#[ ✝ my art ]

[garnishwithnightshade]

Poetic Night Meditation

Comfort me, O Lord; Save me from distress. Take away my sword and tears of bitterness. Hold me in Your arms and wrap me up so tight so nothing else can do me harm and i'll sleep soundly through the night.

[bonkethh]

one more post

these are my characters from a story that my friend is writing <3

Asa (smaller female) and Tank (larger male) ^^ theyre siblings, very silly ones too :]

(im bad at drawing stances/hands/etc)

[10yrsyart]

(alternate music only video)

i struggle recreating the beauty the Holy Spirit shows me musically, with the limitations of my art. He always surprises me though, and i'm humbled at how lovely it turns out, despite me. but even so, nothing can compare.. nothing can convey the beauty of the Lord.

the most beautiful Being in the universe, our Creator, came down to be one of us and shed His blood for us. He knew we couldn't pay our sin debt ourselves, and He loved us so much He became the payment in our place. but death couldn't defeat Him and He rose on the third day.

it's only through faith in Jesus Christ and His blood that we're set free. He promises eternal life to all who believe in Him, and He's coming very soon to take us home. He is the only one worthy of praise; the only one Just and Loving and True enough to trust your life with. He will never betray you or abandon you. He has loved you unto the ends of the earth. don't wait to accept Him, time is almost up! ✝🕊

"And this is the way to have eternal life- to know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one You sent to earth. I brought glory to You here on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do. Now, Father, bring Me into the glory We shared before the world began." (John 17:3-5)

transcript:

Holy, Holy, Holy God Almighty

Holy, Holy, Holy God Almighty

Praise the Exalted Holy God

Maker of all the earth and the sky

Holy, Holy, King of Glory

Worship the Son of God Jesus Christ

Glory to the Holy Spirit will rise

You deserve all the honor

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

Praise the Exalted Holy God

Maker of all the earth and the sky

Holy, Holy, King of Glory

Worship the Son of God Jesus Christ

Glory to the Holy Spirit will rise

You deserve all the honor

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy, Holy, Holy, God Almighty

Holy, Holy, Holy, God Almighty

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

“I Am the Alpha and the Omega- the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I Am the One Who is, Who was, and Who is still to come- the Almighty One.” -Revelation 1:8

[masakuterarr]

NEW SHALNARK FOOD! A recent drawing I did of my headcanon version of Shalnark after the current anime ending.

I drew this with the intention of making it fit to the Zoldyk Theme :>

ALSO- You can download a Wallpaper Version of this on my Patreon! ↓

[afra-blueraz]

✝Fallen Angel Priestess✝

Finally priestess Yui version. I really apologize for bad shading. I drew it so fast 😭. Because for now I'm really busy designing my OC/self-insert character.

Anyway I hope you like it. A new event based on this art coming soon on dia-souls blog.

[martyana-summers-official]

Welcome Y'all :)

My name is Martyana! Some of you may know me as @sydaney-foxay, my personal blog! I'm a silly little author, I usually write original works in the genres of Dark Fantasy and Realistic FIction with hints of fluffy-angsty Romance sprinkled within! Though I do occassionally write Fanfiction and do take requests, but more on that later on!

Name: Martyana Summers

Age: Minor

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Heteromantic & Ace

Socials: Wattpad, AO3, Neobook

Race/Ethnicity: Half Filipino, Half British

Religion: Catholic ✝

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Any type of hate, racism, homophobia, transphobia, body shaming, abelism ect, are PROHIBITED and will NOT BE TOLERATED.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ No NSFW/Explicit asks or images/videos in the Ask or Submissions box. They will immediately be DELETED.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Anybody younger than 13 reading/engaging with this blog WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. (Mutuals are an exception to this rule.)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Any asks or submissions about politics are PROHIBITED and will be DELETED.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ People older than 30 reading/engaging with this blog WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. (Family members, mutuals, and people granted personal permission are an exception to this rule.)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ If any work is marked "16+" please do take it upon yourself to make a responsible decision on wether to consume the piece of media or not.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ All trigger warnings will be mentioned, please do read those first and mind then when reading through a piece.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Anyone younger than 13. (Mutuals and family members are exempt from this rule)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ AI Art supporters.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Proshippers.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Homophobic, transphobic and fatphobic individuals.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ People who have public ownership of explicit/18+ media blogs.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Bots.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ People who spread religious hate.

