#expeditus

[graycloak]

Saint Expedite Working

So... this coming Friday, the 19th, is the feast day for our pal @saint-expeditus. In true "I need this specific saint's help, specifically" fashion, I have procrastinated and am only just now getting my shit together to do A Thing™ this Friday.

Since I am also trying to get back into the swing of things with the Tumblr community I've been a part of for a decade now, I thought I would extend an invitation to you all to be part of this with me 😁

I have set up a Google form for people to fill out to add their petitions to the pile, so if you're interested, please use the following link to access said form:

I will have to keep an eye on things and close the form to additional responses once I hit the max for the supplies I have, so if you hit an inactive form, I apologize ... but if this goes well I will probably start doing this for other things and maybe even keep the Expidite thing going as a yearly offering? Maybe?

I'm not going to share this form on Facebook, Instagram, or Discord either ... this is exclusively for my Tumblr fam 🫂

Feel free to reach out if you run into any issues with the form or if you have any questions or anything.

[cruger2984]

THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT EXPEDITUS OF ARMENIA The Patron of Emergencies, Revolutionaries, Navigators and Against Procrastination Feast Day: April 19

Puns on saints' names are not uncommon, but that a saint named Expeditus should be invoked against procrastination just seems too good.

There was a real St. Expeditus: He was one of six Armenian Christians, possibly Roman soldiers, who were martyred in Melitene. His fellow martyrs are Sts. Hermogenes, Gaius, Aristonicus, Rufus and Galata. There is documentary evidence that St. Expeditus was venerated in Turin in northern Italy during the Middle Ages. From there, devotion to him spread to Germany and Sicily in the 17th century, but how he became the saint of procrastinators is harder to pin down.

The version with the widest circulation claims that late in the 18th century relics of a martyr, along with a statue, were shipped from Rome to a Paris convent. Neither the relics nor the statue were labeled, but the shipping crate was marked 'Spedito,' which the nuns assumed was the name of the saint. The sisters Latinized Spedito into St. Expeditus. It's a good story, but it does sound like a holy urban legend.

An older legend tells us that on the day Expeditus resolved to become a Christian, the devil came to him in the form of a raven and tried to persuade him to put off his conversion until the next day. Expeditus declared, 'No! I will be a Christian today!'

Devotion to St. Expeditus has spread around the globe. In the United States he is popular among New Orleans Catholics, who tell a story similar to the French legend. The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe received several crates of statues of saints. One of the statues was unidentified, but on the crate was the French term, Expedit, so that was taken to be the unknown saint’s name.

In Sao Paolo, Brazil, hundreds of thousands of Catholics crowd into the churches for Mass on the saint's feast day. The French introduced St. Expeditus to the inhabitants of Reunion, an island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. The saint's cult is particularly strong there, witness the countless private handmade shrines and altars lining the roads. Chile is another center of devotion to St. Expeditus, particularly at the beach resort of Vina del Mar where a small church dedicated to him has become a popular destination for pilgrims.

In art, St. Expeditus is usually shown dressed as a Roman soldier, holding the palm frond that is the symbol of martyrdom in one hand, and raising above his head a cross on which is inscribed the word 'Hodie,' Latin for 'Today,' and trampling on a raven labeled 'Cras,' Latin for 'Tomorrow.'

In Germany, however, St. Expeditus is depicted pointing at a clock, a reminder not to waste time, or procrastinate.

Source: The Arlington Catholic Herald

[thou-saucy-witch]

Excuse the poor lighting, but I wanted to show off the St. Expeditus rosary that I got from the Kitchen Toad. I'm honestly in love with it and I can't wait to start incorporating it into my practice.

The little painting is something I did a while back as a stand in for a prayer card during my workings with him. It ain't that pretty or refined, but it does the trick.

[steam-powered-smackdown]

Leopold Expeditus artwork by uncredited

Propaganda under the cut

Leopold Expeditus:

No propaganda submitted :(

Electricity is in my Soul [SWH]:

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[saint-expeditus]

*sips red wine* 🍷 mmmmm

*munches a slice of Sara Lee pound cake* 🍰 omnomnom

*wipes mouth* oh man, my feast day is the absolute BEST feast day.

*grabs another slice* 🍰 omnomnom

Seriously, y’all, you have spoiled me today. Spoiled 👏 Me 👏 and I am HERE for it. 🍷

Hodie! Hodie! HODIE! Your petitions have been heard this day!

Thanks for this cool collage, @graycloak ! Original St. Expeditus image from https://www.deviantart.com/lady7archangels/art/St-Expedite-824047461

[otherkinotd]

Today's otherkin of the day is Leopold Expeditus, who is dire wolfkin 🐺

-requested by anon

[serpentstole]

The first blend of the day, created during the hour of Mercury. This is a devotional mix made from sustainably harvested White Frankincense Neglecta, a few sparse pieces of resin laden Boswellia bark, black cardamom, and rose petals.

[ramenwithbroccoli]

Steam Powered Giraffe heroes and their designated means of transport

Alright, listen, almost all of heroes in spg songs have some transport device/method which is important to their story, included but not limited to:

Captain Albert Alexander and his ship

Airheart and her plane

Rex Marksley and (demon)train he defeated [and maybe horse riding?]

Roller skate king (self explanatory)

Peter Walter IV and spacecraft Cosmo

Salgexicon and teleportation by crying

Leopold Expeditus and walking (unless he was riding on his wolf or something)

Which leads us to the final question:

[belle--ofthebrawl]

The Catholics were really funny to invent saints. Call center employees of heaven. Sometimes the saints invented themselves and the church had to scramble to come up with a cover story. There's one saint that got too many promotions and the church is really cranky about it.

[saintexpedito]

San Expedito (St. Expeditus), Retablo

[blancabitchcraft]

Y'all, St. Expedited really comes through when you need that extra push and rapid response. Tax refunds aren't the only things that have to be rapid and no I'm not referring to that one (minute) and done person you're sleeping with either. Spells require work, trust, and detachment, but sometimes we are on a time crunch. This is a saint that you can HIRE! He's not working for free but he does work. HODIE!!!

Feel free to message me if you have any questions about using St. Expeditus or anything else on my page, maybe even something you'd like to see.

And of course, if you like being here, you are more than welcome to send gifts through my cash app $BlancaBitchcraft

[catholic-saint-tournament]

Hiii I want to nominate St Expeditus because it came to my mind when seeing something on the street about him :v

He is the patron saint about urgent causes so people pray to him in their most desperate moments and after it they put on the road/street some posters saying 'thank you'

Gracias San Expedito por los favores recibidos

'Thank you St Expeditus for the favors received'

Also some people build little huts(?) chapels(?) by the side of the road too, with his image and some flowers.

And his patronage extends to students and sailors and revolutionaries and and against procrastination

St Expeditus will be added to the folk/traditional saint list!

This is his first nomination so keep voting for him!!

[daily-spg-songs]

Leopold Expeditus

[thou-saucy-witch]

Keeping my fingers crossed that the Kitchen Toad restocks their Saint Expeditus rosaries soon with his feast day coming up (April 19th). Not only are they stunning, but I would love to be able to incorporate the prayer beads into my practice and my workings with Expeditus.

[steam-powered-smackdown]

Leopold Expeditus artwork by uncredited

Propaganda under the cut

Robo-Time Steamshow: Episode 1:

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Leopold Expeditus:

No propaganda submitted :(

[roseoflisieux]

Santo Expedito