#catholic life

[variousfandomthoughts]

Rosaries are not jewelry or fashion! Don’t wear it if you don’t pray it!

[littleflowerfaith]

By Eva McKee

[hisgracefulness]

The way to my heart

get me one of these <3

[everlastinghistory]

What does biblical femininity really mean?

The term “biblical femininity” gets thrown around in online traditionalism communities a lot. However, what it actually means may not be what you expect.

So, here’s what someone who’s been in Catholic school since they were 5 thinks about femininity as it’s portrayed in the bible.

・❥・When you hear the term “femininity” you likely think of someone obsessed with the colour pink, fairytales and animals. While yes, these things very well may be true to many feminine women: They are not determining factors at all.

Femininity is not about how you look, dress or even what activities you participate in. In fact that couldn’t be further from the truth.

According to the bible, true femininity is entirely rooted in your behaviour. Instead of focusing on physical attributes or hobbies, biblical femininity focuses on how you treat others, your capacity to love, and your ability to live as according to the teachings of the bible.

This includes things such as being nurturing, which while many have attached negative connotations to: Isn’t negative at all.

By no means does biblical femininity call you to always be nurturing in every situation. In fact it never even says you have to have kids, which is often something associated with this term. Yes, God told Adam and Eve to have children, but there is nothing in the bible that says it is immoral not to. Being nurturing is simply the capacity to feel empathy, or to express cognitive empathy if you’re unable to feel emotional empathy.

Being nurturing doesn’t have anything to do with children. Being nurturing means to put others first whenever you reasonably can.

Biblical femininity is about becoming the woman God created you to be. It’s about being yourself unapologetically, and following Christ without a doubt.

・❥・ Before I finish this post I’d also like to add one last note/disclaimer: This post is 100% based on my own interpretations of the bible after 12 and a half years of attending a Catholic school, as well as growing up with Catholic parents. You are free to interpret the bible however you please, this is just one random teenager on the internets opinion <3

[miriam-farish]

Jesus gave us the gift of His mother as He was dying on the cross when He said "Behold, your mother." Mary, as our spiritual mother, looks after us in a special, intimate way. As a mother comforts her baby, Mary gently comforts us. As a mother supports and nurtures her child, Mary guides and encourages us. As a mother protects her child from harm, Mary, through her intercession, defends us from evil. As a mother embraces her child, Mary covers us in her perfect love. As a mother lovingly swaddles her baby, Mary lovingly wraps us in her mantle and offers us courage and strength to unite ourselves more fully to Christ.

#catholic #catholicism #catholiclife #catholicfaith #catholics #mothermary #mamamary #blessedvirginmary #blessedmother

[anastpaul]

The object of the Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is twofold, material and spiritual; the former secondary, the latter primary. The material object is the material heart of the Mother of the Word Incarnate. The spiritual object is her spiritual heart, that is to say, the ardent charity with which she was inflamed for God, as well as that, which she bore towards men. There is neither distance, separation nor opposition between these two loves; it is precisely because she loves God that Mary loves us and, the more perfectly she loves God, the greater her affection for us.

(via August – The Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – AnaStpaul)

[pogirosary]

“ And the name of the virgin was Mary. " (St. Luke 1:27)

In this simple phrase, St. Luke sums up the greatness of Mary, as epitomized in her holy name. The name of Mary was chosen by the Almighty God for the masterpiece of His creation, the Mother of His Divine Son, and was revealed to Sts. Anne and Joachim, Mary's parents by the Angel Gabriel.

The feast in Honor of Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary originated in Spain and was approved by the Holy See in 1513. Pope Innocent XI extended its observance to the whole Church in 1683 in thanksgiving to our Lady for the victory on September 12, 1683, by John Sobieski, king of Poland, over the Turks, who besieged Vienna.

The Council of Ephesus in 431 taught that the Blessed Virgin Mary was properly called the "Mother of God" or "God-Bearer" (Theotokos). By the sixth century, the angelic greeting in Luke 1:28 was commonly used as a prayer, "Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you!" By the fourteenth century, the second part of the Hail Mary prayer was often used in conjunction, "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death." In the sixteenth century, the Council of Trent, in its catechism, formally recommended this entire prayer, as we have it today, to the faithful.

St. Louis de Montfort said, "The whole world is filled with her glory, and this is especially true of Christian peoples, who have chosen her as guardian and protectress of kingdoms, provinces, dioceses, and towns. Many cathedrals are consecrated to God in her name. There is no church without an altar dedicated to her, no country or region without at least one of her miraculous images where all kinds of afflictions are cured and all sorts of benefits received. Many are the confraternities and associations honoring her as patron; many are the orders under her name and protection; many are the members of sodalities and religious of all congregations who voice her praises and make known her compassion. There is not a child who does not praise her by lisping a 'Hail Mary.' There is scarcely a sinner, however, hardened, who does not possess some spark of confidence in her. The very devils in hell, while fearing her, show her respect."

