#Catholic groups

[reuna]

You know what actually baffles me to no end? The zionist attempt to make you seem antisemitic with questions like "Do you think Jews deserve a national homeland? If not, then think hard about why Jews are the only people who don't." What is that assumption that I believe any other ethnic-religious group would "deserve" a national homeland? What world are these people living in? Like... What other ethnicity/religious group has been given land (by people whose land it wasn't even to give) to make their "national homeland"? Seriously? What other ethnostates are there and who would think that is a moral concept to begin with?

People have always migrated and mingled. Even my country, which is a small and rather homogeneous one on an international scale, consists of many different peoples living together.

Nationalists are weird.

[chinook-wind]

I am going to hijack your hijacking. :)

Check out if there is a women's group in your area. In Canada, it is called the Catholic Women's League and we focus on faith, sevice and social justice. Sure, it is mostly old ladies, but only because younger folks don't think to join or that it is only baking and funeral lunches. But, if you join up, you can often bring in fresh ideas (like axe throwing or Matio Kart at games night) or start an evening rosary group or bible study.

The key is that you have to find them and be willing to be the youngest person in the room (even if you are 40). But you will be the change they need and you will find support and friendship there.

Signed, a CWL Diocesan Faith Chair who doesn't want out her location.

I feel like making a long rant post but I don't have the patience for that so I'm going to say this: sometimes, it really, really, really sucks to be a single person in the Catholic sphere because the second you get out of college ministry there's basically nothing for you except singles' events and that can feel SO insulting. I'm not worth less because I'm not in a relationship, I have no DESIRE to be in a relationship right now, but sometimes I just want to find a husband already so I can start being included in Catholic spaces other than online ones and weird speed dating schemes.

[philsbrownquiff]

Do you guys ever think about how we are a small culture and we have created holidays that we celebrate with each other and sometimes people take off work for them and we have traditions and gifts and crafts that we make for each other

[septembersung]

In real life, the traddest men I know: change diapers; do chores; are present and playful with their kids; take good care of their wives; work 50+ hours a week to provide for their families; literally never think about the 1950s.

[tyrianludaship]

okay im kinda stupid but I don't think selfshipping with Judge Claude fucking Frollo from Hunchback of Notre Dame, is a good idea

[ominouspositivity-or-else]

Let me know because I'm interested. I didn't have super good experiences but I wouldn't call them bad, just odd. Particularly as it comes to the leadership, but I wondered what other people thought :D

[alizalayne]

beetle and the hollowbones book banning roadtrip travelogue

[joanofarcs-stigmata]

novena prayer group roundup!

So October is a big month for prayer-- it's the month of the Holy Rosary, after all! But it is also the month of the International Mental Health Awareness day, and the month for mental health awareness as outlined by the American Catholic Church. Part of this is the Mental Health Novena, a nine day official prayer (10th-18th of October) praying for the intersession of saints and the like ranging from St. Dymphna to St. Thérèse of Lisieux to the Holy Family for the healing and safety of those who are suffering or have loved ones suffering from mental illness. Each day is a different facet of mental health awareness:

Day 1 – Removing Stigmas (St. Dymphna) Day 2 – Families (The Holy Family) Day 3 – Mental Health Ministry (St. John of God) Day 4 – Childhood (St. Thérèse of Lisieux) Day 5 – Youth and Young Adults (St. Kateri Tekakwitha) Day 6 – Effects of Racial Discrimination on Mental Health (St. Martin de Porres) Day 7 – Poverty and Mental Health (St. Teresa of Calcutta) Day 8 – Suicide Awareness (Dorothy Day) Day 9 - Grief (St. Jane Frances de Chantal) & Conclusion (St. John the Evangelist)

Now comes the prayer group roundup: for those interested, I ask that you take time in the morning and before bed to join me and everyone else in praying each day of this novena. Take two moments in your day to think of those of our or our loved ones dealing with mental illness, as well as praying for those who have lost their lives to such a battle. If you plan to participate, I ask you like, or reblog, or comment! The more the merrier. Each day I will be adding a reflection onto a rb of this post with the official prayer for the day. If you would like to add a specific name of a person/etc to be prayed for, please feel free to put them in the comments! I will be updating a list of any left on this post so everyone can see them.

Here is the novena and a detailed explanation for each day:

Thank you, and God bless. Mary, mother of the mentally ill, Joseph, protector of the mentally ill, and Christ's most Sacred Heart, pray for us!

[transmutationisms]

my mothers approach to having a relationship w me is literally 1. don't ask any information about my life/job/interests when on the phone, let the conversation awkwardly die any time i run out of things to say 2. send increasingly fervent letters (addressed without using any name for me, incl on the envelope) abt how our phone conversations make her sad and shes praying for me.

now listen i understand its hard when your relationship with someone is strained and distanced in a way you didn't want. however when that happens to Me i do things such as, snort amphetamines, and run very far. maybe she should try some of that instead of resentfully moving halfway across the world to do soft imperialism, just a thought

[coldswarkids]

guys this is why people make fun of us. please

[twoelectrichearts]

