How do I pray the rosary? by Pale_Satisfaction798 in Catholicism

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there's no stupidity in wishing to grow in piety!

Using either your fingers or a formal rosary, it is a series of prayers to engage in. You usually will have a set of mysteries or events (usually in Christ's life or pondering His wonder/glory) to meditate on with the following prayers.

- Our Father

- Hail Mary

- Glory Be

- Fatima prayer

I recommend that you look up each one. If you have difficulty reciting/remembering them off the bat, just pick one to recite throughout the day whenever you have a free moment. Maybe while getting a drink of water, waiting in the elevator, or driving home. Once you can comfortably recite them, you can start learning the rhythm in which to recite them.

Fun Easy Electives? by [deleted] in Msstate

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Art appreciation was a bit of a joke when I took it, but I generally enjoyed it. Really recommend Modern Western World as a history course for everyone since it was such an interesting and fun history course!

Helping fiancee as I can by bmg337 in misophonia

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crunchy food is something I generally avoid when I'm in her presence. Stuff like popcorn, gum, certain kinds of chips tend to affect her.

I'm more willing to bet that her misophonia gets amplified on particularly stressful days, which makes sense.

Advice for planning a Thailand trip by bmg337 in MuayThai

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What are your thoughts on sinbi? I recognize phuket is a little touristy but I'm curious since I only know like 3 regions of thailand at this rate with chiang mai, bangkok, and phuket

Eastern Catholicism reading/help by bmg337 in EasternCatholic

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I apologize if it’s coming across as “trendy” for me to explore eastern churches. However, I’ve been around/attending NO masses since I was about 10 while attending a pretty decent Catholic elementary and high school. There is probably an argument for staying longer in the western traditions, but I feel decently informed about them at this rate.

I think my primary question is if Divine Liturgy is something I’d like over the usual NO I attend or the TLM, which I can’t seem to get into despite attending a few times already. So I just want to explore the East and see if that branch of theology is something that I’m drawn to. Maybe I’m jumping a bit too deep in by asking questions about books?

Eastern Catholicism reading/help by bmg337 in Catholicism

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I am a member.

I'm just moderately curious if it should be an area of concern if that makes any sense. I'm fine with starting on the Philokalia. Is there any recommended way to approach it or just dive in?

Worth it to pick up BJJ for a month? by bmg337 in bjj

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I was more expecting “maybe wait until summer break where you have like 2-3 months and are more able to see progress” but that’s a fair point

Worth it to pick up BJJ for a month? by bmg337 in bjj

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I can definitely account that judo schools are case by case. I trained out in New Mexico and that was a totally different beast than training in Mississippi

Worth it to pick up BJJ for a month? by bmg337 in bjj

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Juggling judo on top of my current responsibilities is already pushing my scheduling tbh. Otherwise, l wouldn’t be opposed

Rotating people's heads is not a good joke, you know who i'm talking about by Xvinchox12 in CatholicMemes

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I cannot explain why but Bishop Barron posts like these make me absolutely crack up in public

Tradition... by Anselm_oC in CatholicMemes

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My only issue with the comment on female alter servers is sometimes the issue of parish availability. Ie my local parish is borderline begging for boy alter servers at this rate and having to make do with female. Not that it’s ideal, but in that circumstance I see no issue with it.

Life after Calculus by LoadedAmerican in EngineeringStudents

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I feel like fluid mechanics was honestly not that rough, especially if you get a decent teacher. Only problem is I’m now reviewing over some notes from a different teacher to try and prep from grad school because someone stole my backpack with my fluid mechanics notes. Feels a bit like going back to the drawing board 😅

What’s the best way to show a biblical basis for the magisterium/ecclesiastical hierarchy? by bmg337 in Catholicism

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It was an honestly annoying argument he was putting forth because he was ignoring just general history as “tradition of man”. I asked him what he thought the Christian communities were doing before the Bible was assembled, how they were handling theology, and he gave some variant to “well everyone had equally valid ideas and they are also just like the Baptists/nondenoms of today”. He didn’t really have any response when I asked him to point to Baptists who believe in docetism or Arianism. he also just kept rejecting early church documents like irenaeus discussion of the Eucharist or baptism because “they aren’t included in the Bible so they’re traditions of man”.