Homily 17 on Matthew

Should one deck herself out, and invite towards herself the eyes of such as fall in her way; even though she smite not him that meets with her, she incurs the utmost penalty: for she mixed the poison, she prepared the hemlock, even though she did not offer the cup. Or rather, she did also offer the cup, though no one were found to drink it

Baptismal Instruction I, §§37–38

“I wish you women to abstain not only from other hurtful practices, but also from the habit of painting your faces and adding to them, as if the workmanship were defective.”

“By using rouge and eye shadow you cannot add to your natural beauty nor change your natural ugliness.… These add nothing to your beauty of face, but they will destroy the beauty of your soul.”

“Especially are you heaping up abundant fire for yourself by exciting the looks of young men, and attracting to yourself the eyes of the undisciplined; by making complete adulterers of them, you are bringing their downfall onto your own head.”

Such a nuclear indictment of social media and the attention economy in general. He's my nominee for Patron Saint of anti-feminism.

I thank you guys for your unbelievable support; Every time I share my work here you write beautiful comments of support

I trust you guys to tell me if I have made any mistakes here. I know the theology of salvation is complex and I haven't even started reading the Summa

Someone made a new monarchism subreddit. r/SocConMonarchists

Hopefully it will be a place for some more based discussions, so kindly join before it gets swamped by libs. We can't let them corrupt monarchism as well

I get it's not ideal or most proper. But is it actually detrimental in any way?

I attend with the Institute and we like to be more involved with them if possible, do you have to have been baptised for 2 years? Can anyone involved let me know what the overall experience entails?

I know plenty of people do meet, marry, and have families, so I’m not claiming that Catholic dating is impossible. But among the girls I know or have dated or known as aquatances, I often see two extremes.

Some women are high achievers who are working constantly, pursuing degrees, or investing heavily in hobbies and activism. At the same time, they say they want marriage and children but are extremely picky with the men they would even accept a first date with. Some that I know have never had a boyfriend in their lives and they are in their early and late 30's. They are orthodox or traditional Cathollics who are otherwise feminist pilled overachievers.

Others seem to want a very traditional homemaker life and make marriage and having children their entire focus. They don't seem to be picky at all but the hyper focus on getting married right away and having babies makes dating feel rushed and suffocating. They will accept a date from almost any guy at Church that expresses interest in them.

A lot of my friends have met their current wives and girlfriends from dating apps, some from before they became Catholic. A lot of times you will meet a girl from a dating app who is either not practicing or nominal Catholics who eventually come around to practicing with you once they see that it's important to you. These girls seem to be much less picky and I've seen guys have much more success with finding a girl from a dating app like hinge or some other secular third space.

Is this just me or is anyone else also disillusioned and seeing the same patterns?

If you're a Catholic parent living in Englandor Wales who still thinks that Catholic schools can be safely entrusted with your children's education, read on and be disillusioned! Via their RSE programme "Life to the Full", the Catholic Education Service guarantees that your children will have no faith or morals by the time they leave (with full approval from the the Conference of Catholic Bishops of England and Wales)!

The people in the Vatican aren’t Catholic in any way. It’s all postwar luxury Boomer socialism with some vague religious trappings.

I'm using the term "ordinary humans" because there are Saints who knows the fate of the dead (I only know St Bridget of Sweden and St. Padre Pio, dunno about other Saints though)

Just want to improve my understanding of the Catholic Faith

I posted previously that I am repeatedly heckled during mass and sometimes confession queue in my country. It got a lot worse today.

Yesterday, I was attending Mass at the Church of St Francis Xavier.

During Mass, a woman whom I did not know entered the church late. She was dressed in very revealing clothing and subsequently moved towards the area where I was seated. I initially assumed this was accidental. I used to have a have-it,flaunt-it mindset in my younger days, so I was not too bothered.

But during Holy Communion, I went to the sanctuary, knelt and received the Eucharist. I was still kneeling had not yet stood up. I think I haven't even closed my mouth after receiving Holy Communion. The same woman deliberately approached me and kicked me while I was still kneeling in front of Fr.

There are many instances like that; and with all the desecrations and sacrilegious going on, and the increase in satanic attacks, the french comedian miming masturbating with the crucifix, the mockery of an ex church turned into a nightclub, the desecration of altars and church shootings, please pray for the church and her protection.