first time at mass or bringing a friend who's never been? i made a simple guide that walks you through every part, what you'll see, when to sit or stand, and why we do it. english and español bison-lion-hill-comet.grok.m…

texted my mom back the same day. she called to ask if i was ok

Is anointing just for the deathbed? 🙏 Nope. James 5:14 says "Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord." Really sick, old and frail, or facing major surgery? Call a priest.

Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid. The pyramid was already over 2,000 years old when she was born. Ancient Egypt was ancient to her too.

Jesus says He's coming back like a thief. Most of us still leave the door unlocked. Eph 3:2-12 · Lk 12:39-48 vaticannews.va/en/word-of-th…

Jesus says He's coming back like a thief. Most of us still leave the door unlocked. Eph 3:2-12 · Lk 12:39-48 vaticannews.va/en/word-of-th…

texting someone for 3 weeks and you still don't know their last name just ask them to get coffee worst case you get coffee

returned the extra $5 the cashier gave me by mistake and walked out like i deserved a parade

Did Jesus have brothers? 🤔 The Gospels call James and Joseph his brothers. But look who's at the cross. "Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph" (Matthew 27:56) That's another Mary. Back then "brother" meant relatives too. Mary only had Jesus

John 3:16 didn't have a number until 1551. Chapters came from Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the early 1200s. Verse numbers came later from a printer, Robert Estienne. Genesis in the Gutenberg Bible, 1450s. Not one verse number on the page

Stay up with the lamp on, the master's coming home late. Then he serves you dinner himself. Never happened at any job I've had Ephesians 2:12-22 | Luke 12:35-38 vaticannews.va/en/word-of-th…

your car breaks down the same month as a wedding, a birthday and the dentist. every time the universe has a calendar and it's not yours start a separate account and put $20 in it every week. don't look at it

started a rosary in bed last night and woke up at 3am still holding it. pretty sure my guardian angel finished it

Why do Catholics baptize babies? 👶 A baby can't earn grace, and that's the point. It's God's gift before we can do a thing. "For the promise is made to you and to your children" Acts 2:39 Whole households got baptized. Parents bring the kids, then raise them in the faith.

Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. There was teaching at Oxford by 1096. Tenochtitlan was founded around 1325 and the empire itself didn't start until 1428. Oxford had a 300+ year head start on homework Pic: Codex Mendoza, the founding of Tenochtitlan

Rich guy tears down his barns to build bigger ones and dies that night. Meanwhile I'm still paying for a storage unit I haven't opened since 2019. Eph 2:1-10 · Lk 12:13-21 vaticannews.va/en/word-of-th…

you'll spend 20 minutes picking a show and then scroll your phone the whole time tonight give 5 of those minutes to a quiet prayer before bed nobody has to know

Asked a trick question about taxes, got handed a coin with Caesar's face on it. Imagine setting your own trap and holding the evidence. Mt 22:15-21 vaticannews.va/en/word-of-th…

taking the trash cans in the same day. my neighbors don't know how close i am to sainthood

Did Catholics add books to the Bible? 📖 Jesus was at the temple for Hanukkah. "The feast of the Dedication was then taking place in Jerusalem." John 10:22 That feast comes from 1 Maccabees. It was in the Bible for 1,000+ years before Luther set it aside. Nobody added it.

Paul wrote 13 letters. Luke wrote 2 books. Luke still wrote more of the New Testament. By word count his Gospel plus Acts is about 27% of it. Paul's letters are about 23%. Oct 18 is St. Luke's day. Paul called him "the beloved physician" (Col 4:14) 🎨 Rogier van der Weyden, public domain