Prayer in Honor of the Name of Mary by St. Alphonsus de Ligouri

O great Mother of God and my Mother Mary, it is true that I am unworthy to name thee; but thou, who lovest me and desirest my salvation, must, notwithstanding the impurity of my tongue, grant that I may always invoke thy most holy and powerful name in my aid, for thy name is the succor of the living, and the salvation of the dying. Ah, most pure Mary, most sweet Mary, grant that henceforth thy name may be the breath of my life. O Lady, delay not to help me when I invoke thee, for in all the temptations which assail me, and in all my wants, I will never cease calling upon thee, and repeating again and again, Mary, Mary. Thus it is that I hope to act during my life, and more particularly at death, that after that last struggle, I may eternally praise thy beloved name in heaven, O clement, O pious, O sweet Virgin Mary. Amen.

[copingcatholic]

I want to share with you a little prayer (or some variation thereof) I've said for a while now in the morning as I get out of my car at work:

I make a cross over my forhead and say, "Holy Spirit, pour down into my mind a river of grace that I may be pure in thought and think nothing evil or impure."

I make a cross over my lips and say, "Lord pour down a river of grace over my lips that I may be a man of clean lips; let me say nothing evil or discouraging to the Faith. May everything I say be inspired by You and lead others to You."

I make a cross over my heart and say, "Holy Spirit, pour down a river of grace into my heart to make me pure of heart. Water me and make me fertile that I may bear an abundance of good fruit in all that I do."

Normally I keep a flask of holy water in my car and use it as I say this prayer.

[modestcatholiclife]

I've finally been given a date for my baptism!!! It'll be on the first Sunday of June. Christ is Risen!

[chicoinematt7]

Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 159

Hope you had a blessed Sunday! 🙏 Time for another Catholic Meme Monday. 🎵🎶🎻🙏 Actually it was Esau because he was still mad at losing his porridge. 🙂😅 Saint Michael pray for us! 🛡️🙏 Amen! 🙏 The OG Rickroll. 😅🙂🙏 Happy Early Feast of Saint John Henry Newman. 🙏 🙏🙏🙏 😅😅😅 Wayyyy too accurate. 🙂😅🙏 One of my favorite visuals on intercessory prayer. 🙏🙏🙏 Meme I made for the feast of Saint…

[littlebirdsdiary-blog]

Hello! Happy Sunday! 😄🌞🌈🕊

Since we've already gone to the Church yesterday, we had all the free time today! And I spent most of my time putting finishing touches to the fall decorations in my room (although fall almost ends 😅)

One thing that I always do when I decorate my room seasonally is making a wreath. Here's my fall wreath! 🧡🌿🌼🍁

Next, I put some mini DIY ornaments. Here I imagine if I were to live in a pumpkin farm! A wheelbarrow with pumpkin inside, "Harvest Time" sign (which also holds a deep meaning to my current life situation) and a pumpkin picnic setting! ✨️🎃🥧🍂 PS: I bought that tiny lantern online, then I colored it white myself and coiled the hanger!

Lastly, this is a bucket of seasonal faux flowers, a sort of centerpiece in my room. Orange and white just go well together this season, don't you think? 😍🧡🤍🌻

It all just feels so much like fall! And so cozy! 🥰🧸🕯🍂

[bee-of-saint-ambrose]

Today is an Ember Day, and I had altogether forgotten it - so often it happens in my spiritual life, I desire to work the feasts and fasts as the fulcrum of my days, yet it slips away in the mundane hubbub. I pray that I may improve in this.

In the Ember Days, the Church anchors the spiritual life to the seasonal, and these next 3 days are a christening of autumn and the harvest - may both be blessed!

[littleflowerfaith]

[hisgracefulness]

Thinking of fasting… though i’m going on holiday soon so I might do it after that :) What i’m using for reference ⬇️

[everlastinghistory]

This is your reminder that those seemingly perfect Christian influencers aren’t perfect. It’s the exact same as any other form of influencers. They make themself appear perfect, but in reality that’s usually pretty far from the truth. We all know Instagram models will edit their photos and that some of them have gotten all sorts of plastic surgery to look how they do…

But it’s not only those people who make themselves seem better than they are. Tons of Christian influencers push this idea of the perfect sinless Christian who’s never done anything against God in their life. I guarantee you they have, because it’s impossible to live in the modern world without doing so in one way or another.

You are not worth any less for having gone against certain things in the bible. You are not worth any less for not being perfect. You still love God, and still want a relationship with God. You don’t have to be perfect for God to love you. The only condition to getting into heaven is that you need to love God and trust God and be capable of recognizing your mistakes to ask for forgiveness.

[miriam-farish]

Jesus gave us the gift of His mother as He was dying on the cross when He said "Behold, your mother." Mary, as our spiritual mother, looks after us in a special, intimate way. As a mother comforts her baby, Mary gently comforts us. As a mother supports and nurtures her child, Mary guides and encourages us. As a mother protects her child from harm, Mary, through her intercession, defends us from evil. As a mother embraces her child, Mary covers us in her perfect love. As a mother lovingly swaddles her baby, Mary lovingly wraps us in her mantle and offers us courage and strength to unite ourselves more fully to Christ.

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