#catholic stuff

[thecatholiclingering]

GUYS

My teacher recommended me a bible website, and it's the coolest thing ever

Basically, it's called Catena, and the gist is that for every verse of the bible you can click on it and see commentary from TONS of scholars across the centuries

the funniest part is that it's formatted like a comment section so it looks like all these massive scholars all got together and commented on the bible

which they did (communion of saints my beloved)

BUT ANYWAYS yeah I just felt that this should be shared with you all :)

[midnight-mess]

Ok, WHERE IS THE IWTV FANDOM THAT IS NOT TALKING ABOUT LAMBS OF GOD?!?

You guys. You don’t understand. I just watched this miniseries, it’s only 4 episodes. But you have no idea what you are missing.

WHY HAVEN’T ANYONE WATCHED THIS

Sam is a priest. We have priest Lestat guys. There are witchy nuns. I repeat, WITCHY NUNS. He almost dies several times, but somehow he’s always surviving lol He wears a cassock. Yes, I’m talking to you Midnight Mass-ITWV people. Hot priest wearing a cassock. ALERT, ALERT. He’s also wearing very few clothes in lots of the scenes. Do whatever you wish with this information.

Does it have heavy themes as abuse, racism, church doing bad things? Yes. It does, but the stories of the characters are really good. Priest Sam has a sister in it and she’s freaking badass. We love Frankie in this house ❤️

You might not like the religious aspect of it (they are, in the end, Catholic nuns so you know, they are faithful to God and all of that). But trust me, you’re in for a treat if you like Catholics being naughty (in every sense), hot priests, women bonding and, of course Sam Reid - who is, by the way, phenomenal. Not that we didn’t know already that he’s an amazing actor, but seeing him doing other characters just as well as he does Lestat only proves the point that he is, indeed, THAT GOOD.

So yeah. Go watch it. After that, go write some fics. Post the fics. Let me know when you post the fics. Thank you.

[sp3cialgirl]

me when school.

[pea-green]

I did a post a while back about St Piran, and 4th December is one of my other fave patron saint days so today let's hear it for Saint Barbara!

During her life, Barbara was kept locked in a tower by her rich pagan father, but secretly converted to Christianity. Upon discovering this, her father had her brutally tortured but she refused to renounce her faith, and every night her wounds miraculously healed. Eventually her father beheaded her, but as punishment he was struck by lightning on his way home (@god why didn't this intervention happen before the beheading).

Because of the association of the lightning that killed her father, St Barbara is invoked against thunder and lightning and all accidents arising from explosions of gunpowder. She became the patron saint of artillerymen, armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives, and anyone who faced the danger of sudden and violent death at work. Following the widespread adoption of gunpowder in mining in the 1600s, she was adopted as the patron of miners, tunnellers, and other underground workers.

Within the tunneling industry, as a long-standing tradition, one of the first tasks for each new tunnelling project is to establish a small shrine to St Barbara at the tunnel portal or at the underground junction into long tunnel headings. This is often followed with a dedication and an invocation to St Barbara for protection of all who work on the project during the construction period.

In many mining communities, families follow the custom of the "Barbara branch". On December 4 cherry tree sprigs are cut and placed in a vase filled with water close to the light. After about 21 days, these branches blossom.

St Barbara is often shown holding a palm branch, as an emblem of her martyrdom, and often with either a tower exploding in the background (cool), or sometimes just holding a tower (funny).

She gives her name to the California city of Santa Barbara, as well as many other similarly-named towns and cities in the Americas, and the drug family barbiturates is thought to derive from her name, as they were discovered on her feast day (today!).

Disclaimer: 80% of this is copied wholesale from her wikipedia page, and also the catholic church is terrible and I hate it EXCEPT I love the social history of the patron saints... I just think they're neat :)

[verdantdaises]

Do you have more Catholic Bradley headcanons? I also see him as Catholic too 🤞 and I'd love to hear more of your thoughts

(ps love your fics!)

OMG!! (Thank u btw ily)

OMG!! I love Catholic guilt Bradley!! I will say, straight up, I’m not religious, and I never have been, so I’m not VEry familiar with Catholic stuff, but I’ll try my best to get the ✨vibe✨ sorry if I get anything wrong and they aren’t very specific, I’m not very confident with the details despite my research lol

-he used to go to confession almost every week after school, desperately trying to do anything to quell the impending sense of panic that came with all the thoughts about boys (of course)

-he was one of the only kids in his parish that went that frequently, and his parents used to brag that it was because he was because he was wise beyond his years, and would do anything to be in God’s good graces

-the first time he went to a high school party with weed, he went to confession every day for a week

-quickly however; he starts to use recreational drugs and drinking to quash the impure thoughts, he mumbles a quick prayer of forgiveness every time he finishes a drink, but it doesn’t stop him, the guilt got murky when he was under the influence

-he stopped going to communion and confession when he was 18, he tells his parents he still goes, but he doesn’t feel like he’s worthy of gods good graces

-he was really close to a boy in his parish, they spent services together, they would run around outside of church after services while their parents spoke. When they were 15, they hid in the pews while everyone was milling around outside and he kissed him. Bradley freaked out, and pushed him over, and he cracked his front tooth on the tiled floor. His parents berated him for hours and hours, and he sees the cracked tooth and the smile of the boy who made his haunting thoughts a reality in his nightmares, because he LIKED it.

