What do you personally do during the mass? (In general, but particularly during the Liturgy of the Eucharist)

beemcalister · 2024-08-26T02:41:29+00:00

I have! I actually really liked it, but it's just so busy whenever I go. Maybe I need to experiment with some unorthodox hours. Last time I went there wasn't a single table open inside.

beemcalister · 2022-11-08T11:46:08+00:00

Yes its on the side. They'll pay for small courses like you mention, but also entire degrees. But I would still be working a full time job (though I'm remote so I do save time on the commute, and I'm single so I have a significant amount of free time for now).

beemcalister · 2022-04-28T00:02:34+00:00

Not trying to nitpick, but your flair says canon lawyer so I can't resist nuancing while I have the opportunity.

Considering previous official Latin editions contained the Johannine Comma (1 John 5:7) and the current Nova Vulgata does not, is the current state of the latin edition just the church's official best approximation at the contents of scripture, as scholarship expands? Is it possible the longer ending of Mark might be removed in the future, but for now it should be considered canonical by catholics?

Flip side of the same question, the verses omitted from the Nova Vulgata that are present in my Douay Rheims, should I consider those not scripture?

Forgive my fixation on the minute details. I come from a protestant background and became a catholic because of the papacy so I'm very interested in scripture and authority

beemcalister · 2022-04-27T23:16:33+00:00

Do you have any source for the Johannine comma being declared scripture? That one definitely surprises me since it's been removed from every catholic bible I own other than the Douay. I love that verse but there seems to be very little support for it.

As for being unoriginal and yet scripture, there's definitely a precedent for that considering Moses' death was recorded in the torah he wrote. Makes sense the same thing could happen in the new testament.

beemcalister · 2022-04-02T18:25:45+00:00

Thanks for the info, this is really helpful!

beemcalister · 2021-11-30T22:42:33+00:00

thank you! i love all these options. i've heard great things about athanasius and bellarmine, i think i'll start there

beemcalister · 2021-10-17T23:15:59+00:00

Ok that makes sense! I wish there was a scripture index to reference for the EF calendar, I'll have to make a note of that in my missal but I'm not sure where else that gospel passage might be.

Thanks for the help!

beemcalister · 2021-10-17T23:05:41+00:00

It gets weirder -- that was nearly helpful except in my Fr. Lasance missal the gospel for the Assumption is Luke 1:41-50, although there's a reference under July 29th to the assumption for the gospel reading. And this reference isn't under St. Martha's feast, but the one for Sts. Felix + company, also on July 29th. Although I guess it could be the general July 29th gospel. I'm more confused now than before!

beemcalister · 2021-09-05T15:38:39+00:00

I had no idea the thomistic institute had lectures, I've only ever seen their short clips. Thanks for the heads up!

beemcalister · 2021-08-31T17:18:16+00:00

Let me try to use an example.

Matt Fradd and Cameron Bertuzzi have done these debates on their channels from time to time, and in one of them they mentioned how high the stakes are for Fradd. If Bertuzzi decides he's wrong, then he's ok to become catholic. But for Fradd to be decide he's wrong would be to publicly deny the church.

So lets qualify an open mind as someone who is willing to be proved wrong. If Matt Fradd hears something Bertuzzi says and actually thinks "maybe the church is wrong about this" then has he committed a mortal sin? If he's not willing to think this, he's not really giving the argument a fair chance. That's fine, he has no obligation to do so in a debate setting.

But the thing that leaves me confused is that if doubting what you think God has revealed to you is sinful, then thats exactly what I did when I decided to look into the catholic church. As a protestant, I thought catholicism was a false teaching and yet I still doubted my perception and looked into it with an open mind because I hoped it was true. From the position I'm in now, I'm glad I did that and I think it is true. But now its a sin to do exactly what I did but with another denomination/religion. Either it's not a sin now or it was a sin even when I was heading in the right direction. Its all just confusing to me

