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St. Gemma, pray for us.

@CatholicSat @BackwardsFeet I'm fortunate I can't recall a time where I saw any issues.

Pope Leo XIV urges priests to respect the text and rubrics of the Holy Mass: "I therefore urge all those called to prepare the celebration of the divine mysteries, in particular priests who exercise the ministry of liturgical presidency, to always uphold that respect for the texts and regulations of the liturgy which springs from an inner attitude of openness and trust in God, manifesting humility before His greatness and sincere fidelity to ecclesial communion."

@Gamma_Pyramind God Bless. You are on the right path. Hang in there!!

It was one year ago today on May 26th, 2025, that I officially became a Trinitarian and stated I believed the Jehovah’s Witnesses to be wrong. It was a rough day, but I’m glad it happened cause now I am going to Mass, and I intend on starting OCIA this summer 😊

@BuckeyeRico @BishStrick It doesn't defame anyone. That is too dramatic. It is just accurate. Maybe he just writes like that. But it would be flagged. That is just true.

@MiddleGradeELA @BishStrick It’s sad that a Catholic school teacher doesn’t understand that human dignity is not the foundation of our faith, and resorts to nonsense insinuations to defame the person pointing it out.

I feel it is important to address concerns regarding the recently released  Encyclical Letter, “Magnifica Humanitas,” of the Holy Father Leo XIV.  pillarsoffaith.net/a-catholic-dis…

@Nwa_alexander @McDivad In the areas it is booming, like where I live, it is REALLY booming. There are also tons and tons of young families. So it will be substantially reduced and increased depending upon the location.

@McDivad I was arguing with one omenala Twitter merchant the other day. He said "he's glad catholic church is dying, especially in the SE". I told him in the 2000 years of existence, the church has wedged wars from multiple fronts, stormed castles, ruled the world, became global cabals.

The Catholic Church has existed for 2000 years and some people still think it’ll disappear because of Twitter arguments.

@Untilrose821 @gonefishin1948 What is he?

@gonefishin1948 Bauer Holz is not a Catholic priest. Please use discernment with his content.

Be honest. Are you being honest? How do I know if you're being honest? How do I know if you're not being honest?

@ilhasx God will reward your faithfulness. Many people's Faith have been destroyed because of this.

@bdhoward8741610 I'm still here, I won't leave unless they kick me out

4 months in a Novus Ordo seminary made me lean more sede than any blog or youtube video ever could

@SemanticSteward @matthew_sede Honestly, I have only ever seen one effeminate priest. Not judging. He was. But he was very trad. Experiences will vary obviously

@matthew_sede @RomanCathMedia Nothing gaslights me into fiery zeal like forcing myself to cuck to a NO Mass and watching the effeminate cunt clergy lead the faithful astray. I just completed my 5th or 6th return to "The Church" and waltz out mid sacrifice today. I've had enough.

His Excellency Bishop Sanborn: We’re not doing this because the pope is a heretic. We’re doing this because these men are imposing a false religion on the Church, which is why you cannot find the Faith at your local parish.

@skrwdrvr @BreeSolstad You made me look it up lol. It says this: "Neither may deacons or non-ordained members of the faithful use gestures or actions which are proper to the same priest celebrant."

@bdhoward8741610 @BreeSolstad CCC 1669 Ecclesia de Mysterio (Article 6).

Cute but nuns should not lay hands on someone’s head during prayer. Nuns are consecrated religious women but not ordained clergy. The laying of hands on the head is a priestly/sacramental sign reserved for ordained ministers.

@theTexasTrad Well, that is not being too dramatic...

Novus Ordo bishops are singing on Twitter and dancing on TikTok while the world burns.

@ilhasx Did you already tap out?

"Doctors" in Bible Studies, Theology, etc. denying dogmas in every class like it's nothing, shitting on the pre-V2 Church, implying Scripture contradicts, etc. All of this with approval and backing of the local bishop. Nothing I've experienced or read has blackpilled me as much

@ZhardcorecC My answers. Catholics are the OG Christians. I don't know what you have been taught. I sorta doubt it but I don't know what your church teaches.

I've got a lot on my mind Are Catholics really Christians? Is almost everything I've been taught a lie? Is my church really biblical?

@skrwdrvr @BreeSolstad Hello. Source?

@bdhoward8741610 @BreeSolstad False. Lay faithful are allowed in a Private, Informal Setting so long as permission is given.

@Xtopher_Uzo So true. All of the mainline Protestants changed their doctrines. Evangelicals changed their beliefs about birth control, women's ordination, and will just continue to do so. However, the worst thing is to shred historical worship and replace it with long songs and a TED talk.

All my life as a Catholic, I will keep thanking God and praying for the Church. One thing you learn as a Catholic is this: the Church cannot change doctrine because of your feelings, opinions, or modern trends. The Church is bigger than that because the truth is bigger than us. If something does not sound clear to you, the Church will explain why it teaches it. If you are still not satisfied, the Church will go even deeper and give you more reasons grounded in Scripture, Tradition, history, and theology. And if you still choose to walk away, the Church will pray for you and leave you to God and your conscience. That is why many people leave the Church confidently, only to return later after discovering the truth outside. For 2,000 years, the Catholic Church has never changed doctrine, edited doctrine, or "corrected" revealed truth to fit the times. That consistency is not human achievement. It is the work of the Holy Spirit guiding the Church in matters of faith and doctrine. That is why Catholics believe in the indefectibility of the Church and the infallibility of the Pope when defining dogma ex cathedra. Christ did not leave us confusion. He left us a Church. Be Catholic and be proud of it. God bless us and God bless the Catholic Church.

