#Anthony the Great

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How do you get back to relationship/ talking to God when you know you’ve been distant and living without working on the relationship? How do you build the habit of talking and listening again, just involving God intentionally in your daily life? How do you start that again when it seems you just keep making the same mistake over and over and have to keep having the same apologies all the time and never get anywhere further in the relationship? How do start again and not slide back?

Well, I'll start with the last questions.

The bad news, anon? We should "expect temptation to the last breath." The vast majority of us are going to be struggling with the same sins or making the same mistake over and over and making the same apologies.

But, some good news: our relationship with God is grounded in God's faithfulness, not ours. I'm not saying that you should put no effort in, to be clear, but ultimately God wants to spend eternity with you, and as long as you genuinely want the same, He will work with what He's got. Pope Francis says, "Each time a person, performing the last examination of conscience of his life, discovers that his shortcomings far exceed his good deeds, he must not feel discouraged, but entrust himself to God's mercy" (x). You should probably just read that whole general audience that quote comes from; it's not very long. It's about the murderer on the Cross next to Jesus, whose only 'good deed,' so to speak, was entrusting himself to Jesus. God is willing to work with something as little as that.

As for the rest of what you said, about the distance, I would start again, but slowly. If you feel like you focus too much on your sins and personal failings in your dialogue with God (and if that's functioning as a 'block,' of sorts), this is what I recommend instead:

In the morning, talk to God about what your plans are for the day, and ask Him to accompany you through them.

If you have a break during the day, take a minute and pray for your needs or the needs of others.

In the evening, find at least three things to be grateful for, and thank God for them.

Confession of sin should be part of prayer, but if you find that this is the only form of prayer you're doing, to the detriment of your prayer life, you gotta break that loop. The above is just a suggestion to start with, but if you have a priest or spiritual advisor you trust, I would bring your concerns to them and listen to whatever they say instead.

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A Nobleman, a Saint, and LSD: The Lingering Legacy of St. Anthony's Fire and Ergot du seigle (Ergot of Rye) in France

Seigle d’Auvergne (Photo credit: The Partisan Baker) Imagine this: Lying on your filthy straw bed, one rat running pell-mell over your burning toes (or what’s left of them on your right foot) and another hovering like a vulture near your face, you groan and inhale the fetid odor of rot. Your left foot fell off yesterday — you vaguely remember your sister wrapping the shrunken, blackened flesh in…

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT ANTHONY THE ABBOT The Patron Saint of Domestic Animals and the Father of Monasticism Feast Day: January 17

"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack, him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.'"

The founder of the Monks of the Desert and dubbed the Father of All Monks, Anthony the Great, which he is also called, was born on January 12, 251 AD in Herakleopolis Magna, Egypt.

After the death of his wealthy landowner parents when he was 20 years old, he found himself with a large estate and charged with the care of a younger sister. While attending Mass, he was impressed by the Gospel of Matthew which said: 'If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have a treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'

Thus, Anthony sold part of his property, except what he thought necessary for his sustenance. Soon after, hearing in the church these other words of Christ in the Gospel of Matthew: 'Do not worry about your life, what you are to eat, or about your body, what you will wear.', he later gave away his remaining property, placed his sister in a convent and became a hermit in the desert.

There, Anthony was harassed by the devil, who took the form of lustful women and of wild animals, and who presented to him the good works he might have been able to carry out with his estate in the world. But, Anthony fought away these temptations by fasting and prayer. People sought his spiritual advice, and many disciples flocked to him, whom Anthony organized into the first communities of Christian monks. He instructed them to reflect every morning that perhaps they might not live till night, and every evening that perhaps they might never see the morning; and to do every action as if it was the last of their lives.

In 337 AD, Emperor Constantine the Great wrote a letter to him, recommending himself to his prayers. Seeing his monks surprised, Anthony said: 'Do not wonder that the emperor writes to us, a man as I am; rather be astounded that God should have written to us, and that he has spoken to us by his Son.'