If any of these describe you I highly suggest getting off my blog and to not interact with it.

..............................Fanfiction............................

As I mentioned before, I do take requests! Now I do wanna start this off by saying:

I consider myself an ORIGINAL AUTHOR. I mostly write ORIGINAL WORKS. Though those take quite a long time to come out and sometimes I want to write but not focus on larger, original projects- so I take REQUESTS and write MY OWN fanfictions, but those are LOW on the priority list. I spend the majority of my time writing WORKING ON ORIGINAL WORK, so I do want to say FANFICTION REQUESTS MAY TAKE A WHILE TO GET SENT OUT. Due to this, I want to thank you all in advance for your patience and support!

Now; onto the fun stuff!

Fanfiction requests will usually take about 1 week to come out, due to my focus on original work and the fact my writing is usually very long and detailed. I write for a plethora of fandoms and even though fanfiction is not my main focus, I try to put as much love and care into my fanfics as I do my original work!

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Hazbin Hotel 🔥

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Helluva Boss 👿

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Cuphead 🥤

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Camp Camp 🌲

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ The Ghost and Molly McGee 👻

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Miss Peregrines Peculiar Children 🐣 (I have read all 6 books + watched the movie)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Stardew Valley 👩‍🌾

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Sexy Brutale 🛌

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Court x Mort Saga 📚

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ The Amazing Digital Circus 🤡

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I DO WRITE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Character x Character

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Character x Reader

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Platonic Character x Character

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Platonic Character x Reader

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Sibling Character x Reader

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Sick comfort

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Period/Menstruation comfort

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Sibling comfort

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Headcanons

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Alternate timelines

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Alternate universes

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Alternate situations

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Hurt comfort

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ MILDLY suggestive fluff

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I DON'T WRITE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Sexually explicit NSFW (OF ANY AGES)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Incest

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Pedophelia

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Underage use of drugs and alcohol

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ SA scenes

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ The brutal murder of children

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Suicide

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Zoophilia

Side note:

My boundaries when writing fanfiction will not always align with my boundaries when writing original fiction. I want to respect the original piece of media and the creatives behind it- so I refrain from writing anything particularly heavy, intense, or mature that has not happened in the original piece or anything incredibly off-canon. I also know the large majority of those who read/request fanfiction are minors, and I want to be able to give them a place to read lots of fics without worrying about coming across anything particularly disturbing. Though with my original work, do expect much heavier topics to be referenced.

..........................Original Fiction........................

As I've stated before, I am an original author and I do plan on sharing my work here on this blog among other socials! My original work will usually take longer to release than fanfictions, so feel free to pop in aks about characters, plots, and things revealed through spoiler posts! The genres I write in are usually dark fantasy, realistic fiction, dark humor (if that counts), psychological thriller, psychological horror, dystopia, dark romance, and political fiction.

My original work may contain these things/topics:

(Of course specialized Trigger Warnings will be placed on each piece according to the content of the writing)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Swearing

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Mental/Emotional/Physical Neglect

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Mental/Emotional/Physical Abuse

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Generally traumatic events

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Intense descriptions of blood, gore, and violence

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ The use of drugs and alcohol

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Underage use of alcohol

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Toxic romantic relationships

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ The mentions of sexual harassment/assault (The actual acts of assault are never described or written out. Only suggested.)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Cults/Cult-like organizations

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Death

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Violence

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Vomiting

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ MILDLY suggestiveness (MILD, meaning all characters are fully clothed, and there is never sexually intimate touching)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Vulnerable character (I.E: being drunk)

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Child death

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Human cruelty

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ References made to specific types of drugs, alcohols, weapons, ect,

Another reminder:

All pieces of writing will have specific trigger warnings placed on them depending on the content of the piece. Not all of my original works will contain these specific topics if any at all- please read trigger warnings before consuming.

.......................Socials......................

