The Immaculata appears in this world, without the least stain of sin, the masterpiece of God's hands, full of grace. God, the most Holy Trinity, beholds the lowliness (i.e., the humility, the root of all her other virtues) of his handmaid, and "does great things" for her (cf. Lk 1:49). God the Father gives her his own Son to be her Son; God the Son descends into her womb; and God the Holy Spirit forms the body of Christ in the womb of this most pure virgin. "And the Word was made flesh" (Jn 1:14). The Immaculata becomes the Mother of God. The fruit of the love of God in his Trinitarian life and of Mary the Immaculata, is Christ, the God-man. Hence forth all the other sons of God must be modeled after this first Son of God, the God-man, the infinite One. They must reproduce his traits; by imitating Christ souls reach sanctity. . . . This is the union brought about by the spousal love of the soul for Christ, through its re-semblance to him, and by God's action. But if anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother. . . . Since the firstborn Son, the God-man was conceived only with the specific consent of the most Blessed Virgin, the same must hold true for all men, who must be conformed to their first model in all things ("Sketches for a book," 1940).

“I witnessed priests drinking and smoking”

“With the cult of the saints the Christian challenge to the cosmos became more acute—more crass and repellent to pagan minds. The Christian cult of the saints threatened to bring about “the slow and horrid crumbling of ancient boundaries.”

Before being executed by Calvinists, Andrew Wouters gave his last words: “Fornicator I always was; heretic I never was” He would later be canonized as a Saint.

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Bye Starbucks

The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of God and the most venerated creature in Scripture. (A) Marian Prophecy in the Old Testament Genesis 3:15 “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed, she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.” 1 Kings 2:19-20 (Solomon institutes office of Queen Mother) Psalms 45:9 “at your right hand stands the queen in gold at Ophir” Psalms 45:13 “the daughter of the king . . . with gold woven robes” Isaiah 7:14 “a virgin shall conceive and bear a son” Luke 1 (compares Mary with the Ark of the Covenant - verse 35 with Numbers 9:15, verse 44 with 2 Samuel 6:14, verse 43 with 2 Samuel 6:9, verse 56 with 2 Samuel 6:11) (B) Mary Hailed as “Mother of Our Lord” Matthew 1:23 “virgin shall . . . bear a son . . . shall be called “Emmanuel”” Luke 1:35 “child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God” Luke 1:43 “the mother of my Lord” Galatians 4:4 “God sent forth His Son, born of woman” Isaiah 7:14 “a virgin shall conceive and bear a son” John 19:27 “Behold your mother.” Luke 2:6-7 “While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn son.[c]She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Matthew 1:16 “Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah.” (C) Mary As Intercessor John 2:1 (IHS works Miracle at Cana at Mary’s request) (D) Marian Assumption prefigured in OT and supported in NT Genesis 5:23-24 (Mary’s Assumption prefigured through Enoch’s assumption) Apocalypse of Saint John 12:1-12 (Woman in Heaven clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, wearing a crown of twelve stars) (E) Mary’s Uniqueness in Creation Genesis 3:15 (Total opposition to satan) Luke 1:28 “Hail, full of Grace” Luke 1:42 “blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb” Luke 1:48 “behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed” Luke 2:34-35 “ 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted;  35 And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed.”

Friars make better drinking buddies

Are all baptists inbred or just the ones on social media?

They do it all the time!!!

5 duh

Bagels are good. I’m cooked

I have two female coworkers, both are divorced with two kids. Both left their husbands and are now lesbians with a female “partner” Can anyone explain this???

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I never thought I was missing much as a Protestant by not going to confession. It seemed like a burden- we can just take our sins to God. I was wrong. It really is healing. Protestants are missing out.

Being Catholic is pretty cool.