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“Each woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or in a worldly profession.” - St. Teresa Benedicta 🍂 In case you needed that reminder.

Why do I make a point to call myself Catholic and not just Christian? I have been asked on here why do I specifically make a point to say I am Catholic rather than Christian (Catholic=Christian, FYI) as I am somehow trying to further a divide between Protestant denominations and Catholicism. I have no problem answering that. First, I feel I need to clarify my audience. My audience is Catholic and that’s my intended audience. Therefore, I am not attempting to further a divide among a group who are all Catholic already. I came here originally because I struggled to find Catholic community of my own. Be careful not to fall into the new divisive trend that tells people if you are uplifting one ‘group’, you are therefore inherently condemning another. That’s like me saying my page is to support dogs, so that must mean I hate cats. Yeah, that isn’t how that works. Second, understand my purpose on here. My purpose is to encourage, inspire, and uplift Catholics. Catholicism, in my opinion, seems to be the last frontier of things acceptable to openly condemn. The secular world thinks it is an archaic, outdated, and corrupt institution that has no place in the modern world. Some (SOME) other Christian communities consider the Pope close to the anti-Christ and the Church is the epitome of heresy at the highest levels. Others just find the religious institution of the Church the mirror image of ‘the Pharisees’ in scripture (y’all, don’t get me started on that). I think we have enough of the world attempting to sensor how ‘Catholic’ we are and when it’s okay to proclaim it - I don’t want to continue that on here as well. Third, I believe a lot of the disdain for the Catholic Church is largely based in misunderstanding and misconception of what it is, and what it isn’t. Silence, or deflection, doesn’t help to correct that narrative. I want to show what it means to be Catholic outside of stereotypes. I try to bring humor, light-heartedness in a 21st Century context while never losing Christ at the center (not saying I am perfect at that - just saying it’s my goal). I can’t change or complain about a narrative if I say nothing to address it. (Continued in comments)

“But you have given my heart more joy than they have when grain and wine abound.” - Psalm 4:7 🌿 Well let me tell you, that is a pretty strong statement because I love my breads and I like my wine but oh man, is it oh so true. Don’t confuse the secular understanding of the fleeting feeling of ‘happiness’ with true unrelenting joy.

“I believe, in order to understand; and I understand, the better to believe.” - St. Augustine 🕊 #catholicnerdout

She may not admit it, but she totally loved taking this photo. 🐶🐾 #happysaturdayyall

“Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.” - Saint Augustine of Hippo ⛪️ . . I have been really into learning about the Church Fathers recently (my history buff is coming out) and one thing that is incredible to me is how they were able to discern truth in world that was so completely opposed to it. They were bombarded with different schools of thoughts, different writings, teachings, etc. yet they were still able to discern truth. Not just their truth, THE truth. I ended up having a conversation with an awesome young woman earlier today on what it means to have faith and its relationship to understanding. Sometimes we get in this mindset that faith just happens to us. Faith is an act. We actively choose to have faith. Understanding and faith go hand in hand. One doesn’t make up for the other, but rather compliment one another. The Fathers chose to have faith and acted on it often. Too often I have the habit of just relying on understanding because I listen to the world that the rejects the concept of faith. I have to remember that faith and understanding work together, they don’t compete with one another nor do they contradict one another. As I choose to understand, I need to choose to act on faith. 🕊#catholicnerdout

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