Oh, yes I am, Karen.

USA. A breakfast counter. The waitress recommended the biscuits and gravy, and when the plate arrived, I thought something had gone wrong in the kitchen. I say this with shame. The dish looked like a construction site after rain. Pale mounds. Gray ladle-fall. Speckles I could not identify. In my land, the eye eats first. A meal is arranged like a garden. This meal was arranged like weather. "Is it… finished?" I asked, carefully. "Honey, that's what it looks like." The man beside me was already eating his. He did not look up. "Just try it." I am a man who has charged hillsides at dawn. I raised the fork. I tried it. I must now formally apologize to the biscuits, the gravy, the waitress, the kitchen, and the entire breakfast tradition of the American South. It was magnificent. Warm. Peppered. The biscuit drank the gravy the way a field drinks rain — THAT is why it is shaped like that, you fool — and every mound I had insulted was a soft fold of comfort that my homeland, in eight hundred years, never once thought to invent. "Well?" the waitress asked. "I judged it," I confessed. "By its appearance. I am ashamed." "Everybody does, hon." Everybody does. A national dish that forgives you for doubting it. It expects the doubt. It waits for you on the other side of it. Do not judge the gravy by its face. Judge yourself, for hesitating. I order it every Saturday now. I no longer see the construction site. I see only the garden. It was a garden the whole time. The eye must be trained.

Solas, explain God's reasoning to leave as ultimate authority a book that, following the Resurrection, would take: -decades to write -centuries to canonize -centuries more to mass produce -centuries longer to reach a majority-literate Christian population.

Catholics: Without the normative authority of the Church, sola scriptura leads to wild, speculative, and sometimes insane interpretations. Protestants: nOnsEnSe!!!! ScRipTuRe iNteRpReTs iTseLf!! Also Protestants:

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She's voting for Spencer Pratt because he's willing to talk about actual problems facing LA. The other two just want to hide problems.

From the mouths of babes... 😂

What you're about to watch is two members of the "press" credentialed by Mayor Mamdani, openly endorsing the heinous and evil assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Ashley Rojas and Lena Weissbrot are their names, and they deserve to be famous: Rojas: "I'm saying f*** Brian Thompson. I don't give a flying f*** he died." Weissbrot: "His children are better off without him. They need to learn to not be like their dad, and enjoy the blood money ... I liked [his murder]." Rojas and Weissbrot accuse Brian Thompson of being guilty of "mass social murder" a 19th century term coined by Karl Marx's co-conspirator Fredrich Engels and recently referenced by Hasan Piker to the NYT. They compare the assassination of Thompson to the killing of Osama Bin Laden and call it "heroic violence." Assassination culture is rising on the left and is continuing to be mainstreamed and condoned by leftwing political figures like Zohran Mamdani. Truly grotesque, evil, and disturbing.

When yall use lazy things like “call no man father” without knowing what they refer to, it makes sense we roll our eyes when you treat the word of God like a contextless collection of memory verses. Same goes for the abuse of quotes in the church fathers.

Maybe if she'd lay off the Krispy Kremes...

The face you make when you realize that you’ve been voting for the people responsible for keeping racism alive.

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The fundamental reason God established an infallible magisterium (teaching office) in His Catholic Church is NOT because individuals can never read Scripture and arrive at the truth on their own. This is always, in theory, possible. Rather, He established it because the Faith is a PUBLIC divine revelation given to the world. That means it is promulgated by one PUBLIC authority, and when its contents are disputed, those contents are clarified and likewise promulgated by one PUBLIC authority, for the benefit of the whole world (Christians already in the Church, and non-believers outside of it who may convert). This is precisely what we see in the Scriptures. The Christian religion was initially proclaimed by PUBLIC authority (i.e. the Apostles). As the Church grew, various heretics arose who disputed aspects of this religion, requiring a PUBLIC clarification for ALL Christians (see Acts 15), and this clarification was delivered with the authority of God through the instrumentality of men (Apostles presbyters) who were either initially ordained by Christ, or ordained in succession from those original Apostles. This is precisely what the Catholic Church has done countless times over the last 2,000 years. As always, some obey, some disobey. The public authority of the magisterium remains regardless, and is likewise exercised by men who have succeeded from the Apostles, and preeminently the Pope who has succeeded the Chief Apostle, St. Peter.

