#on prayer

[ameretat]

Keep your mind firmly fixed on God, and the moment will come when the immortal Spirit touches your heart. Oh! That touch from the Holy of Holies! It cannot be compared to anything. It transports our spirit into the realm of the Uncreated Being. It wounds the heart with love, but a love different from what is usually meant by this term. The light of this love spreads over all creation, over the entire human race in its millennial existence. This love becomes perceptible to the physical heart, but by nature, it is spiritual, uncreated, for it comes from God.

— Saint Sophrony the Athonite, On Prayer: Reflections of a Modern Saint

[faeriefully]

Should I pray daily for the salvation of people I care about? And when do I know when to stop praying about it?

Yes. Scripture tells us many times to pray at all times, without ceasing. And Christ gave an example that consistency is heard by the Lord (Luke 18:1-8).

When they breathe their last. Until they die, there is hope.

Pray for your loved ones. Pray Deo Volente.

[ameretat-raw]

Everything that is absurd and terrible on the world stage, everything that is mundane and tedious in the daily life of humans, forms a contradictory yet nonetheless grandiose picture. Everything, both the noble and the petty, is reflected in one way or another in each of us. From countless contrasts—evil and good, darkness and light, sadness and joy, madness and wisdom, love and hate, weakness and strength, construction and destruction, birth and death—a global vision of Being is formed. Subjected to innumerable torments and insults, humanity is scorned; its dignity is trampled underfoot. In the face of this spectacle, the soul falls into despair. And suddenly, the words of Christ, "A man is born into the world," reach it in their eternal meaning, a meaning eternal even for God. And, under the influence of this joy, it forgets all the sicknesses and afflictions of the past.

— Saint Sophrony the Athonite, On Prayer: Reflections of a Modern Saint

[audreythevaliant]

[draculovemp3]

— Jeff Lindsay, Dearly Devoted Dexter

[thunderon]

so my roommate is completely straight edge like no drugs no alcohol etc and so im sure y’all can imagine my surprise when i saw she brought home this sign

so i immediately inquired

and now you may ask. what the fuck did my roommate think that sign meant? well

anyways i moved the sign so it’s now front and center in our living room and ive been laughing every time i pass it

[scionsthings]

Rewatching Arcane

[catholike]

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

[liivn]

medieval heart-shaped prayer book in a medieval painting and in real life

[ameretat]

Each time our spirit ascends toward a greater love, we necessarily pass through an increased fear. But when the great love of Christ touches our heart and our intellect, in the flame of this holy love, our spirit embraces all of creation with a great compassion of love, and the sense of passing into divine eternity becomes irresistibly powerful. This event is more magnificent than all other events in the history of the fallen world: God unites with man and becomes one with him.

— Saint Sophrony the Athonite, On Prayer: Reflections of a Modern Saint

[attractive-nuisance-esq]

hey so like does everyone know that Like A Prayer is most definitely a song about going down on someone?? like is the younger generation aware? did you guys know that Wade and Logan’s two pivotal scenes were set to a song about how blowing someone can be a religious experience?????? because this is Very Important information

[gaynglican]

Girl, the meek better start inheriting the earth faster, because what the fuck is this

[classycookiexo]

[lomlompurim]

Something born from a convo on twt

(Bingmei is still The Emperor and The HHP Palace Master but he spends more time with his family and house duties, and working hard into his dream of having a BIG family)

The tweet that inspired this, which I very much agree, omega Binghe supremacy