from a FB page:
And what if instead of taking her to a restaurant you take her to the Church to ask her to be your girlfriend ... 😉

Blessing of Courtship 😊 how nice it would be if all the young people will begin their courtship with the blessing of God and then go to the Sacrament of Marriage.

wow

that's

pretty nice

damn didn't even know that was a thing

me neither

My GF has been Catholic a week now, perhaps I should investigate?

we've been dating for a few years now tho

You converted her?

Idk how much was me, I said Rosary upon Rosary upon Rosary for her so I reckon that did something

What was she before

sort of semi-practising protestant

We went to catholic high school and I invited her to go to mass with me outside of school etc

Nice, glad to hear she converted

me too

Now just got to sell her completely on all the trad stuff

If she sought conversion I doubt that'll take a lot of effort

she's dipping her toes in, just needs a bit more catechesis

at any rate, she is a wonderful God fearing woman and I want to marry her when I'm able

I mean, she's your gf though, do you not talk about these things?

yeah of course, the first time I went to Latin mass was her asking if we could go

we talk about it and stuff and like I've showed her how to use the missal and stuff and theology of the mass etc

Btw to all fellow Catholics, remember that there is a Plenary Indulgence on offer this Sunday

Aye, good reminder

Thru Christ all is possible. knowing this blessing of courtship now I want to find love.

@Orrbit what exactly is a plenary indulgence?

@LuxCo are you familiar with the concept of indulgences in general?

All sins are forgiven I believe?

not quite

well, the ones that can be forgiven

so, our sins are forgiven by nature of Christs sacrifice on the cross, the effects of which we get through the sacraments

so the guilt of your sins are totally forgiven in Baptism/confession

however, the effects of your sins are not

Even my repeated "impure" offenses?

masturbation?

yup

if you are truly repentant at the time of confession, yes

^

ah understood.

so, the effects of your sins are like: say you killed someone (I know its an extreme example), you can be forgiven totally and all guilt is gone from your soul, but somewhere there is still a family without a dad whose gonna be affected by what you've done forever and you still need to account for that

true