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Wattpad

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ AO3

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Neobook

Thank Ya'll :)

...to everyone who read through this and I do hope you stick around and follow to see what crazy shit I can whip up for y'all with nothing more than a Google Document and an ink cartridge filled with dreams!

[eternal-kosmo-ghoul]

❧ vampiric novels — nameless ghouls

key : fluff ✿ , angst ❦ , crack ✦ , platonic ✩ , slight nsfw ❤︎ , au ✪ , smut ❣︎ , yandere ➷ , dark fiction ✝︎

❝… here’s the vampiric section dedicated to the nameless ghouls. such demons are incredible works of art.. they should be appreciated to their fullest. have fun, and be cautious.❞ —kosmo

—

• WARNING: any of the keys that are in red that they will get an extra warning due to the intensity of the themes. please exert caution when reading fics with these keys

DISCLAIMER: all nameless ghouls are written as FICTIONAL characters. how they’re written in my fics is not intended to be a reflection of the performer/actual person. everything written is purely fiction and is meant for entertainment purposes.

┅✦┅

❥ sodomizer ghoul

➵ “darling amour” —fem reader, sodo, [nsfw] ❣︎ ✿

❥ rain ghoul

sorry! we’re currently out of stock!

❥ mountain ghoul

sorry! we’re currently out of stock!

❥ swiss army ghoul

➵ “lights, camera, action” —fem reader, swiss, [nsfw] ❣︎

❥ phantom ghoul

sorry! we’re currently out of stock!

❥ cirrus ghoulette

sorry! we’re currently out of stock!

❥ cumulus ghoulette

sorry! we’re currently out of stock!

❥ aurora ghoulette

sorry! we’re currently out of stock!

❥ all ghouls

➵ “silly ghoul headcanons” —gn reader, nameless ghouls, ✿ ✦

➵ “adorably fuckable” —gn reader, nameless ghouls, [nsfw] ❣︎

➵ “a succubus in bed” —gn reader, nameless ghoulettes, [nsfw] ❣︎

❥ other ghouls

sorry! we’re currently out of stock!

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[innorin]

souvenir ✝

CHAP. 372 SPOILERS ⬇

Bai Liu stepped forward, his hand raised to caress Spades' face, but his eyes were devoid of emotion: "Because I'll be hard pressed to find such a nice souvenir."

✝✝✝

I have never delved into the scenes as much as in this novel. I've never experienced them like I'm standing there myself, it's great, but some moments are just shattering, just like this one; where Bai Liu practically tells Spades that he's just a thing that looks like his lover...

It's such a nice feeling to feel at least something after reading

I recently read another book and didn't feel anything at all while reading it, not because it's bad, but because of burnout.

Such an unpleasant feeling, I was already afraid that it would be the same with ghg...

But ghg punches on all kinds of feelings;

Sadness, sympathy, joy, etc.

Interestingly, this does not happen with other books, consider ghg is the best cure for burnout lol.

ALSO, here is a wonderful artist from whom I found these art for my collage: zaphylla [twitter]

[faefulli]

while im here posting art, have my babies ------------- ✝Aurora (white) uses They/Them only, Azzy (red) uses He/Him✝

[bloodybittennails]

(I LOST ACCESS TO @my3imaginary3wonderland , IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME CHECK THE TIKTOK AT THE END OF THIS)

꒰১꒱ ₊˚﹕✧﹒₊‧ 🎵 ˚̣̣̣͙₊ ★ ⁺ 　 . ⁺

INTP

⁎ ˚ ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

THE ART POSTED MIGHT BE OLDER THAN ITS POST DATE

(_ _ ) . . z Z

Any pronouns

༉‧₊˚✧‧₊˚✩彡.˚✩

This blog serves as an archive for my art, idc the likes or followers, I just want people to discover my art

𓂃 𓈒 𓏸 ✶ 𓈀 🔪 𓈒ᶻ z

I would like to study art, but those carreers don't have future, so it would stay as a hobby

⊹ 𖧧 ִֶָ 𖥔 ﾟ˖ ⊹ › ‹ ᵎ 𖧧. ⊹

I also want to be a writer, to see my stories as a movie, in any case I'm "studying" how to draw so in case that doesn't happen, I can animate it

‎(´𖦹 ˕ ×`) 🦢✝︎ ↜

On 11/31/24, I will release a motion picture, but it isn't for weak stomachs..