@poperespecter1 True! I fought this truth for 35 years. However, even as a young Protestant, I never bought a Protestant explanation of Matthew 16. There is no break from Peter and Paul to the modern Catholic Church. People assert there is, but never prove it.

If your church was not built on the bones of St. Peter and St. Paul, you don't have the original church. Stop with the larp trad prots and orthos. Only the Catholic Church is the original church.

@Brosephos @Rblv73 @BibleInContext1 I understand.

@bdhoward8741610 @Rblv73 @BibleInContext1 I have no respect for Liberty, tbh. Anything I see come from their theology program is so poor, I don't even believe they get a legitimate education.

Oh, a bunch of ignorant heretics who have never studied scripture or Church history are having an open mic. I have a better idea, no one show up and ignore them. They are idiots unworthy of attention. Elizabeth Marie supports them. That should say a lot.

@Brosephos @Rblv73 @BibleInContext1 Just to clarify, the classes are often 8 wks. The degree itself( 75 to 90 graduate hours). It is RA and ATS accredited.

@Rblv73 @BibleInContext1 I'm sure 2k years of Church history will be overturned by a clown with a 8 week MDiv.

@HwsEleutheroi @WesleyLHuff I do not see any difference in how Catholic and Protestant apologists are treated. X is not real life. As we sat in church this weekend, I would wager not more than two people have anything to do with X. Obviously, if the church is pastored by an X celebrity. it would differ.

Much to consider here. It is interesting to watch @WesleyLHuff getting ravaged for making the very same comments I have made about Rome for 35+ years. It is not a thoughtful response, it is, Rick said, visceral. Non-rational. Driven by emotion.

@davidwbalch @rickbrennanjr @naveen4god Calvin Robinson is actually the most famous denomination jumper there is in modern times. Like...four denominations in 5 years maybe? I, of course, like him though lol. He is an interesting speaker.

@rickbrennanjr @naveen4god How did you write such a lengthy post without realizing that this guy is not a Catholic priest? Do you do any due diligence before you write?

Here is another Roman Catholic priest denigrating the office of Protestant pastor by claiming we have no scriptural warrant to serve in the role of presbyteros (pastor or priest), episkopos (bishop), as described in the New Testament; but are merely shepherds without authority. Implied, but not stated, is that Pprotestants don't have churches, but are only local assemblies according to Roman Catholic doctrine. Respectfully, on these subjects, the Roman Catholic Church does not accurately reflect the teaching of the New Testament or the practice of the first and early second century church. The New Testament does not teach a medieval sacramental system of “Holy Orders” in which bishops, priests, and deacons form a sacerdotal hierarchy possessing a unique power to mediate grace through the sacraments. That is not apostolic Christianity. It is later ecclesiastical development that is being read back into the New Testament—a textbook anachronism. In the New Testament, presbyteros and episkopos are used in overlapping ways. Elders are overseers. Overseers shepherd the flock. Paul can summon the Ephesian elders and then tell them that the Holy Spirit has made them overseers to shepherd the church of God. That is not the later Roman structure of bishop, priest, and deacon as distinct grades of sacramental holy orders. Nor does the New Testament teach a ministerial priesthood that stands between Christ and his people. Christ alone is the one mediator between God and man (1 Tim. 2:5). Christ alone is the great high priest who offered himself once for all and now intercedes for his people at the right hand of the Father (Heb. 4:14–16; 7:23–28; 10:11–14). The church as a whole is a royal priesthood, called to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 2:5, 9; Rev. 1:5–6). Ministers do have real authority, but it is ministerial, not sacerdotal. They preach the Word, administer baptism and the Lord’s Supper, shepherd souls, and exercise discipline under the authority of Christ and Scripture (Matt. 28:18–20; Acts 20:28; Eph. 4:11–12; 1 Tim. 3:1–7; 2 Tim. 4:1–2; Titus 1:5–9; Heb. 13:17). They do not stand as sacrificing priests who mediate saving grace by virtue of an ontological change conferred through holy orders. Christ is the priest. Christ is the sacrifice. Christ is the mediator. Christian ministers are servants and stewards of the mysteries of God (1 Cor. 4:1).. Protestant pastors have spiritual authority because Christ gives pastors and teachers to his church. Their authority does not depend on an allegedly unbroken chain of episcopal hands. It depends on fidelity to the apostolic gospel, something Roman Catholicism has too often buried beneath layers of tradition, sacramentalism, priestly mediation, and ecclesiastical claims that obscure the simplicity and sufficiency of Christ. A minister who faithfully preaches the Word, administers the ordinances Christ instituted, shepherds the flock, and guards the apostolic doctrine has real authority under Christ. Apostolic succession, rightly understood, is succession in apostolic doctrine. A man may have hands laid on him by a hundred bishops, but if he corrupts the gospel, his succession is only institutional, not apostolic. So no, when you call a Protestant pastor “pastor,” you are not merely being polite. You are acknowledging, however unwillingly, that Christ continues to shepherd his church through men called to preach his Word and care for his flock. And for Protestants, the same principle applies when we refer to a Roman Catholic priest as “Father.” We may use the title as a courtesy, but that does not mean we accept Rome’s doctrine of a sacerdotal priesthood or submit to that priest’s spiritual authority. Personally, I reject the titles “priest” and “Father” as formal ministerial titles because they reflect later ecclesiastical development and can obscure the New Testament pattern. Christ alone is our great high priest. Ministers are pastors, elders, overseers, teachers, servants, and stewards of the mysteries of God. It's important to always remember that Rome did not create the ministry. Christ did.