#Blessed Virgin Mother Mary

[eternal-echoes]

“Be not afraid; my Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and your safe path to God.”

- Our Lady of Fatima to St. Lucia

[saintejeannedefrance]

Mater Dolorosa, Ora Pro Nobis

I realize I never posted this one here, please enjoy

[banishedchildofeve]

Piotr Stachiewicz - “Regina Caeli”

[helloparkerrose]

[hellenicrisis]

A collection of my favourite Catholic images 🥀🕯

[idylls-of-the-divine-romance]

Okay the Catholics get a win for this one. Because on this episode of "Am I going to convert to Catholicism" I actually prayed to a saint for the first time.

I was kind of going through it (kind of relapsed into my katabasis arc ig) and my relationship with God was struggling because of it. I was mad. Like really mad, because I felt abandoned by him. And so I couldn't pray. I didn't want to hear from them. Because why the heck would you leave me to begin with??? There was all this pent up negative feelings I had towards them and I didn't feel like I could go directly to God.

But, @patron-saint-of-lesbeans recomended reaching out to Mary and asking for intercession on my behalf.

Now, I'm not some radical protestant or anything, and i was completely okay with people praying to the saints, but for me personally I didn't think it was something i'd ever do.

But I did.

And now I think I get it.

Sometimes I can't approach the Throne of Grace because the throne doesn't feel particularly gracious. Sometimes I can't approach Mercy because they don't feel particularly merciful. Sometimes I can't approach God because God doesn't feel particularly loving.

But I can approach Mary, who is full of Grace, who is the Mother of Mercy, the Mother of God, and she can help lead me to the Prince of Peace.

So just... thank you. Thank you Rj, thank you Mary, and thank you God.

[ynhart]

"What must the cheerful way that Jesus looked upon people have been like? It must have been the same which shone from the eyes of his Mother who could not contain her joy — Magnificat anima mea Dominum! — and her soul glorified the Lord while she carried Him within her and by her side.

Oh, Mother!: May we, like you, rejoice to be with Him and to hold Him."

-Saint Josemaría Escrivá (Furrow, 95)

[portraitsofsaints]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Feast day: July 16

Patron saint of Chile

Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the late 12th and early to mid 13th centuries. They built a chapel in the midst of their hermitages which they dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and celebrated a special Mass and Office in her honor. In 1726 it became a celebration of the universal Church under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[dramoor]

"The humble soul is blessed. The Lord loves her. The Mother of God is higher than all in humility, and therefore all races bless her on earth, while the heavenly powers serve her. And the Lord has given us this blessed Mother of His as a defender and helper."

~St. Silouan the Athonite

[amor-madonna]

Ways to connect to Mother Mary

Drink Rose tea

Eat food with Rosemary

Brush your hair with a comb

Go a bit extra on the conditioner

Paint your nails red,gold & blue

Make devotional art

Grow a Plant for her (A Flower preferably)

Make some Crystal Jewerly

Connect with her Planet (shes a Virgo so do more Mercury magic)

Make a Beauty, Love or Confidence spell using Roses

Work with the Saints who work with her (exp St.Beatrice de Silva or Joan of Arc)

Decorate a Red Candle with Roses and Sunflower oil

Enchant your Jewerly

I associate Moonstone with her a lot. So leave that by your bedside table

Pray the Rosary (duh)

I like to Prostate while Praying. So you could get a Red and Blue or Pink Prayer Rug

Hope this helps ♡

[eternal-echoes]

“Mary, the Mother of the Lord, has received from the faithful the title of Advocate: she is our advocate before God. And this is how we see her, from the wedding-feast of Cana onwards: as a woman who is kindly, filled with maternal concern and love, a woman who is attentive to the needs of others and, out of desire to help them, brings those needs before the Lord. In today's Gospel we have heard how the Lord gave Mary as a Mother to the beloved disciple and, in him, to all of us. In every age, Christians have received with gratitude this legacy of Jesus, and, in their recourse to his Mother, they have always found the security and confident hope which gives them joy in God and makes us joyful in our faith in him. May we too receive Mary as the lodestar guiding our lives, introducing us into the great family of God! Truly, those who believe are never alone. Amen!”

- Pope Benedict XVI, Islinger Feld, Regensburg, 12 September 2006

[saintejeannedefrance]

Immaculate Heart of Mary,

Pray for us!

[internetcatholicism]

Just realizing that the garment which was torn from Jesus and ripped in pieces in front of Him was likely made by His Mother ...

[hellenicrisis]

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

[idylls-of-the-divine-romance]

My friend's dad was murdered. Please please please pray for her.

[appalachianhearthcraft]

Mother Nature. 🌿