It’s honestly a little weird to me when people equate being the breadwinner with being the “head of household”. Being the head of the household has very little to do with who brings in the most income, and who is responsible for carrying the souls of their spouse and children on their backs to heaven. Men lead their family to Christ. You do not need to be the primary source of income to lead your family. A stay at home dad can lead his family to Christ.
Officials of a history museum and experts examined the painting. They say it was done with China ink on a hand scroll measuring 22 centimeters wide by 3 meters long and made of Japanese “washi” paper.
The work depicts 15 scenes relating to Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, including the Annunciation and the Pentecost.
The painting also bears some writing. An analysis shows it is Latin prayers that someone transcribed from a verbal form.
The words “the year of 1592” appear at the end of the scroll. Experts say it is highly likely that the painting was made in that year, as their analysis of the paper shows that it was made between the late 16th and the early 17th centuries.
“Average person in the 17th century lived to be 40 years old” actually just statistical error, average adult lived to be much older, but 12% of babies died by the age of 1.
I am just going to say it: When I see the Church get mixed up in political issues my 1st thought is, “You’re painting the exterior while your house is on fire.”
65-75% doesn’t go to Eucharist regularly. An even greater number have abandoned sacramental Confession. Even though the population goes up, baptisms, confirmations, Catholic marriages, and numbers of priests and religious plummet in the west. Your parishes are emptying out and getting closed. Catholics in NA, SA, and Europe are more likely to identify with secular morality than Catholic morality. Oh…and yeah…you have a rancid cesspool among a minority of your clergy whose fidelity to their vows is akin to a 1980’s cassette player. Your colleges and universities are mostly Catholic in name only, your education systems are in shambles. The devotional life in most catholic households is dead. Your liturgies went from a focus on beauty and the transcendence to a banal broadway play. You wring your hands about youth while you do absolutely anything you can to make us indistinguishable from the secular culture. That leaves us priests on the front lines who are trying to live up to what we said we would do at our ordinations spending too much time explaining the troubles that beset us.
I, and many of the clergy and lay faithful, want the Church to succeed in forming her flock and getting the flock to heaven. We love Christ and His Church. We love our flocks. We mourn the fatal wounds inflicted. We believe that we are to be in the world, but not of the world. We are to be a luminous alternative to the darkness of evil. We have the treasury of God’s grace at our fingertips. Please do something substantial about the problems that inflict the Body of Christ. It is more than new policies and procedures. It is a culture of faith, beauty, and strength.
When you wanna spend time with Jesus in church but you can’t bc it’s a weekday and then you remember you’re not protestant anymore and Adoration is a thing
wensday adoration is the BEST! Especially when coupled with Thursaday Morning Mass
When you’re fundamentalist and take literal the concept of “where two or more are gathered”:
Catholics also take those words very literally!
But there is nothing quite like sitting in the literal, physical Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist 💙
Hey guys, if you’re in the DFW area of Texas, can you please look out for this kitty? Lucy belongs to my best friend and has been missing since Sunday. They’ve found her collar but not her, though she is microchipped.
I’ve also been praying for the intercession of St. Anthony, Patron Saint of Lost Things, St. Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Animals, and St. Gertrude, Patron Saint of Cats.
Update as of 15 minutes ago: “The search for Lucy continues. Found several possums and a coyote, plus dozens of cats that aren’t mine. 😿”
New picture of Lucy up.
Lucy is still missing. Lea thought she had a lead, but it wasn’t her. Please pray, Lea is hurting.
Wide Spread Interests 