I love Christ but hate the current state of the Church
I'm very conflicted right now, fuck
Zachary Stewart
I haven't eaten any meat since last month, am I a good boy now?
Adrian Rodriguez
isn't worship of the church and apostles a form of idolatry actual question I was raised protestant I was told worshiping Mary and praying to her was blasphemy
Connor Murphy
Thanks for the reminder. I had fasting in mind, but forgot it. Improving my life will start NOW!
Also you see Kesus carved in stone and wood hanging in churches as well. I think there is no absolute answer, but in my opinion it is idolatry. And as our polski beo said: The current said of the church is a crap. Anyhow, Jesus said you dont have to go to church, just stay home and pray alone where noone hears and sees you, but your father in heaven.
Oliver Garcia
I failed my nofap for LENT today bros ;_;
good luck to you all
Asher Reed
>Kesus Jesus* I should stop phonefagging
Mason Murphy
>mother of God
kys gnostic
Nathaniel Wilson
Catholics don't worship the Church or Mary or the Apostles. Catholics view the Catholic Church as the legitimate earthly institution which is to be maintained by the flock of Jesus, and in regards to Mary/Saints/etc, these are prayers of intercession, where the Catholic can ask Mary or a Saint to assist in their prayer by making a plea to God on behalf of the praying Catholic
No offense but almost all the Protestants I hear or meet are pants on head retardedly misinformed and usually don't even read the Bible. Protestantism always leads to Heresy because they have no roots or tradition, and are wholly led by the whims of whatever Pastor comes to prominence in whatever small town. The Bible is so huge that without the proper foundation, it can be perversely re-interpreted by any retard.
Going off this anons post, E Michael Jones on Youtube is a really in depth and respected Catholic scholar that anons may find to be a helpful resource for information to chew on. Highly recommend
>hurr durr muh Masonry
On top of being a retarded statement in and of itself, you already have an anti-Catholic conclusion and you will simply look for reasons to justify that end point. This is not difficult to see
Adam Ross
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy. Amen.
If more Christians fast the correct way instead of being hypocrites im sure we would have less of u heretics to deal with. go into the wilderness no water or food allowed. Go boys for the spirit of abraham!!!
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, and sought thy intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother, to thee I come, before thee I stand sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate! despise not my petitions, but, in thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.
I'm Christian but I can't commit to lent or stop sinning. Still, I profess Jesus Christ.
Ryder Gray
"What we love we shall grow to resemble."
Xavier Walker
>. Go boys for the spirit of abraham!!! Who,.? Dint recognise this one.
Josiah Brooks
during yesterday's mass, my 4 years old cousin that attended with our family that day kept asking me to show he jesus, that she wanted to meet him i didn't really know how to answer, and showed her some of the images in our church to her saying that was jesus i can't help but feel that there was a better way to explain it to her, but i can't exactly articulate the metaphysical trinity well enought that a little kid would understand
i dont think you need to explain the trinity. just tell them jesus is in their heart, and you meet him when you feel good from when you love other people
Jacob Foster
show the image of the Cross explain that true love comes through sacrifice and that God made the bigest sacrifice to redeem us. he/she may not understand it, but the seed is there. someday it may flourish. thats the goal of catechesis to children.
For those who are suffering my prayers go out to you. Dwell upon the Beatitude of Jesus, knowing: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
James Murphy
>>/hell/
Kayden Flores
How do you guys post on Jow Forums without seeing all these qt 3.14 asians?
Aaron Hernandez
Imagine being so filled with cuckery and yid mysticism you pray the fucking rosary. Shove it up your arse, it’ll do you more good. Read the NT and follow it, truly commit to being a truth-loving Christian. Skip the pseudo-kabbala, the clergy, the trinity shit. That’s a million times harder than saying words like a robot while looking at an idol.
>grow up in ireland >place got Vatican 2'd pretty hard >never really remember fasting at lent >look up the rules this year >realise the trad way is 40 days of fasting
Did Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday and Good Friday fasting and it was tough.
Probably gonna do two or three days a week to get into it, I'm not too used to it
Yeah it's not as bad if you just have a big lunch, think we have some kind of team lunch at work tomorrow so gonna stock up
Need to find a balance between fasting and actually being able to work and exercise, it's tricky
Regular confession and saying a decade of the rosary every morning unironically helped me, no memes.
Confession cures some things that no doctor can ever scratch the surface of. I unironically think that (bar something like abuse cases), desire for chronic masturbation is a spiritual illness, not just psychological
William Powell
how do i pronounce this?
Jeremiah Baker
I reported this topic over an hour ago as off-topic.
How is it still up?
Did I click on Jow Forums or christianity.com?
Keep this gay off-topic Christian shit off here, staff.