Especially with my phone, I wish there was a good "edit" solution for nostr notes. We all know typos are always invisible until tapping the "post" button. That's when they shout to the world, "Look at meee!"

I wonder if there's even one person in the world who believes Joe Biden would be capable of performing the daily duties of President through 2028. His "supporters" are guilty of elder abuse.

I'm sure you're all asking, like me, "What's the best way to learn Latin?" I really like this home school course, called Visual Latin. (It uses ecclesiastical pronunciation!) First four lessons are free. Check it out:

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"Trust the science" is a very unscientific slogan.

Once forgiven of our sins, going forward we should not fear that every fault or sin makes God angry and quick to send us to hell unless we re-repent, as if we have an unsure, on-again-off-again relationship with a moody Jesus. (Of course, for our good and for the sake of justice we should repent of our sins daily. Jesus tells us to pray, “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.”) We need not have an ongoing anxiety attack, afraid God's finger is always hovering over the "smite" button. We know Jesus always loves us and will see us through this life’s journey. But that’s not to say even a single “mortal sin” won't send us to hell. We should feel guilty if we knowingly and willingly commit a serious sin, and we should not feel settled until we repent and receive absolution. Mortal sin is the kind that is a full rejection of God’s grace, and it's how we choose hell unless we repent of it before we die. For the Catholic, repentance of mortal sin includes going to Confession. It is Jesus’ gift to us, because he knows we are capable of mortal sin even after baptism. Now if someone is a non-Catholic Christian who genuinely doesn’t know he should be Catholic and go to Confession, then he would need to make a perfect act of contrition, which is much harder. It’s the purest form of repentance which involves perfect sorrow -- not out of fear of hell or the loss of heaven, but purely out of offending God, who is deserving of all our love. Today, on All Souls Day, let’s pray for all who have died — and for all those we love who are still living — that God would free all from the sin that separates us from him.

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This is a phenomenally educational and motivational video on the dangers of (and remedies for) visceral fat. I know it doesn't sound like the most exciting topic to the average person, but it should be. This kind of fat is killing us. But we can reverse it surprisingly fast.

Two things I tend to do when I wake up in the middle of the night: (1) I guess how much time I have remaining before my alarm sounds, based on how my eyes feel when I try to opem them. I amaze myself with my accuracy. (2) I pray for whoever happened to be in the dream I woke up from, which helps me to drift back to sleep.

From the old Catechism of Saint Pius X: --- 225. (12) Who are infidels? A. Infidels are those who have not been baptised and do not believe in Jesus Christ, because they either believe in and worship false gods as idolaters do, or though admitting one true God, they do not believe in the Messiah, neither as already come in the Person of Jesus Christ, nor as to come; for instance, Mohammedans and the like.

As Christians surrounded by so much Islamaphobia, we must LOVE all Muslims -- and hate Islam, a false and evil religion.

I don't think you're any less cool if your avatar doesn't show laser beams coming out of your eyes.

Amassing Bitcoin and ammo in dangerous times should not be our first priority. It should be to get, and stay, in the state of grace.

It has its limitations, but Puppy Linux brings back from the dead my 13-year-old Acer Aspire One netbook computer -- which originally ran slowly with Windows 7. Now it's even a little puppy -- I mean peppy.

I believe in the one, holy, catholic, apostolic, and non-synodal Church.

Eric Sammons’ definition of synodality: “the effort to transform Catholicism into a religion in which vice and virtue are equal and are voted upon by its members"

Best homemade snack: * Popcorn grown in my own backyard (no chemicals) * Stove popped in bacon grease * Topped with real butter * Pink salt * Freshly ground peppercorn * Several squirts Frank's Hot Sauce * Splash of lime juice

Any practicing LGBTQ Catholic is just as Catholic as any other Catholic. Like any other Catholic involved in mortal sin, they can repent and go to Confession to avoid the fires of hell and reach the glories of heaven.