꒰১꒱ ₊˚﹕✧﹒₊‧ 🎵 ˚̣̣̣͙₊ ★ ⁺ 　 . ⁺

Right now I'm focusing on other sites so I will be inactive here

˖ .˚˳១୨୧ ༘✰ ༘ ˚ ˚

I won't say my nationality, its pretty obvious at this point

، • ୨ ࣪ ⊹ ⚰️ . . ݁ ٬٬ ࣪ ،

Asexual af

₊‧ ִ ۫ ⁎ . 🔍 . ⋆ ࣪.

My social media:

Proof that I’m @my3imaginary3wonderland :

Youtube:

Devianart:

[night-wanderer-art]

‘Character Study: Lavinia’

Just a character study I did of my current Tav in BG3. She’s a drow blood hunter named Lavinia. I might use her as a recurring perv art character. It was nice to just draw something without meticulously plotting out every detail so it ******means****** something deep and personal and shit. But I practiced at drawing jewelry and armour, which I have found far too intimidating to draw as much as I’d like, armour especially I just am intensely infatuated with, it’s so neat and beautiful and just the way it sounds and the shapes and designs and textures please me so much, and now I’m feeling a bit better about it. So more armour coming in the future probably!

Soundtrack:

ink + watercolour + coloured pencils

[bonkethh]

it's been a hot minute since i've actually posted anything, so here, have some doodles from the past few days <3

bleh, my main CoD oc, Akina or ' wolf '. still gotta tweak her a bit- and i'm absolutely horrible at drawing anything militia relatee (uniforms, helmets, etc)

and then an additional CoD oc, Caid (or casper :>)

also, i despise how my artstyle is different for almost every drawing- sobs

[anymarcy]

Everyone who loves simon and betty and want them together so bad and draw them, GOD BLESS YOU, MY EYES ALWAYS BLESSED TO SEE YOUR PRECIOUS ART AND IT MAKES ME HAPPY💗❤✝

[vel-hell-ael31]

Introduction

Full name: Axel Marc Anthonyson

Nicknames: Axie -Anthony -Tony - Sonny - Single Father- Greñas

Sexuality: ⚣ Gay

Ethnicity: American 🇺🇸

Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio, United States

☆彡彡-Physical Appearance- ミミ☆

Age: 17

Eye color: Hazelnut

Hair color: Dark brown

Hair style: Curly. Mullet, cut on the sides of the head.

Height: 1'85cm

Voice: Warm. Don't worry. Intimidating when angry or upset

☆彡彡-Favorites-ミミ☆

Color: Green, Black, White and Brown

Animal: Cats, dogs, parakeets, ferrets and lizards

Other: Spend time with his friends. Watch movies. Go anywhere on a skateboard.

Hobbies: Draw. Go do Graffiti. Read. Write. Listen to music. Go for a walk with her pets. To be with her friends. Art. Photography. Basketball. Guitar

☆彡彡-Family-ミミ☆

Mother: ✝︎ Laila Steward

Born 07/18. She die at the age of 48.

Father: Jake anthonyson

Born 01/23

☆彡彡-Relations-ミミ☆

Best Friends: Arthur D'Oyly and Isabella Ruiz

Crush: ????

Couple: ????

☆彡彡-Traits-☆彡彡

Introvert. From time to time arrogant. Faithful. Genuine. Somewhat demanding with his work. Considered. He is usually spiteful when someone deceives him or is disloyal. Honest. Comprehensive. Protective. Tolerant. calm and patient

CHARACTERS!

↓

──── ❝Axel Anthonyson❞ ───

"The art boy"

▪17▪

❝1.85m❞

⚣ gay

●○●○ဗီူ●○●○

[Neta, are you telling me that those five sticks are a person? We have quite a lot of work to do if you want to pass...]

