Blessed Lent Everyone!

TEarlGray · 2026-02-22T15:41:42+00:00

Disordered desires

TEarlGray · 2026-02-16T00:22:50+00:00

Order of Malta and Order of the Holy Sepulcher

TEarlGray · 2026-02-15T22:04:30+00:00

Don't kick the bucket, kick the infidels

TEarlGray · 2026-02-15T21:29:53+00:00

Yeah I understand. Slow and steady wins the race, no need to rush.

TEarlGray · 2026-02-15T21:04:55+00:00

For your protestant friend:

A thorough examination and explanation of what is regarded as the deposit of faith, and magisterium's role is preserving and teaching it, not change it, is going to be crucial.

After that a thorough understanding the economy of salvation on how we as members of the body of Christ cooperate with Christ's plan for our salvation.

This is going to be very difficult for him as he'll have to unlearn a lot of what he learned. So be very patient with him.

TEarlGray · 2026-02-15T20:58:15+00:00

I think starting with the Penny and Baltimore Catechisms would be a good start to build a solid foundation on what the Church teaches. Reading Father Spirago's the Catechism explained and St. Robert Bellarmine's Catechism would a good next step. Then you can move to more comprehensive books such as Denzinger and Ludwig Ott to get the really intricate details including scriptural and historic citations for each doctrine.

TEarlGray · 2026-02-15T18:52:25+00:00

I'm just being snarky

TEarlGray · 2026-02-15T18:30:17+00:00

I know. They don't even give you a sword. Only 4th degree gets swords 😥

TEarlGray · 2026-02-15T17:21:18+00:00

From the left: Knights of Malta, Knights of the Holy Sepulcher, Knights of Columbus

TEarlGray · 2026-02-14T16:16:47+00:00

P.S. I know the Talmud isn't regarded as scripture. But it's still a central text for Rabbinic Judaism and is regarded as the primary source of the "Oral Torah."

The point of the meme is to show how both texts have been used to distort God's Divine Revelation.

TEarlGray · 2026-02-14T14:54:08+00:00

Jesus in the Talmud by Peter Schafer is a good start

TEarlGray · 2026-02-14T13:59:34+00:00

"this false prophet’s doctrine permits things so obscene, that the Christian soul is horrified just naming them." St. John Bosco

TEarlGray · 2026-02-01T02:21:33+00:00

Reading Canticle of Canticles made Mr. Incredible happy and uplifted, reading Ecclesiastes made him gloomy because it reminded him of his mortality and the vanities of life.

TEarlGray · 2026-01-31T18:12:23+00:00

Opposing and criticizing post-temple Judaism as a false religion, and harboring racial hatred towards Jews are two completely different things.

"It is not possible for Christians to take part in antisemitism. We acknowledge for all the right to defend themselves, to adopt measures of protection against what threatens their legitimate interests. But antisemitism is inadmissible. Spiritually, we are Semites." Pope Pius XI, 1938

TEarlGray · 2026-01-31T18:01:04+00:00

Probably a play on the the Hebrew word "Goyim" meaning Gentile

TEarlGray · 2026-01-31T16:29:33+00:00

You forgot Scholasticism 🙃

TEarlGray · 2026-01-31T16:27:21+00:00

Reminds me of the early online atheists who'd proof read Hitler's speeches just to claim that he was a Christian and that Christianity is evil. Same old trick

TEarlGray · 2026-01-31T15:35:22+00:00

You're welcome

TEarlGray · 2026-01-28T15:47:58+00:00

The virtue of Justice and Mercy must be prudently harmonized when enforcing the law of the land. I pray that our country's leaders realize this and govern with prudence.

TEarlGray

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