Nowhere in the Bible is the Bible mentioned. Nowhere in the Bible is Trinity mentioned. Nowhere in the Bible does it say “Scripture alone is your final authority.” Nowhere in the Bible tells you which books belong in the Bible. Nowhere in the Bible says “only believe what is written.” Nowhere in the Bible says oral tradition stopped. Nowhere in the Bible says unity comes from individual interpretation. Should we continue??

We’re being told this country is broken beyond repair. And then this happens. An American Olympic gold medalist, bloodied and grinning, wrapped in the Stars and Stripes, after decades of waiting, sacrifice, and belief, reminding the world what it looks like when America rises again. 🇺🇸 Two kids on a quiet sidewalk, watching Artemis II tear through the sky, like history reaching forward and backward at once, reminding us we are still the nation that dares to go farther. 🚀 And an American Air Force colonel, shot down over enemy territory, alone in the mountains of Iran for 48 hours, hunted, wounded, waiting, And America came for him anyway. Through the dark. Through the risk. Through the fire. Because we don’t leave our own. Same year. Same country. Not spin. Not noise. This is real. They can keep selling division. They can keep feeding the noise. But this? This is different. This is who we are when it matters. Not perfect. Not polished. But still capable of courage. Still capable of wonder. Still capable of loyalty. The darkness is loud right now. But the light? The light doesn’t ask permission. It just shows up. GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸❤️ HAPPY EASTER 💜

Protestantism Directly Contradictory to the Bible Protestant doctrine openly contradicts the Bible in many places. Here are examples that struck me particularly strongly: I. Protestant: You are not allowed to repeat the same words in prayer! Bible: Jesus “prayed the third time, saying the same thing” (Mt 26:39-44). II. Protestant: Every sin brings death. The distinction between light sins and mortal sins is a Roman invention! Bible: There are sins that do not bring death: “All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death” (1 Jn 5:16-17). III. Protestant: Your works have absolutely no influence on your salvation! Nothing depends on you. Only faith in Jesus justifies! Bible: Jesus said to the rich young man: “If you want to enter life, keep the commandments” (Mt 19:17). “Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling” (Phil 2:12). “A person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone” (Jas 2:24). IV. Protestant: Whoever has faith is no longer subject to any judgment — Jesus takes everything upon Himself! Bible: Jesus says: “Anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell” (Mt 5:22). “Each of us will give an account of ourselves to God” (Rom 14:12). “Because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. God will repay each person according to what they have done” (Rom 2:5-6). V. Protestant: I know I will be saved! I have faith and have confessed with my mouth that Jesus is Lord. Bible: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’” (Mt 7:21-23). VI. Protestant: Jesus did not die for everyone! God decided to save only some, so Jesus died only for the elect! Bible: God “wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people” (1 Tim 2:4-6). “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 Jn 2:2). VII. Protestant: The “saints in heaven” are simply dead people. They have no idea what is happening on earth and are not even interested! They do not present our prayers to God! Bible: God said to Moses: “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”. He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken (Mk 12:26-27). “I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent” (Lk 15:7). “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents” (Lk 15:10). “The twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people” (Rev 5:8). The martyrs in heaven know what is happening on earth and cry out for justice: “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” (Rev 6:9-10). VIII. Protestant: All sins have already been forgiven in the sacrifice of Christ! You don’t need any other forgiveness of sins, and Christ never commanded a man to forgive sins. That is a Roman invention! Bible: “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven” (Jn 20:21-23). IX. Protestant: The Eucharist is only a memorial. Jesus never said that the bread is His real body! It must have been some allegory or symbol! Bible: While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body” (Mk 14:22). “My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever” (Jn 6:55-58). On the night he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves (1 Cor 11:23-29). X. Protestant: Every believer has the Holy Spirit, so everyone can interpret the Bible for themselves! We don’t need any Church or its Magisterium! Bible: Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” (Acts 8:30-31). “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation” (2 Pet 1:20). “Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction” (2 Pet 3:15-16). The Church is “the pillar and foundation of the truth” (1 Tim 3:15).

OFFICIALLY ROMAN CATHOLIC

Today, for the first time in my life, I woke up in full communion with the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I am Catholic!🇻🇦 What a profound way to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord.

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