In 355 AD, at the request of St. Athanasius of Alexandria, Anthony went to Alexandria to refuse the Arians, confirming the people by his words and miracles. Being requested by the governor to make a longer stay in the city, he answered: 'As fish die if they are taken from the water, so does a monk wither away if he forsakes his solitude.'

A few days before his death at the age of 105 on January 17, 356 AD at Mount Colzim, commanded his disciples to give his staff to Macarius of Egypt, and to give one sheepskin cloak to Athanasius of Alexandria and the other sheepskin cloak to Serapion of Thmuis, his disciple. And then he gave orders to two of his disciples to bury him in a secret place on the mountain, in a grave next to his cell. Then he said: 'Farewell, my children. Anthony is departing, and will no longer be with you.'

Because of his association in art with animals, which originally represented the temptations of the devil, Anthony became the patron of domestic animals and farmers. Anthony is also the patron of swineherds, because one of his attributes is a pig, due to the reported relationship a pig had with him in keeping him attuned to the hours of the day for his prayers.

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neil gaiman and RTD are absolute legends for being the showrunners of 2 mainstream shows funded by large production companies in the year 2023, and proceeding to make the most queer positive episodes ever seen by man

meanwhile david tennant is just vibrating with joy because he gets more opportunities to wear his one-thousand-and-twenty-four pride pins

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That's how it happened to me 🦆 S2 made me re-watch s1 and as 2019 is now a long time ago, I forgot how much I loved it!

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Hadn't considered this perspective before but now it is very important to me

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page 1 (out of ✨three✨) is HERE!🌹

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Good Omens × World War I AU (because I needed it, once more)

Shamelessly inspired by Downton Abbey season 2: the scene where Mary sent Matthew off war~

This time, it's before Crowley leaves for war. At Bexhill West station (which is now closed if you ever want to visit it), East Sussex, someone is waiting for him✨

notes: That's Aziraphale's real pocket watch fob medal~

Bonus: close-ups✨

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Science knew the value of Ivermectin.

The FDA, CDC, NIH, Birks, and Fauci knew the value of Ivermectin, BUT they intentionally hid that value from the courts and the public so that the Covid mRNA shot was approved. That is _______. There’s not a word to express how wrong and evil that is. People were guilt tripped into committing a Nuremberg Treaty violation and sandbagging their health with an mRNA drug that would worsen their conditions and eventually kill them WHILE potentially spreading to others.

All of those people deserve to be exposed, licenses revoked, government programs cancelled, people removed from office, indicted, prosecuted, and - when proven guilty - be hung for crimes against humanity and treason.

https://www.nature.com/articles/ja201711

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Cressida as LW: The Bridgerton Siblings may be from dubious parentage

The Bridgertons: All look identical with brown hair and light eyes. Except for Daphne and Francesca… who still look identical!

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i totally forgot to post layton doodles

outfit swap between iris and luke cuz i think its so silly theyr both liek da crazy kids of sherlock holmes inspired mystery solving guys.. also the last ones a redraw of this one luke and clive official art cuz its so cute

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Some aziraduck doodles because I missed drawing this lil fella

ALSO IF ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR DUCK OMENS I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR THEM!

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"Gives Me Hot and Cold Fever"

“Crowley?” The angel said, wonderingly, as he was unceremoniously carried like a sack of spuds. His voice was oddly muffled by the demon’s jacket, “Dear me. I don’t believe I’ve ever witnessed you from this angle before.” The demon adjusted his grip, and had just put one snakeskin heel to the stone of the porch, when - When - Aziraphale’s cold hand slid upwards, and gently patted him on the bottom.

I had this scene from "Gives Me Hot and Cold Fever" by the super-talented @hotcrosspigeon in mind for weeks now and finally found the time to draw it in all its glory. I laughed so hard at this. It's just peak comedy for me and I really recommend you reading it.

Thanks HotCrossPigeon for sharing this work, it gives me life <3

Enjoy this closeup of Crowley's silly little face:

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DiNozzo moment