ST. TERESA OF LISIEUX: “How great a joy it is to know that God makes allowances for our weaknesses and understands perfectly the frailty of our humanity. God our Father loves us always, absolutely, unfailingly, eternally.”
Some guys have prayed for me to hear you. They make an equivalence between my apologetics and pharisees talking a lot. They maybe make an equivalence between my using alcohol -- on my view not to an abusive level -- and my not looking for work as in employment -- I have 12000 + blogposts and could start printing tomorrow to support other families as well as my upcoming one -- and "not practising" ... obviously some guys take "Protestantism is not the real Christian Church" and "Theistic Evolution is not Genuine Catholicism" and consequently "John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis are and were not Popes" as "extremism" .... it is a real Classic when Protestants are around, like when Wesley was telling Catholics their bitter attitudes about the Penal laws were "unforgiving and un-Christian" but he didn't lift a finger to free them from that oppression. You probably had a real reason to do this video. It was not to be used as criticism of what I am doing.
Equally, some take a preference of Catholic politics, like liberty of homeschooling and ban on abortion, over Protestant and Masonic policies, or even Socialist ones, as "extremism" ... if you are a Catholic citizen, and not just a Catholic devotee, that's "extremist" ... if you say to a society that not only its recent legislations are wrong, but the world view they build it on or pretend to build it on (real building blocks more like certain interests), then you are a) and "extremist" and b) showing off a "very great degree of devotion" so that you oblige yourself to a very high standard in practising. In fact, the persecution such people constitute have made practise impossible, and my beef with un-Catholic policies is not that they are distasteful to my _highly_ devout tastes, like waltz was distasteful to St. Clement Mary Hofbauer or saying "OMG" to St. Lewis IX, it is that some souls and that might include my own, are prevented from even basic Catholic living, as in getting efficiently rid of mortal sins. And by efficiently, I do _not_ refer to get rid of one for a week through confession, and then fall back into it, because my circumstances prevent the _easier_ way to Catholic virtue.
Thank you, Father Jake! I love this message.
ST. TERESA OF LISIEUX: “How great a joy it is to know that God makes allowances for our weaknesses and understands perfectly the frailty of our humanity. God our Father loves us always, absolutely, unfailingly, eternally.”
Good video Father Jake…
Profound!
As Catholic churches are becoming more closed, i visit churches of other religions to view those who might be deemed too religious.
6 out of 5 stars
I didn’t really get your point. You are either humble or prideful there isn’t any other explanation.
Fr. Did not one of the saints say that not all of us are not called to be Trappist Monks or blessed Hermits.
Some guys have prayed for me to hear you.
They make an equivalence between my apologetics and pharisees talking a lot. They maybe make an equivalence between my using alcohol -- on my view not to an abusive level -- and my not looking for work as in employment -- I have 12000 + blogposts and could start printing tomorrow to support other families as well as my upcoming one -- and "not practising" ... obviously some guys take "Protestantism is not the real Christian Church" and "Theistic Evolution is not Genuine Catholicism" and consequently "John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis are and were not Popes" as "extremism" .... it is a real Classic when Protestants are around, like when Wesley was telling Catholics their bitter attitudes about the Penal laws were "unforgiving and un-Christian" but he didn't lift a finger to free them from that oppression. You probably had a real reason to do this video. It was not to be used as criticism of what I am doing.
Equally, some take a preference of Catholic politics, like liberty of homeschooling and ban on abortion, over Protestant and Masonic policies, or even Socialist ones, as "extremism" ... if you are a Catholic citizen, and not just a Catholic devotee, that's "extremist" ... if you say to a society that not only its recent legislations are wrong, but the world view they build it on or pretend to build it on (real building blocks more like certain interests), then you are a) and "extremist" and b) showing off a "very great degree of devotion" so that you oblige yourself to a very high standard in practising.
In fact, the persecution such people constitute have made practise impossible, and my beef with un-Catholic policies is not that they are distasteful to my _highly_ devout tastes, like waltz was distasteful to St. Clement Mary Hofbauer or saying "OMG" to St. Lewis IX, it is that some souls and that might include my own, are prevented from even basic Catholic living, as in getting efficiently rid of mortal sins. And by efficiently, I do _not_ refer to get rid of one for a week through confession, and then fall back into it, because my circumstances prevent the _easier_ way to Catholic virtue.