After changing Google accounts, here are the new editions of my Marvel fan fiction stories:
The Real Avengers Endgame Ending
Team Awesome-Nunja and Heroes Inc. versus Villains Inc.
AGENT Catholic OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
Dr. Prophet and the Marian Alliance versus the Coven of the Beast
The Fellowship of the Iron Maid vs. the Chosen Ones
The Rogers Family vs. the Shmidt Family
Enjoy!
Below I have linked my Countess Van Henning books. A Catholic/Christian-friendly vampire heroine in a series of flash fiction stories perfect for the modern short-on-time reader.
Yes there is wordplay going on here. “Marvel” is referring to Marvel Universe and “Grace” is referring to my name.
Team Awesome-Nunja and Heroes Inc. versus Villains Inc.
Agent Catholic of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Dr. Prophet and the Marian Alliance vs. the Coven of the Beast
The Fellowship of the Iron Maid
The Rogers Family vs. the Shmidt Family
Thumbelina is a phenomenal movie (the only really Disney quality animated movie I’ve found outside the Disney universe), and one I think St. Therese would have enjoyed watching as well. It’s all about loving your littleness and letting Jesus “be your wings” instead of wishing to be big. It also happens to be set in France.
Cornelius comes to her in her loneliness, from a heavenly kingdom far away, and invites her to join his family and become his bride. He gives her his royal ring, which reminds me of the Prodigal Son story, and promises to return to her soon.
Her faith in him does not go untested, though. First she is kidnapped by the toads, who represent the seduction of fame and popularity. She is attracted to this life, but upon learning that it would mean breaking her promise to Cornelius, she ultimately chooses Cornelius and escapes to find her home and her mother (Mary).
Then she is kidnapped by the beetles, representing sexual seduction. They entice her by telling her she is beautiful, but after they have used her she is rejected and feels “ugly”. Healing comes to her when the swallow (the Holy Spirit) reminds her that only Cornelius’s opinion of her matters, and he thinks she is beautiful.
Lastly she is taken captive by the mole, representing excessive preoccupation with wealth and security, and she almost goes with it — especially after being told Cornelius is dead (Good Friday) — but backs out as she realizes nothing should cause her to compromise Love. The brave prince who died seeking to rescue her, who has had nothing else on his mind the whole movie except saving her at all costs, fights off all three rejected suitors as she makes her escape to the warmth of the sun/Son.
The swallow swoops her away to a frozen wasteland that her song of faith reveals to be the Vale of Fairies, and she finally sees Cornelius is alive after all (Easter), then the beauty of spring sets the stage for their royal wedding and the gift of her very own wings (heaven).
This moving story of confidence in the love of our dear Jesus is a must-see, and if you haven’t considered this perspective of the story before, I hope this post enriches your future viewings. Let Jesus be your divine elevator, your “wings”, to the glorious heights of heaven!
(Note: Frequent Spiritual Communion is recommended even for the most frequent Mass-goers. See my other post on the subject.)
(Doesn’t fulfill obligation for Mass.)
(for short version, say only the parts in bold.)
Those who stubbornly refuse to believe, won’t believe as long as their hearts remain hard, no matter how much proof and evidence are presented to give them reason to believe. Therefore it would be useless to debate them unless they are truly interested in learning.
If they are interested in learning, however, they can start by researching the shroud of Turin, the tilma of Guadalupe, and the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano. They can also consider the complexity of the universe and of the human body and how unlikely such things are to be accidents.
St Thomas Aquinas has some interesting things to say on the subject also, and then there’s the personal experience of myself and countless of other persons throughout human history. (Atheism only became a thing recently, remember, another proof in God’s favor.)
Personally, I think an atheist is just a believer who hides his belief, even from himself, out of fear or anger.
After all, it is a common move of the human psychology to convince itself of the nonexistence of a reality it finds unpleasant. People only believe what they want to believe. At the end of the day, though, God’s existence isn’t affected by belief or unbelief, He’s still there.
It would be a more profitable discussion to inquire of the particular atheist why he/she is an atheist and when it started. Perhaps a tragic childhood experience such as the loss of a parent and the question of “Why didn’t God answer my prayer for his/her healing?” left unanswered caused the individual to question God’s goodness and atheism was a subconscious solution to exact revenge on the One seen responsible for the tragedy. Or perhaps on seeing the obligations of religion in the lives of other people, the person in question was afraid of having to answer to God for fear of his/her life being burdened and no fun and atheism was the subconscious solution to being able to live a “free” life. Or again, perhaps the particular individual was simply raised that way in a very strictly atheist environment. Not only is it very hard psychologically to abandon the beliefs your parents or guardians have drilled into you all your life, but the consequences of believing differently could result in the rejection of loved ones or of peers looking down on the individual as “intellectually inferior”. Thus atheists are deserving of our compassion and would possibly be better served by a more therapeutic approach rather than mere intellectual debate.
We will each see the truth at the end of our lives. If atheism is correct, theists have nothing to worry about since their death will be without an afterlife anyway and therefore unaffected by their beliefs. If theism is correct, however, then the atheists who meet God face to face are gonna wish they had given Him a chance.
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Amo Iesu by Grace Pax 