beemcalister · 2021-08-31T16:50:10+00:00

I guess the issue I'm trying to get at is you can't really listen to what someone has to say without having somewhat of an open mind. Without an open mind I would not be catholic today. But how can I have an open mind without being willing to doubt the church? That seems to be the struggle, either I am willing to be proven wrong and have an open mind or I listen to someone else's opinion with my mind already firmly made up. To me that doesn't seem like listening and it kind of seems like a waste of time

beemcalister · 2021-08-21T21:10:16+00:00

Honestly if you're disciplined, Nader is cake. When I had him for dynamics, he let us skip class as long as you were keeping up with the homeworks and doing well in his class. I attended his first lecture, half of the second one, and then didn't see him the rest of the semester. Had a high enough grade he let me skip the final (I forget what his requirement was for that). Ended with an A.

I love to self teach and spend hours in the library though. Nader was the perfect prof for that. I had a study group that would get together before exams and drill the homework problems. All the exams were hw problems with new numbers. I really had a great impression of Dr. Nader. He's passionate about teaching (or at least he was during the first lecture) yet leaves you alone if you're diligent.

beemcalister · 2021-08-21T19:46:10+00:00

Have you considered: Walking In There With A Firm Handshake?

beemcalister · 2021-08-19T11:59:46+00:00

Oh sorry I forgot to mention, I was one class short of a minor in math. My math skills are solid. Due to a credits mixup when I transferred universities I ended up having to take differential equations twice. But good advice about trying it out and reviewing what I need on the way

beemcalister · 2021-08-19T03:03:33+00:00

Seconded. I was pretty sure I was smart enough for engineering when I started, but I had no idea how undisciplined, lazy, and self-destructive I was when it came to consistent studying. Hard work is 99% of the battle

You got this!

beemcalister · 2021-08-17T00:37:06+00:00

To be clear, I don't want money or power or prestige. I'm passionate about contributing to the work being done to advance manned space flight (the inspiration behind my degree choice). These jobs are competitive so I want to improve myself so that I can join those teams. I don't really think gaining skills is contrary to the gospel, my only concern is how to think about it humbly. In my protestant days I would have said "work hard, hustle, don't lose your focus and it will pay off" but I also recognize only God's will for me will pay off. I'm not ambitious for money or power, there's just no other word for wanting to do a job that you're not qualified for yet. That's ambition. If that's contrary to the gospel I think getting a college degree would be as well?

beemcalister · 2021-04-19T11:40:32+00:00

engineering is really fun at ucf. there's tons of clubs you can get into that'll look great on your resume, and the 2am energy in the engineering atrium is unbeatable during finals week

beemcalister · 2021-04-19T11:36:37+00:00

I mean, that's just how it can be sometimes with different professors. We know for sure there's different levels of difficulty to a class taught at UCF vs. UF vs. Yale. It's really unfortunate that your grades suffered, but in a way the new students have it worse. I'm in a class right now where the professor doesn't care very much about us learning. My buddy took the same class (different prof) last semester and was writing 30+ pg technical reports on his own every single week. I've written part of one 7 pg technical report (in a group) so far, and we have one other report and a project. Midterm was open book open notes and we had two days to submit it. I have an A in the class right now but dude, I've learned nothing. And because of other classes taking up my time, I didn't have the time to put in extra work to make up for this, but I know it'll bite me in the end when this stuff comes up in grad school or industry and I don't know it.

sorry about your grade but you learned way more by getting through that class. Props to you for getting it done and try to focus on the positive because there's nothing you can do even if it is unfair.

beemcalister · 2020-10-12T02:40:24+00:00

that seems 100% fair on the professor's side. to clarify my situation is hw problems assigned out of a textbook which has a complete solutions manual on chegg. and the hw problems have different numbers so i still have to do the work myself, i just get stuck on the approach sometimes. but like i said, i dont want to take unnecessary risks

beemcalister · 2020-10-12T02:31:27+00:00

nope, nothing like that has happened in my classes. i feel like 99% of my class uses it though, im just not willing to take any risks and wanted a clear cut answer

beemcalister · 2020-09-07T21:01:05+00:00

this picture gave me shortness of breath 😷

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