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    Catholic prayer request: My Friends

    I'd like to make a prayer request that isn't about my struggles for once, I'd like to ask everyone to pray for my friends, they've really helped me a lot, and I lot of advances and growth in wisdom thanks to them. I owe them my gratitude, thanks a lot! I'm finally getting over most of this...
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    *Catholics Only* An irritating subject...

    Ironically enough, I get rather irritated when asking about the sin of anger, mainly because I have a hard time getting an objective answer. And in case anyone is wondering, I have for the most calmed down from my anger issues earlier, but I still haven't fully recovered. Anyways, I really want...
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    Catholic prayer request: Making a decision

    I’m considering making a very big decision about whether or not to do something. I won’t say what it is, but I need your prayers for an enlightened intellect on this, right now I’m leaning towards not doing it, I want make sure. Thank.
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    Catholic prayer request: Agony

    I’m somewhat reluctant to post this because, I’m really angry right now at, almost everyone to some extent, but several people in particular. I was doing okay several hours earlier, but then I became angry again. I’m just really angry with the whole Alfie Evans atrocity, I’m so mad that part of...
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    Catholic prayer request: talking to family about Alfie Evans...

    As I mentioned in and thread, (News articles and time line on the Alfie Evans tragedy...) I’m going to be talking to my family about the Alfie Evans tragedy, and expose my tradionalist views. I need prayers that I can do this right, that things won’t get of hand and my parents will receive it as...
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    Comfort and Justice for Alfie Evans’ parents and family

    I’m really upset about the Alfie Evans’ just earlier I was saying the stations of the cross for the Divine Mercy hour and I was having a hard time concentrating because of my anger over the whole thing. I want everyone to pray on my behalf, that Alfie Evans’ parents and relatives receive...
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    News articles and time line on the Alfie Evans tragedy...

    I haven't yet decided if I'm going to make effort to spend news of this outrage all over the internet, and if so when. (Anyone else whose decided they do want to do this can, by all means go ahead and do it!) However, I do want to make an effort to inform my parents (liberal-leaning) and brother...
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    An encouraging thought...

    I have started reading the Lord of the Rings again, and taking a closer look at the Christian themes in the series. One line that keeps resurfacing in talks about the Catholic themes of the Lord of the Rings is this: I often say, one the biggest, albeit personal reasons why I'm Catholic is...
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    *Catholics Only* Who Are You O Immaculate Conception?

    “Who are you, O Immaculate Conception?” asks St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe. The Knight of the Immaculata goes on: Continued reading: Who Are You, O Immaculate Conception? - St. Maximilian Kolbe High-level Mariology here, I had to read a few of these paragraph again several times to make sure I...
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    *Catholics Only* The Feast of St. Louis de Montfort this Saturday

    Hello everyone this Saturday will be the Feast of St. Louis de Montfort, (as well the beginning of the 33 Day preparation for Marian Consecration for the Feast of the Visitation) I’m going to try and go to my Cathedral to celebrate it, and then take my family out to dinner. Is anyone else...
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    *Catholics only* A long question about confession and canon law...

    Okay, I have a somewhat complicated question that I need help addressing, last fall I had to have my confession heard by a rather liberal religious priest. When I confessed my sins to this priest, I tried to confess the number of times to sin mortally, but he told me not to say the number of...
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    Catholic prayer request: impulsive thoughts

    I really don’t want to post this but, I really need prayers now. I committed a mortal sin this week and have waiting until Saturday to go to confession. I don’t want to scare anyone but, today I started having really bad impulsive thoughts. Thoughts that are of almost the same intensity as the...
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    What do wolves symbolize in Basque and Biscayan heraldry?

    Hope this is the right place to post this, After checking out my family history, I've discovered that my family originated in a small Basque village, where my first named ancestor built a tower for that village. A recurring symbol in my family is the Black Wolf, it appears on both our original...
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    Chaplet of the Sacred Heart for meekness and humility of heart

    Image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary One of the Capital Vices I struggle with is anger, I have a lot of anger issues. I heard it said that one remedy for dealing with the sin of anger is devotion to the Sacred Heart, because having a devotion to the Sacred Heart...
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    *Catholics Only* Ramadan Rosary Crusade anyone?

    I was thinking of saying the Rosary during the Muslim Month of Ramadan, for the conversion of Muslims, both because Our Lady demonstrates true submission to God through her "fiat" and because I keep hearing stories of Muslims having religious experiences and converting to some form of...
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    *Catholics Only* Petition: Stop Ebay from auction a blasphemous attack on Mary!

    Ebay is auction off a blasphemous work of "The Madonna and Child dunked in urine" to the highest bidder. Please sign the petition below requesting eBay to stop this blasphemous offense. I'd like to request all Catholics to offer up prayers in reparation for this blasphemy. AMERICA NEEDS FATIMA
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    Leaving early for my May break.

    I'll be leaving for my May break sometime this week, provided everything goes the way I'm hoping it will go. I would have said that it may all happen as soon as tomorrow or perhaps even this evening, but something came up that may cause me to delay my departure for a few days. I still have a few...
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    Catholic prayer request: Still struggling

    I hate to say this but I’m still struggling with angry thoughts. What I’m specifically struggling with is not Protestant trolls and the like in general, but rather something one Protestant said and what happened during and after that. (But I’m not going to go into details on this) I need...
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    *Catholics Only* Virgo Potens: The Power of the Immaculate Conception

    I'm doing better now, I had a pretty good day today. I just thought I'd share this awesome video on Our Lady with everyone here, it reveals some pretty awesome truths from Mariology.
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    *Catholic Only* Good material for seeking first the Kingdom of God

    I'm still recovering from all of these anger issues, and scrupulosity and such, but I'd like to try and move on. I'd my fellow-Catholics here to provide me with good materials, (mostly online articles video, though maybe a few good books) on Heaven, and seeking first the Kingdom of God. Does...