Noah Schnapp is literally beyond evil. Like, spawn of satan level of evil. He only deserves to suffer for the rest of his existence. How dare he have empathy for innocent civilians in Israel and Palestine. First of all, there’s no such thing as innocent Israeli civilians. Second of all, you can't have empathy for both. Especially if he is a Zionist. All the Jewish people who identify as Zionists are evil. Israel has absolutely no right to exist and Jewish people have no right to exist in Israel. So many Jewish people who are Zionists claim that’s what Zionism means to them but they’re wrong. Zionism is pure evil. You can’t be Zionist and want peace and self determination for Palestinians. I’m not Jewish but I definitely know better than the Jewish Zionists who claim that. They’re all evil lying monsters. They want every Palestinian wiped off the face of the Earth. Hamas would never want such a thing. It’s not like they had a charter that said that about Jewish people. Even if they did, they supposedly recently changed it to Zionists instead so it’s all good now. Hamas is totally accepting of Jewish people now and would welcome them with open arms as long as they aren’t Zionist. Noah, if you’re a Zionist, don’t be anymore. You can change your evil ways. Hamas changed. Yeah, they may have killed civilians and taken hundreds hostage, they may have said October 7th was just the beginning and that it was going to happen over and over again, but they’re no longer antisemitic. They’re just anti Zionist so they’re good people now. You can change and be good too. You’re so young. There’s still hope for you. Stop lying and telling us how you want peace and self determination for Palestinians. We all know that’s not true. It can only be true if you aren’t Zionist.

You liking something like this makes absolutely no sense if you’re Zionist. I bet you don’t even agree with it and just liked it by accident or something. It’s crazy how I even managed to come across this months ago considering nobody talked about it or brought it to light. You liking that sketch of people in the LGBTQ+ community simping over Hamas got so much attention and caused so much outrage though. Funny how the internet works. Anyways, as a bisexual, I was so offended by that video. Hamas are well known LGBTQ+ allies. How could you like that video as someone who’s gay? It’s probably because you’re lying about being gay too. Shame on you.

Last thing I’m gonna say is fuck Israel and fuck Israelis. That country and all the people living there are evil. They’re all colonizers and occupiers. It needs to cease to exist and all the people currently living there need to go back to where they originally came from. All of them came from Europe, right? That’s what I’ve been hearing. They all need to return to Europe. Gosh, why’d they ever leave there in the first place? I know Jewish people say otherwise but they’re wrong. They’re either lying or in denial. They’re not indigenous to Israel. They’re indigenous to Europe. Us non Jewish people really need to educate them more about their own history, religion, ethnicity, etc. We need to teach them what antisemitism actually is. A lot of them don’t seem to understand what it is. We do that to every other minority group that we aren’t apart of, right?

[knightwithakay]

somehow I’d missed this before at MDRF and it was in fact the funniest thing I’ve ever seen

[momentsbeforemass]

The non-answer answer

“Lord, will only a few people be saved?”

It’s a real question. It was real when it was asked in today’s Gospel. It’s still real when you and I ask it.

There are a lot of people out there who don’t believe. And a lot of people who don’t know what to believe.

Because there are a lot of people who wear the label “Christian” (liberal, conservative, progressive, traditional, pick any of them) that only add to the confusion. Often by giving some of the most off-putting presentations of what it means to be a Christian.

The lived sermons of some of the loudest “Christians” are no help at all. So it’s no wonder that people don’t know what to believe, and are asking,

Whose example should I follow? What does it really mean to live my Faith? How do I have a real relationship with God?

This is why – “Lord, will only a few people be saved?” – is a real question. 

What I love best is how Jesus answers it. He doesn’t give numbers or percentages. He doesn’t have statistics or projections or trends.

Because Jesus doesn’t care about numbers or statistics or trends. What Jesus cares about is people.

But not as anonymized data or members of a group. Not as collections of identifiers and labels.

Jesus doesn’t care about groups. Jesus doesn’t care about labels.

What Jesus cares about is you.

Which is why Jesus’ answer is about our part, is about what you need to do and what I need to do – “Strive to enter through the narrow gate.”

Jesus doesn’t want a relationship with a group. Or a collection of labels.

Jesus didn’t preach the Kingdom of God to a group. Jesus didn’t give His life for a collection of labels.

For Jesus, all of it is personal.

Because Jesus wants a relationship with you.

Today’s Readings

[peppermintquartz]

I want Buck and Tommy to break through Eddie's defensiveness by kissing the heart of his palms, left and right. One of them touching him so tenderly at his side, just under the ribs. The other cradling his head close, fingers digging into his hair, nails scratching so so lightly at his scalp. Caressing his back, easing the tension he carries. Kissing the tops of his feet.

There will be no more wounds or hurt or loneliness. There is comfort, and companionship, and closeness.

[gxlden-angels]

As you all know, I was raised in one of those wack ass "non-denominational" pentecostal churches. I was always taught anyone not pentecostal/baptist/methodist or within that realm weren't actually christians. Essentially, if your group had a Name™️ like Mormons, JWs, Catholics, etc. then u were that group, not "[That Group] Christians"

[edwinisms]

I know how it sounds at first, but I really gotta feel bad for the boys that sacrificed edwin; I mean even the term “sacrificed edwin” paints them in a more sinister light than they really deserve– considering that wasn’t really, actually their intention.

they were bullies, they were homophobic (and/or were self loathing gay boys themselves taking it out on edwin, or were equally likely peer pressured into acting a certain way), they planned something stupid and mean to do to an innocent, anxious boy with the goal of scaring the shit out of him, all because he was effeminate and an easy target. but they didn’t know or expect any of the ritual stuff to be real. they were all laughing and joking during the ritual because it was just that to them– a joke. a cruel joke, but a joke.

teenagers can be mean and stupid and they usually regret it as adults and grow out of it / grow from it. they were stifled the chance to grow out of it, at least while alive. none of those boys deserved to be instakilled and sent to hell; they’re really not that much less deserving than edwin himself. they were all just kids, after all.