─── ❝Rodrick Heffley❞ ───

"The boy in the band"

▪16▪

❝1,70m❞

⚥Bisexual

●○●○ဗီူ●○●○

[Let's see, sir "I know how to draw and you don't" How the hell do you want me to draw it? Look at him, my brother is literally a stick. ]

──── ❝ Isabella Ruíz❞ ───

"The Bestie Goss"

▪16▪

❝1,60m❞

⚢Lesbian

○●○●○●○

[Just look in the mirror Ax; you're the graphic representation of "lovesick fool" And no, I don't make that face with Allison.]

──── ❝Arthur D'Oyly❞ ───

"The DJ Friend"

▪16▪

❝1.78m❞

⚥Pansexual

⚲ Gender Fluid

●○●○●○●○

[Brother, what do you want me to tell you...if you don't keep it, someone else will take it, or worse, another. Now help me make Maxie jealous at the party. ]

───❝Allison Williams❞───

"The bad girl"

▪17▪

❝1'67❞

Bi-curious(?

●○●○●○●○

[Hum... Maybe she fell to the ground and searched badly. But, one thing... What was that "she's eating Allison" scandal, huh? Do you like the idea? that's why you're so red right?]

────❝Lucian Smith❞───

"The German Boy"

▪16▪

❝1'80❞

⚥Pansexual⚥

●○●○●○●○

[What do you want me to tell him? Hey, hello... I'm Lucian, I've wanted to talk to you since the beginning of the course... But I didn't dare until now, you seem very cute... He's behind me, right?]

────❝Maxie Miller❞───

"The boy from the skating rink"

▪16▪

❝1'76❞

⚥ Bisexual

●○●○●○●○

[Hello, some skates for two hours please... You're Arthur, from my class, right?]

──── ❝Jake Anthonyson❞ ───

"The father"

▪57▪

❝1.80❞

⚤ Straight

●○●○●○●○

[I know that since mom is not here I have focused only on the company... But honestly I am very proud of you.]

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✰ Glance is a fanfic inspired by the Disney movies "The Diary of a Wimpy Kid" which in turn is based on the book series by author Jeff Kinney. But the story of Axel, his friends and Rodrick is completely mine.

✰ Character information taken from Wikipedia, Fandom and Amino. The height is an approximation.

✰ The photos are not mine, only the edited ones. Credits to their respective owners.

✰ Possible containing +18 (it will be notified before its appearance) and profanity.

✰ Efforts will be made to follow the thread of the series

✰ Story with Homosexual content. gay. yaoi. If you don't like it, I kindly ask you to withdraw without making bad comments

✰ There will be some other misspelling that will be corrected later. I make mistakes, I'm not a machine. Of course, he accepted constructive criticism and so on, but said with respect, not with mockery or etc.

✰ If you have any ideas or suggestions, you are free (obviously if you wish) to tell me privately or in the comments. Even if it's something minimal, you can tell me, it won't bother me, rather, you'll make my day

✰ I will try to narrate and make it understandable as well as possible.

✰ From time to time, it is inevitable for me to have some writer's block. I hope you understand me

✰ My native language is not English. I am very sorry if there are mistranslated or misspelled words.

✰ The story will start with some events from the first book/movie and then something from before the second book/movie "Rodrick's Law" although most things will come from my imagination, there will be references and situations based on the books/movie.

(Boys love)

The story is about a homosexual couple of men. If you don't like this containing, I ask you to refrain from making any bad comments and retire.

(Girls Love)

The story will also deal in part with a homosexual couple of women. If you do not like this content, please refrain from making any bad comments and retire.

[artfoold00k]

Sophie the witch for Deryuj

· • —– ٠ ✝ ٠ —– • ·

This one is relaxing as I'm in my comfort zone. A nice portrait to wrap the Art Fight 2023 collection.

Sophie is

Waitress with a dream to act in theater with no singing skills and mediocre acting skills.

If not in acting maybe she can perform well in modeling career. I gave her this witch costume to try out in photoshoot for her portfolio. She added fake scars to it and we made her eyes glow red for more spooky image.

· • —– ٠ ✝ ٠ —– • ·

This character does not belong to me and was made for Art Fight 2023 art trade event.

[traumacatholic]

Hi, I'm a university student, woman, carmelite, consecrated to Our Lady according to the method of Saint Luis Maria of Montfort. Please, could you pray for me fiding a relationship that is totally align with the chastity principles for lay members, if it is God's will?

