The COVID response was exactly what spurred the “ah-ha” moment that tipped me from Protestantism to the Catholic Church. Watching church after church switch to virtual services while the Catholic parishes in our state remained open and faithfully serving the Eucharist forced me to confront the fact that there was no substance in the Protestant worship service that could not be streamed. Our former church only had “communion” once a quarter anyway, so people didn’t really miss it. They tuned into the sermon on YouTube and called it church. This bothered me so deeply that it pushed me from two years of reading the Church Fathers and Catholic books to suddenly looking for a local RCIA (now OCIA) class. COVID had the opposite effect on me, and I am so thankful God used it to draw my family into His one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church.
Dear Jennie, welcome home! Which State left the parishes opened all 2020? I’m still fighting those Bishops who locked down everything and still don’t apologize. 18000 studies proved lockdowns useless. You might be interested in my research (check my substack). Thank you!
Alabama. The churches that closed did so voluntarily, but the state never required them to. We are too close to Florida for Alabama to try such nonsense!
You've got it, Patrick. You've named the nail that's been sticking out where we all can see, but carefully walk around every time we enter the room. I honestly thought you were going to talk about the data centers ruining our neighborhoods, but this is a more subtle and devastating evil. 20/10
This was a really compelling way to frame the AI conversation. The comparison to early 2020 caught my attention, but what really stayed with me was your point that the deeper impact of COVID was social, not economic. I also liked reading your point about the Church being something that cannot be fully virtualized. The reminder that worship and sacramental life require physical presence feels more urgent in light of everything you described. Sitting in a pew next to someone you might not even like is such a concrete, almost funny, but very real example of what commitment to community actually looks like.
On one hand, heretics deny the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharistic particles, with the false argument that they are too small, while on the other hand, they correctly believe in that a host can be consecrated with just one invisible atomic molecule of gluten (yet they don’t care about fake-consecration of so-callled “low-gluten hosts”, which have no gluten!):
Celiac hosts that are not capable of hosting Jesus
Meaningful or meaningless? True marriage is a mirror of the Holy Trinity, where each of the spouses gives themselves completely to each other, through God's love.
The sad thing is that most marry without God, and their marriages are null under His eyes:
Bishops should have apologized after 2020 for denying Priests, Mass, Sacraments for no real reason (18000 studies proved lockdowns useless, as Catholic epidemiologists and Theologians had predicted but were shunned by their Bishops, and the Bishop of Rome!):
The COVID response was exactly what spurred the “ah-ha” moment that tipped me from Protestantism to the Catholic Church. Watching church after church switch to virtual services while the Catholic parishes in our state remained open and faithfully serving the Eucharist forced me to confront the fact that there was no substance in the Protestant worship service that could not be streamed. Our former church only had “communion” once a quarter anyway, so people didn’t really miss it. They tuned into the sermon on YouTube and called it church. This bothered me so deeply that it pushed me from two years of reading the Church Fathers and Catholic books to suddenly looking for a local RCIA (now OCIA) class. COVID had the opposite effect on me, and I am so thankful God used it to draw my family into His one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church.
Dear Jennie, welcome home! Which State left the parishes opened all 2020? I’m still fighting those Bishops who locked down everything and still don’t apologize. 18000 studies proved lockdowns useless. You might be interested in my research (check my substack). Thank you!
Alabama. The churches that closed did so voluntarily, but the state never required them to. We are too close to Florida for Alabama to try such nonsense!
You've got it, Patrick. You've named the nail that's been sticking out where we all can see, but carefully walk around every time we enter the room. I honestly thought you were going to talk about the data centers ruining our neighborhoods, but this is a more subtle and devastating evil. 20/10
Great article Pat!
Thank you!
COVID and AI are all just cogs in the machine towards full digi-tatorship:
https://scientificprogress.substack.com/p/yellow-alert-global-cyber-storm
Changing the topic, have you seen this?
Vatican invests in Satan Corp.
https://www.catholic365.com/article/58469/vatican-endorses-satan-corp.html
It’s coming for your job too.
This was a really compelling way to frame the AI conversation. The comparison to early 2020 caught my attention, but what really stayed with me was your point that the deeper impact of COVID was social, not economic. I also liked reading your point about the Church being something that cannot be fully virtualized. The reminder that worship and sacramental life require physical presence feels more urgent in light of everything you described. Sitting in a pew next to someone you might not even like is such a concrete, almost funny, but very real example of what commitment to community actually looks like.
Thank you! This might help your apostleship:
Scientific proof of God, immortal un-reincarnatable soul, Heaven, hell, and the most true religion.
http://www.catholic365.com/article/44122/scientific-proof-of-god-immortal-soul-unique-ensoulment-no-reencarnation-heaven-hell-and-of-which-one-is-the-most-true-religion.html
You might also like some of my articles:
Don't tread on Me, says ... JESUS !
Eucharistic miracle proves we are ALL stepping on Jesus!
http://www.catholic365.com/article/29922/the-popes-hidden-miracle.html
https://www.catholic365.com/article/58312/tonguers-v-handers.html
On one hand, heretics deny the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharistic particles, with the false argument that they are too small, while on the other hand, they correctly believe in that a host can be consecrated with just one invisible atomic molecule of gluten (yet they don’t care about fake-consecration of so-callled “low-gluten hosts”, which have no gluten!):
Celiac hosts that are not capable of hosting Jesus
https://www.catholic365.com/article/50945/vatican-error-low-gluten-hosts-that-cant-host-jesus.html
Was Mary just another maiden?
https://www.catholic365.com/article/38948/its-all-about-mary.html
Mary’s physical presence in the Eucharist
https://www.catholic365.com/article/30587/cat-ai-mary-is-physically-present-in-the-eucharist.html
Virgin Mary’s body found ?!
https://www.catholic365.com/article/30567/virgin-marys-body-found.html
Sign appeal to Pope Leo XIV about Co-redemptrix and Mediatrix
https://www.catholic365.com/article/57661/sign-appeal-to-pope-leo-xiv-about-co-redemptrix-and-mediatrix.html
Vatican invests in Satan Corp.
https://www.catholic365.com/article/58469/vatican-endorses-satan-corp.html
95% marriages null ?!
https://www.catholic365.com/article/30313/95-marriages-null-.html
The Plan to Destroy Marriage and Family
https://www.catholic365.com/article/11832/the-plan-to-destroy-marriage-and-family.html
Meaningful or meaningless? True marriage is a mirror of the Holy Trinity, where each of the spouses gives themselves completely to each other, through God's love.
The sad thing is that most marry without God, and their marriages are null under His eyes:
This euthanasia will kill us all
https://www.catholic365.com/article/30553/euthanasia-links-to-abortion.html
Heretic evolution theories
https://www.catholic365.com/article/14280/on-the-origin-of-species-by-means-of-artificial-selection.html
Religions against aliens
https://www.catholic365.com/article/23051/if-you-find-an-et-run-.html
Carbon climate action is scientifically and morally wrong!
https://www.catholic365.com/article/23066/carbon-climate-change-wrong.html
Bishops should have apologized after 2020 for denying Priests, Mass, Sacraments for no real reason (18000 studies proved lockdowns useless, as Catholic epidemiologists and Theologians had predicted but were shunned by their Bishops, and the Bishop of Rome!):
https://www.catholic365.com/article/26128/apologies-from-your-church.html
All my articles:
https://www.catholic365.com/author/prof-fred-a-nazar/
AI is definitely coming for your neighbourhood, but that doesn't mean it is not also coming for you job.
Great insight and application.