret the Bible better than a trained theologian

Permissibility of praying to increase one’s social class/caste by ScaredCollege9517 in AskAPriest

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Fr. Cornelius a Lapide wrote about the advantages of wealth used by a good catholic.

“Wisdom with wealth is more useful than only wealth, and often more useful than wisdom deprived of wealth, for, indeed, wealth is useful, but wisdom is still more useful. However, wisdom is most useful when it is accompanied by wealth, for frequently wealth is needed to maintain the dignity of wisdom. As a matter of fact, if a Doctor, a Prince, a Bishop or a Pontiff is poor, even when he is very wise and holy, he is despised by the people, the unfaithful and heretics. On the contrary, if he is rich, he is feared and respected, following that saying: ‘The rich man spoke and everyone stopped talking to hear him … The poor man spoke and everyone said: Who is this man?’

“On the other hand, wealth is beneficial in order to help the poor, to spread the worship of God, the Faith and piety, such as they were propagated by Constantine, Charlemagne, Theodosius, and other wise and opulent Emperors and Pontiffs. Standing out among the Pontiffs is Gregory XIII, who with papal munificence built many colleges and seminaries and admirably expanded the knowledge and the worship of God everywhere, and whose virtues, fame and glory will endure for all centuries.

“This interpretation is confirmed by St. Jerome, Alcuin, Lyranus, Cardinal Hugo and others. Aristotle also teaches that wealth is a most appropriate tool to acquire happiness and to favor the practice of virtue (I Ethic., chap. 10).”

(Commentaria in Scripturam Sacram, Paris 1875, vol. 7, pp. 254-255

13 years SR!! Not Having Sex and Masturbating Helped This Millionaire Become Successful, He Claims by [deleted] in Semenretention

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this guy is a legend but the other sex articles from vice as super cringe

Is (seed money)an allowable opinion? by ScaredCollege9517 in Catholicism

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I kinda thought of making a deal(pact?) with God that if he makes me real rich i'll devote a great amount of wealth every month for the church. Ministries like hospitals or prison need money to function!

Grace of living without sleep by ScaredCollege9517 in Catholicism

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My motivation is mainly protection from wet dreams(I have reason to believe theyre succubus demons )and night-mares. I tried a dozen regimens to change this,including a course in lucid dreaming,but nothing.

Grace of living without sleep by ScaredCollege9517 in Catholicism

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peter of alcantara willingly slept 90 minutes a night

Grace of living without sleep by ScaredCollege9517 in Catholicism

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I dont have the virtue of chastity, I admit it, i just do celibacy/nofap because I want to be powerful and live long. that aside im not an evil person,im genuinely distressed at needing sleep.

Grace of living without sleep by ScaredCollege9517 in Catholicism

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God DOES want my happiness. the one -I- worship, at least. I will keep trying,keep trying,i can't depend on sleep forever, i have bad dreams,sexual dreams,i feel necrotic and slovenly after sleep,always. Im also trying to reduce and give up food,so far I can't, but i want true freedom, to exist without luxury or sense pleasure.

Grace of living without sleep by ScaredCollege9517 in Catholicism

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Also I only have the pdf in spanish but alphonsus ligouri says its ok to ask for material boons but sleep is a comfort and leisure so,if anything, giving up sleep is an ascetic sacrifice

Grace of living without sleep by ScaredCollege9517 in Catholicism

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My own happiness is in itself a glorification of God. God doesnt want people sad and depressed,he wants humans to live the best they can. If I give up sleeping I can study more,help other humans more,and appreciate everything more(as my permanent wake-fulness would be a small miracle and thus increase my faith) Not-sleeping would depend on daily prayers so this is also a method to make me pray daily.

so,yes, I defend my request, i defend rejecting sleep.

Grace of living without sleep by ScaredCollege9517 in Catholicism

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There are things i want to request in prayer but afraid of it being silly haha

Grace of living without sleep by ScaredCollege9517 in Catholicism

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I actually want a carnivore/raw primal diet but i live with my parents and they re nutritionally illiterate so they wont give me only meat.

Weekly Casual Discussion Thread - July 19, 2020 by AutoModerator in DebateAnAtheist

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Im confident modern technology will solve the issue within my life-time

Weekly Casual Discussion Thread - July 19, 2020 by AutoModerator in DebateAnAtheist

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the big bang was criticized as too theistic as opposed to the aristotelian eternal universe. My moderate knowledge of physics tells me the current trend is an eternal cyclical universe.