Chas Nikisher

This has been my exact and consistent experience. I’ve met many Catholics who are now protestant, and vice versa. But what’s notable isn’t the numbers: it’s the quality. Invariably, whenever I inquire into the knowledge these ex-Catholics had about the Catholic Faith, it is shockingly bad, and most of them rarely even took the time to learn what the Church actually taught in any serious way. On the other hand, I’ve met and known of many protestant converts who were deeply formed in their faith, took it seriously, were constantly diving deep, and in that process discovered they had to become Catholic, for that was the only way all the true things they learned as a protestant could find fulfillment.

I was streaming a live Ugandan Mass. During the Liturgy of the Eucharist, when the consecrated Host was elevated, the faithful started clapping. At first, I thought it was a glitch with the stream. Then the same thing happened when the consecrated Chalice was elevated. I couldn't help but smile. It's a beautiful example of how culture can find expression in the liturgy while preserving the reverence due to the Eucharist.

Remain stupid and obstinate, it’s your prerogative. The vulnerability of the neck is augmented by its strength and flexibility as well as the elastic nature of human skin, muscle and tissues. Rigid, inflexible things and dead pig parts are not analogues. It’s wild you can’t read the actual medical and forensic data. A human forearm is much smaller and weaker than a human neck yet you can see clearly where a .30-06 is stopped with no exit wound and the arm was even saved. Your commitment to idiocy is impressive.

If you reject OSAS, you don't believe in the Father's will and Jesus will reject you (Mt 7:21-23). “And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I SHOULD LOSE NOTHING, but should raise it up again at the last day.” (cf. Jn 6:39-40).