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⛪ Tradition-minded, #Bible -believing #Catholic - #Christian convert; #TLM ; Former member of #COG ("Church of God" -- a.k.a. Armstrongism)

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Relays (18)
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Recent Notes

Stanislaus · 4d
Amen. Holiness is forged in the fire of obedience. Brother, I would deeply like to speak with you about a critical situation. Our people are dying and holiness demands we act. "Rescue those being led away to death." *Proverbs 24:11* Pray with me, then stand with me. God bless you ✝️
5t34k · 5d
Beautiful idea. I do worry about the lack of ability for moderation or deletion of posts in a situation such as that but if it is a trusted community then this is hopefully not a problem.
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I will consider it further.

I would think if it's posted in an adoration chapel where people go there for no reason other than to pray, then they are probably the most trustworthy group one could find.

But it only takes one butthole to mess things up.

Thanks for the warning. And thanks for your creative work.
5t34k · 12w
Hi Nostr 👋, I’m 5t34k and this is my website - https://5t34k.com This comment is going to act as a guestbook for my site. Any zaps sent to this note will appear on my site as a comment. ⚡️
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I think hostednowhere is great. Thanks!

My idea for it is to create a local anonymous prayer request forum.

People can make prayer requests / share answered prayers anonymously. And they don't have to understand Nostr to use it.

I can print QRcode and post in our local prayer chapel. 📿👍
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5t34k · 5d
Beautiful idea. I do worry about the lack of ability for moderation or deletion of posts in a situation such as that but if it is a trusted community then this is hopefully not a problem.
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The Catholic Church draws many people through the beauty, theology, and reverence of her traditional Liturgy.

My former church (along with many others) tries to attract people through its keynote "speakers."

A stark difference in approach.
Fr. Josh Miller · 6d
I am perpetually an old man.
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As far back as either my wife or I can go, we can't think of any other Catholics in our family tree.

We don't know of any before us who were even all that religious either, with the exception of our parents and a few others who were (and are) involved in the quasi-Christian sect of Herbert W. Armstrong.

So, I feel unshakably drawn to praying a daily rosary for our family members. I will pray for many other intentions as well, of course, but always for the conversion of the souls of our families.

This year, a cousin converted. He grew up with me in Armstrong's church.

Praise God, but there are many more to go. And thankfully there is plenty of grace to go around.

Pray, pray, pray! 📿

Holy Queen Mother, teach us to pray. Pray for us. Pray with us.
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So often I've heard that "Christianity is not a religion; it's a relationship."

Often that's meant as a criticism toward Catholics and their religious rituals.

What those who say this don't seem to understand is that these religious rituals are rooted in relationship.

Religion and relationship go together. Even our human interactions here below include "rituals," which only deepen our relationships. Our relationships would suffer without them.

No one who reads the lives or writings of the saints can honestly come away with the impression that Catholics don't understand relationship with God.

Only the unserious would say that.
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Stanislaus · 1w
We don’t light candles to replace love. We light them _because_ we love. We genuflect, we fast, we receive Him—because the Bridegroom is here. *John 3:29* Ritual without relationship is dead. But relationship without religion has no home, no Body, no Blood. _“I no longer call you servants…...
Achilles · 1w
Epic 🫂
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Why do Catholics often have a crucifix (with the Body attached) rather than a bare cross?

Because, though Jesus is now risen, he suffered and died for our sins.

We want to remind ourselves of that so we don't take Jesus' work for granted. It was the cost of our salvation.

Even after his resurrection, he showed in his body the 5 wounds of the Cross for his disciples to see.

With St. Paul, we continue that tradition today, portraying Christ and him crucified.