Are Catholic women required to be beautiful?

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po18guy said:
You will do good to disengage from social media - actually from all media. I have eliminated TV, radio (except Catholic), newspapers, and all other means of the media gaining access to my mind.

I am much, much happier now.
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Yes. I read just a little social media, and it seems that 90% of it is the level of junior high gossip.
 
With St. Rose and the hot peppers on the face, I have to also think that there’s an element of “Oh, parents, you want to marry me off to so-and-so? I’ll show you…”
 
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Some people are absolutely obsessed with taking pictures of themselves. “Selfies” kind of seem conceited at times. Not all the time, just in excess.
 
For the girl in the OP, she is also a wedding photographer which she mentions over and over again.

I think a lot of this is for publicity for her business. She clearly also thinks she can evangelize through her social media accounts. Hopefully she is seeking some spiritual direction…
 
Rozellelily said:
My sister thinks the same way as you do but personally I think it’s better to embrace it and harnesss it somehow for good.
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The operative word is “somehow.”

Instagram serves little purpose. But it feeds anxiety, depression, low-self esteem, creates eating disorders and is monumental waste of time.
 
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Lara said:
not wearing heavy winter boots.
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But but but…I have cold feet!
And live in a climate where there’s snow!
And my work settings don’t always have proper snow removal (home health care)

Oh and my sneakers are squeaky so I make heavy sounds with my feet.
 
LOL this is where I’m dating myself, but before digital cameras, people would hold the camera at arms length and take pictures of themselves.
They usually ended up making a weird face, but it was funny and everybody did it at lease once in their lives
 
Body and soul are of equal importance, spiritually; therefore, not just wishful thinking.
 
The subject of ‘beauty’ has everything to do with body and soul, spiritually-relational, cohesion.
 
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One of the major issues with social media is that we find ourselves comparing us at our worst to someone else at their carefully staged best. Therein lies the path to low self-esteem.

If you find that happening to you, then it is better to limit your time on social media.
 
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Gertabelle said:
I love this bit of wisdom from Amelia Pond, from Doctor Who :

“You know when sometimes you meet someone so beautiful and then you actually talk to them and five minutes later they’re as dull as a brick? Then there’s other people, when you meet them you think, ‘Not bad. They’re okay.’ And then you get to know them and… and their face just sort of becomes them. Like their personality’s written all over it. And they just turn into something so beautiful.”
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twf said:
Sure that wasn’t Clara? Great quote though. Moffat at his best.
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No, it was definitely Amy talking about Rory. 😍 It’s from the episode “The Girl Who Waited.”

I loved the dedication those two had for each other, at least once Amy made her choice.
 
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I am sure, from what you wrote, that you were putting forward an idea that Jesus and Mary were not physically beautiful, and that such attributes were not mentioned in Scripture.

It was then put forward, by myself, that although some subjects are not tackled in Scripture, explicitly, one can still deduce whether something was true, or not.

The body and soul relationship, helps to answer this.
 
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