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⛪ Tradition-minded, #Bible -believing #Catholic - #Christian convert; #TLM ; Former member of #COG ("Church of God" -- a.k.a. Armstrongism); CONTACT ME through the SimpleX link provided.

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When Jesus spoke from the Cross, "Behold, your mother," shoulld we believe it was an irresponsibly last-minute arrangement for Mary's fincial security?

What about when he said, "Behold, your son"? He didn't call him "protector" or "provider" or "man of the house," but rather "son."

Mother. Son. These are relational terms.

We all stand at the foot of the Cross with John. Jesus gave Mary to us as our Mother. His Mom is now our Mom. She prays with us, for us, raising us as children of God.

Don't neglect her, but honor her. Talk to your heavenly Mother. She loves you and will help you. 📿
The COG Catholic · 1d
It's the same grace to me that does the work of justification and sanctification. I can (could) resist both.
freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg · 1d
> Grace proves irresistible just because it destroys the disposition to resist. -- J. I. Packer, "[Introduction to Owen's Death of Death in the Death of Christ](https://corepastor.wordpress.com/wp-co...
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You don't have a disposition to resist God's grace?

I find the life of faith to be an uphill battle that can be lost if I don't choose to lean on God's help so I can persevere. It's not easy.

My disposition is toward pride, comfort, instant gratification, overeating, etc. -- things I must allow Jesus to help me mortify.
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freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg · 1d
Apart from the regenerating grace of God, we hate him fully, resist him fully, are "children of wrath by nature" (Ephesians 2), "dead" (Ephesians 2), "enemies" (Romans 5), who not only cannot "enter" the kingdom of God, we cannot even "see" it. We "must be born again from above" (John 2). We resist ...
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It's for sure my main driver, on my desktop.

I use MX Linux on my laptop, which runs very slow. MX speeds it up quite a bit. But MX is based on Debian 13, so that's cool.

Can you imagine anyone starting a blog post with, "Oh Microsoft Windows, how I enjoy you so"? Haha! The absurdity!

But with Linux, it makes perfect sense. I feel you, bro.

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WorldsGoneMad · 3d
I would die with laughter at someone saying that about windows 11 😂
Fr. Josh Miller · 5d
It is now longer and more elaborate than it needs to be; clearly written by a group of French basement Vatican dwellers who never had the hard task of actually doing a Vigil.
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I see.

I'll be travelling for the Triduum because I'll be sponsoring my out-of-town cousin who's coming into the Church. I haven't seen him since last year when he texted me to say he had run out of reasons to become Catholic and asked me to be his sponsor. (Though I've prayed for him regularly and spoken with him a great deal on the phone.)

So I don't know exactly what to expect. I'll go to the rehearsals and try to keep up.
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The COG Catholic · 5d
*...run out of reasons NOT to become Catholic...
Fr. Josh Miller · 5d
It is now longer and more elaborate than it needs to be; clearly written by a group of French basement Vatican dwellers who never had the hard task of actually doing a Vigil.
Lew☦️ · 1w
He is a remarkable man!