I had to lie to someone saying I was taken when I'm not, in order to keep the chastity principle and to avoid this person keeping any hope and keep insisting, but I don't like lying, and I'm a bit afraid of the consequences of this lie. Please, could you pray for me?

(Also, saying the religious reasons could have hurt the person, so it was better to simply say "I already have someone").

May God Bless you ✝❤

I have to admit, that I don't fully know bout the chastity principles for lay members. But I will be praying for you. And I have included some prayers under the read more that you may find useful. Feel free to modify them where you see fit.

A prayer to find a spouse

All-good and merciful Lord, I know that any enduring happiness in my life dependeth upon my wholehearted love for Thee and upon keeping Thy commandments and obeying Thy Holy Will in all things. Wherefore, direct my steps, O God, and fill my heart with Thy Grace. I seek to please Thee alone, for Thou art my Creator and my God. Preserve me from pride and self-love. Let reason, modesty, and chastity adorn me. Deliver me from idleness which is hateful unto Thee and breedeth vice; grant me to be diligent and fruitful in labor, and bless thou my work. Thy law commandeth that husband and wife live in chaste matrimonial union. Wherefore lead me, Holy Father, to this blessed calling not for the satisfaction of the passions but unto the fulfilment of Thy commandment; for Thou hast said that it is not good that man should be alone and, having created woman as his companion, Thou didst bless them to be fruitful and multiply that they may fill the earth. Hear my humble prayer which ascendeth unto thee from the depths of my heart: Grant unto me an honest and pious spouse that, through our love and harmony, we nay together serve and praise Thee, our compassionate God, and do Thy will and bless Thine all-holy name, of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

A prayer of single persons

O Lord, who hast set forth for us an example of perfect purity, strengthen me, I beseech Thee, when temptation doth beset me, and when strong passions seek to overwhelm me, that I may remain constant in virtue and innocent in thought, word, and deed, doing only such things that are well pleasing to Thee. Grant me growth in wisdom and understanding, that I may serve Thee in holiness all the days of my life, through the intercessions of Thine all-immaculate Mother and of all Thy Saints, especially my Patron Saint [name]. Amen.

A prayer for purity

O Master, Lord my God, in whose hands are my lots, help me according to Thy mercy and do not allow me to be destroyed by mine iniquities, nor permit me by my will to follow the desires of my flesh against my spirit. I was fashioned by Thee, do not forsake the works of Thy Hands. Turn not Thy Face away from me, have pity and do not despise me, neither forsake me, O Lord, for I am weak and it is to Thee, my protecting God, that I have fled to for refuge. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee. Save me for the sake of Thy Mercy, for upon Thee have I cast myself from my very youth. May those who war against me be put to shame, and may those who seek to separate me from Thee through immodest acts, unseemly thoughts and unprofitable recollections be turned back. Chase far from me every impurity, that foul effluence of evil. For Thou alone art holy, Thou alone art mighty, Thou alone art immortal, having unfathomable power against all things, and it is through Thee that every power is given against the devil and his might. For unto Thee are due all glory, honour, and worship, to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

Psalm 50

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgression. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know mine iniquity, and my sin is ever before me. Against Thee only have I sinned and done this evil before Thee, that Thou mightest be justified in Thy words, and prevail when Thou art judged. For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother bear me. For behold, Thou hast loved truth; the hidden and secret things of Thy wisdom hast Thou made manifest unto me. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be made clean; Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. Thou shalt make me to hear joy and gladness; the bones that be humbled, they shall rejoice. Turn Thy face away from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, and with Thy governing Spirit establish me. I shall teach transgressors Thy ways, and the ungodly shall turn back unto Thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation; my tongue shall rejoice in Thy righteousness. O Lord, Thou shalt open my lips, and my mouth shall declare Thy praise. For if Thou hadst desired sacrifice, I had given it; with whole-burnt offerings Thou shalt not be pleased. A sacrifice unto God is a broken spirit; a heart that is broken and humbled God will not despise. Do good, O Lord, in Thy good pleasure unto Sion, and let the walls of Jerusalem be builded. Then shalt Thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, with oblation and whole-burnt offerings. Then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.