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what’s the orthodox opinion on the devil?

we dont like him

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77, ee cummings

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Someone once said to me, “I hope the pain eases soon.” It struck me as the purest blessing that had ever been offered over my head - I hope the pain eases soon. It’s so gentle, so kind, so hopeful. So to everyone who’s hurting: I see how hard you’re trying, and I hope your pain will ease soon.

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#Repost

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Luce doodle

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there is nothing i love more than my walk to church!!! yes i do want to walk through a park in full blazing autumn and marvel as the light gets reflected in the tears in my welled up eyes from all the beauty that exists in this world!!

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I learned something at my church’s college ministry service the other night that I’m still thinking about right now. the lesson was on the story of the Prodigal Son, and the speaker prefaced it by saying he knew that we’d all heard the story a million times before, and that he’d be taking a different approach. to sum it up, he talked about how Christ’s love isn’t just for the runaway son that is in open rebellion but also for the other son, the one that grows angry when his father throws his newly returned brother a feast. but what really got me was when the speaker told us what the word “prodigal” actually means. it’s definition has been misunderstood because of its connection to describing the rebellious son who eventually returned, but it actually means “wastefully lavished”. God’s love for us weak, tiny, and sinful creatures is so illogically strong that it is described as wasteful. His perfect love is lavished on us so much that it seems wasteful in the eyes of others. but God is allowed to waste His love on us because it never runs out. He just keeps on pouring it out on us…. in reckless excess.

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All Souls' Day Novena: Day 9

"Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners every where, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen."

St. Gertrude, Pray for us!

Today, to end on a happy note, I'd like to tell the story of my great grandmother, Teta Besma.

Teta Besma died when I was 11, and I don't have many memories of her. About ten years later, one of her granddaughters had a dream about her. My cousin was in a building filled with gray, rotting people. There was a staircase with a door at the top, and she climbed it, knocked on the door, and there was Teta Besma folding laundry, just as my cousin remembered her. She had a whole body and was not rotting like the others.

She let my cousin in and locked the door behind her. My cousin hugged her and was so happy to see her. She asked for food, but Teta said, "No, we don't eat here. We only pray." They prayed together for a short while, and my cousin said she had to leave. My grandmother wished her well, said goodbye, and locked the door behind her.

My cousin woke up and thought nothing of the dream, because who doesn't have dreams where they see loved ones? The next day her friend told her, though, that she had a dream where she saw my Teta at the top of a staircase, folding laundry. This friend described a scene so similar that my cousin couldn't deny that there was something going on. She spoke with a priest about her dream, who suggested humbly that perhaps this was a sign that my Teta was either close to leaving Purgatory or was already out.

All this to say: your prayers work. Your prayers matter. There is a way out of Purgatory, both for you and your loved ones. Keep praying for them and they will pray for you in love and gratitude once they reach Heaven. Heaven is real, and God wants all of us there together.

That's the end of another novena friends! Thank you for praying with me.

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Immaculate Heart of Mary Japanese style holy card

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A healthy habit I wanna do more is just telling God: I love you. I praise you. You gave me life, you chose me to walk on this earth, to experience life, the gift of existing as myself, and that is crazy, that is gigantic, of all the billions and billions of possible humans to bring to life you made me. The number of people that could be created is infinite, yet here I am. Thank you. My existance is proof enough of yours.

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just heard a coworker say "I know this thing wouldn't even work for Jesus" about her printer

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All Souls' Day Novena: Day 8

Today I'd like to pray for those that have committed suicide. My family has lost two to this battle, and I remember a girl at my high school killed herself months before graduation. May perpetual light shine upon them, and may they rest in peace. I know that God in His mercy is holding them and loving them to make up for the pain they felt in life.

"Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners every where, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen."

St. Gertrude, Pray for us!

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Halloween tip. 🌹🙏🌹tradcatfem.com

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not to sound like a medieval peasant or a catholic but i resent anti-carb propaganda so much like bread will never be evil it is holy it is divine it is one of life’s most simple yet decadent pleasures. love is stored in the bread

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God is no stranger to pain. When you cry to Him, He isn’t looking down on you and saying, “Here we go again.” He’s leaning down, feeling every tear of betrayal, anxiety, and grief that you are crying, and saying “I know. I remember. I know.”

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“The sign of the cross, that is your price tag. That is what God declares you are worth” Father Mike Schmitz