-it confirmed everything about how he saw himself, it wasn’t a hypothetical, or just thoughts anymore. He spiralled for a few weeks, refusing to leave his room or his house, except to go to church. His parents thought he had come down with a stomach bug. The boys family moved pretty quickly to another church after this incident, and Bradley never saw him again, sans in his head every night for years.

-speaking of nightmares, when he was a teen, he used to wake up screaming, so much so his parents tried to take him to a doctor, but obviously there wasn’t anything physically wrong with him. It morphed into just waking up soaked with sweat.

-when he was 24 he starts the painful process of deconstruction with the help of Max and Tank’s support, and his parents don’t take it well at all. They cut him off completely, and his mom secretly sends him periodic messages saying she’s praying for his soul, and that she hopes he might one day make it to heaven. He never replies.

-the guilt gets smaller, but there’s moments he reaches for his rosary, and he finds his tongue knows the shape of prayers no matter how old he gets.

[f1tzpleasure]

Catholicism is so interesting to me and I want to learn more about it, but online sources are often confusing, wrong, contradictory, or just in bad faith. If there are any Catholics on here that want to talk and possibly teach me more about the faith, I would be extremely appreciative!

[thelingering]

we got some good readings today

can't wait to hear what Father has to say about them :3

[nikibogwater]

I had a dream last night that I made this post about two of the biggest causes of miscommunication between Catholics and Protestants. Woke up and thought it might actually be a useful post irl, So...

Quickfire Translation Guide for Two of the most Problematic Terms for Intermingling Christians:

Prayer:

Catholic def: The chief mode of personal communication with God. Not strictly a form of worship (our main form of worship is the Mass), which is why Catholics believe prayer can also be used to ask the angels and saints to pray for them as well. This is what they call the Communion of Saints, and is the basis for the Catholic tradition of asking the Virgin Mary for her prayers. Catholics will actually ask just about anyone in Heaven to pray for them, but Mary is their favorite due to her unique relationship with, and understanding of God as the Mother of Jesus Christ.

Protestant def: The chief mode of worship and personal communication with God. Because Protestants view prayer as strictly a form of worship, they do not pray to anyone except God. This is why some Protestants believe that Catholics actually worship Mary, while Catholics maintain that they really don't.

Salvation (sometimes interchanged with the term Redemption):

Catholic def: A broad term encompassing all that God has done to rescue humanity from sin and death. There is also the salvation of the soul, which is defined as the moment a soul enters Heaven to be with God for all eternity. This is why Catholics don't use the term "Saved" when describing someone's spiritual state, because they view a person's entire life as one long journey to receive the salvation that God has prepared for them, and because of human free will, one could theoretically opt out of receiving that salvation at the end of one's life (a strongly ill-advised option, but an option nonetheless). This is also why Catholics always look so confused when a Protestant asks them "Have you been Saved?"

Protestant def: Can be used in the broader sense, but more often refers to the act of accepting Jesus into one's heart and therefore securing a place in Heaven. Protestants will often use the term "Saved" to describe someone who has done this, with the underlying assumption that that person will remain in union with Christ until they die. This is why Protestants always look so perturbed when a Catholic answers the "Have you been Saved?" question with a blank stare and a confused, "Huh???"

[virtie333]

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[therealmojodojocasahouse]

[alicole-sideblog]

devout mom and history nerd son going to latin mass together

[thecatholiclingering]

Could you all pray through Saint Jude's intersession for my peace of mind? I've been feeling a very uncharacteristic bout of anxiety, though I trust the Lord has a remedy for me

Thank you all, I'm praying for you all too :)

[myblissfulness]

How God makes you happy: protecting who you love

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her [...] He who loves his wife loves himself.

Paul, Ephesians  5, 25-28

[banishedchildofeve]

Eucharistic-looking car lights I saw on a drive to town.

Lighting doesn’t do the rays of light justice. Stupid iPhone camera.

[pea-green]

Please tell us everything about St Piran! 🍪 (and also pls pretend this is a scone emoji)

aww bless you!!!! So st Piran is the patron saint of cornwall and he's taken VERY seriously there, his flag (a white cross on a black background, symbolising white tin on black granite) can often be seen flying in people's gardens, on buildings and especially on people's cars - my dad and sister both have a sticker of his flag on their car to show cornish pride: 〓〓 (< this doesn't work on darkmode)

St piran is said to have brought christianity from Ireland - according to some he was a priest in ireland and performed multiple miracles until the king got angry and threw him off a cliff tied to a rock, but because he was god's specialist boy god made the rock float him all the way down to cornwall, where he rediscovered tin smelting (a practice lost since roman times) and brought prosperity to the area. at the time cornwall was still worshipping their celtic gods, and he apparently built the oldest christian church in britain down in perrenporth.

He's also the patron saint of lots of things to do with cornwall - tin miners, cream clotters and pasty crimpers (lol). His feast day is on the 5th of march, and lots of employers and schools across cornwall give their employees/pupils the day as a holiday to celebrate.

Also, according to wikipedia "His first disciples are said to have been a badger, a fox, and a bear", where is his disney film??

Thank youuuu you know i love a patron saint and also even though i'm actually from devon not cornwall, the cornish are CORRECT that cream teas should be jam first.

[krist-420]

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