#catholic faith

[portraitsofsaints]

Happy Feast Day

The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated first in Jerusalem in the sixth century.

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

[tpanan]

May God’s mercy and peace be upon us. Amen 🙏

[banishedchildofeve]

‘Ground’ - Dan Hiller, 2020

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[austerity-audacity-asceticism]

I am completely and utterly convinced that nothing that St. Paul has ever said goes harder than “For it is not I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”

[theoreticallycatholic]

Hello! I am prone to rambling so I will try and keep this as brief as possible.

My name is Veronica. I have a very complicated relationship with my faith. Not going to explain my whole story now, but the bottom line is, I want to be an actual Catholic and I've been having trouble on that front for years.

I was raised Catholic, so I've received the sacraments of baptism and confirmation. I tell people I'm Catholic, and I go to church every Sunday and I have a rosary hanging from the mirror of my car. The problem is, I'm not sure I actually believe in God.

I want to believe in God. I have no reason not to believe in him; in fact I have had an experience that at the time seemed to me to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he existed. But that was years ago and I'm having doubts again, wondering if maybe I imagined the whole thing.

Though I know it's not the only reason I've struggled with my faith, I do have an awful lot of dumb questions holding me back. That's one of the reasons I'm starting this blog.

The other thing I'm planning on doing is reading the entire Bible cover to cover and documenting that. Basically, I'm going to liveblog the Bible. I have a lot of other things I'd like to read, like the Summa Theologica, the Catechism, and the diary of St. Faustina, but I figured the Bible is kinda the most important one so I ought to start there.

I guess I'm hoping if I start actively practicing my faith, the actual faith part will come along naturally? And maybe that's wishful thinking, but I know something in my life has to change radically, because the way I've been doing things has not been working for me.

So, that's where I'm at. I would be so, so thankful to anyone willing to help answer my questions or support me in my journey back to Christ. Any advice or prayers would be greatly appreciated :)

[side-b-bumblebi]

Trying to detox from toxic ideas internalized as a result of legalistic Christianity while still being Christian is so weird

Like yes my faith is still important to me and sustains me through my worst moments. I heard some wild stuff growing up tho

[belleishavingamentalbreakdown]

btw pookies a more aesthetic intro for myself will be coming out hopefully shortly instead of that blab of words that I posted yesterday lol!

It will be titled Belle’s Intro and it’s gonna be pink so be prepared HEHE 🩷

Guys my grandmother gave me this beautiful pendant with Mother Mary on it and in the back she had her initials engraved into it! We also have the same initials so I was so touched! May the intercession of Our Lady protect her and everyone that’s calls upon her for strength!

Going on a Walk from my Church to another with the church community and MA FRIENDSSS on Friday next week and I’m SOOO EXCITEDDDDD 🥰🙏🏼

Ok good daily update? I think so!

BYE LOVELIESSSSS 🫶🏻

[katyacannon]

" the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law... If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. "

- Galatians 5:22-5:26

[truedevotiondesign]

Stained Glass Pastel Pearls Rosary

[calico-in-the-forest]

"God blessed me by making me transsexual for the same reason God made wheat but not bread and fruit but not wine, so that humanity might share in the act of creation.” __________________________ - Julian K. Jarboe

[turins-inbred-child]

Nienna about to strangle anyone who says that orcs are unredeemable or shouldn't be pitied.

seeing wayyyyyy to many so called “fans” on twitter saying that orcs are “ontologically evil”. Tolkien was catholic and ontological evil doesn't exist according to catholic doctrine, since evil is defined as the absence of good so pure evil is just nothingness.

also orcs have souls and only God/Eru can create souls according to the silm, and all souls have some amount of free will to choose between good and evil.

and God/Eru loves all his children, he wouldn't create a soul that is going to be evil with no hope of redemption and salvation. that would be a Calvinist heresy.

that is why Tolkien struggled with the origins of the orcs so much in his later writings and regretted how they had been written.

there are a LOT of things to criticize in rings of power, but humanizing the orcs is not one of them.

[portraitsofsaints]

Happy Feast Day

All Saints Day

A solemn holy day of the Catholic Church. While many saints have a specific feast day on which we celebrate their lives and work, the vast majority of the saints of Heaven do not. All Holy Saints in Heaven, pray for us!

Blessed are those who wash their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb (Revelation 7:14)

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

[annaslapek]

Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio!

instagram.com/anna.slapek/

[banishedchildofeve]

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[femina-amare]

I don't think I will ever be able to express how much I love Saint Joseph. God made the holiest mortal man on earth a father and a labourer; guardian of the Word Incarnate and terror of demons. There is nothing purer or more fearsome than a loving father.

Saint Joseph, pray for us and guard over us!

[tpanan]

Amen