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@stevhep

Scottish, Catholic (Roman), vegetarian, mystic, occasional poet. Preferred future pronouns: Venerable, Blessed and (ultimately) Saint.

𝕏, Devon, United Kingdom 加入时间 Aralık 2012
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On The Most Holy Rosary of the Virgin Mary "The aim is to direct the attention of the mind (and heart) to a series of discrete topics, called Mysteries, which are either episodes from the life of Jesus or from the post-dormition glorification of Mary.." thoughtfullycatholic.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/on-…
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"All things in gentle Christ Jesus comfort us and our pains are eased. We accept with great solicitude and without negligence His gentle invitation." St Catherine of Siena
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The most important reason for loving God is that He is lovable. Everything else is, at best, secondary.
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Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad. V’ahavta et Adonai Elohecha b’chol l’vavcha uv’chol nafsh’cha uv’chol m’odecha. Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
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There is no sin nor wrong that gives a man such a foretaste of hell in this life as anger and impatience. St Catherine of Siena
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The Pastor argues that women's work is being denigrated and that passive obedience is being highlighted. This week sees the Feast of St Catherine of Siena a contemplative woman who was very much in the tradition of Mary and whom no one in their right minds would call 'passive'.
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@Glinner When you wrote Father Ted did you believe that a society without Christianity would be at least as good, if not better, than a society with Christianity? What do you believe now?
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A recommendation that is not strictly limited to Piers Morgan. If you don't already do so, you too could add devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary to your spiritual repertoire.
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@piersmorgan May I recommend that you add the Seven Sorrows of Mary to your treasury of prayers? 'Saying a Shorter Seven Sorrows' is, as the name implies, a brief gateway method to aid entry into the devotion. thoughtfullycatholic.wordpress.com/2019/07/18/say…

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At the New Jerusalem, @SpencerKlavan turns in an excellent essay on how the U.S. astronauts not only beat the Soviets to the moon, but were also first to realize that they were looking at a cosmos created by a gigantic invisible Jew with a long white beard. Which is why the U.S. is still here today, and the Soviet Union is just an unpleasant memory in the mind of a gigantic invisible Jew with a long white beard. Link below.
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Worship in Spirit and in Truth combined with beauty is to be preferred over worship in Spirit and in Truth without it. Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: Grace is poured abroad in thy lips; Therefore hath God blessed Thee for ever. (Psalm 44:3) x.com/realmikolson/s…
Mikale Olson@realmikolson

@joshwhitlatch …the worship God requires is first and foremost in Spirit and Truth. Without those things, outward beauty is useless

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Christians do not choose between Jesus being fully God and fully Man. We say He is both, and will be for eternity. Likewise we do not choose between pouring spikenard on the Lord or feeding the poor, we do both. It is a category error to counterpose the Gospel to beauty.
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Outward beauty united with inward beauty is what you would want and expect from faith in the Word become flesh, where Divinity is indissolubly united to the material universe. A belief which is indifferent to aesthetics is not an embodied belief.
Mikale Olson@realmikolson

Roman Catholicism is a visually beautiful religion. I admire that about it. But so is Hinduism, for example. Outward beauty without the gospel is just that: outward beauty, and nothing more. It will return to nothing one day. White-washed tombs, as it were.

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Some out of contention preach Christ not sincerely: supposing that they raise affliction to my bands. But what then? So that by all means, whether by occasion, or by truth, Christ be preached: in this also I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. Philippians 1:17-18
Pope Leo XIV@Pontifex

While our suffering world greatly needs the #peace of Christ, the divisions among Christians weakens our capacity to be effective bearers of that peace. If the world is to take our preaching to heart, we must, therefore, be constant in our prayers and efforts to remove any stumbling blocks that hinder the proclamation of the Gospel. #ChristianUnity vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

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