a friend commissioned me to draw his monk pigeon man!!! i love you mr coffee

been struggling to draw for a while, but at least I have You with me

Blessed Lenten season everyone, reposting from Instagram

Dear siblings in Christ,

What are the biggest challenges of being Catholic in the XXI century?

//I love your art! It's so vibrant and full of character! —T.

Thank you so much my friend, art is a great hobby and while I am not the best by any means, I am so thankful you found joy in it <3

Your art is so cute and original! TY for sharing!

Thank you so much my friend, if it brings joy then I am making a difference! God bless you

wow !! your art is so beautiful and pretty, i am excited to see how much wonderful art you will bring to our little catholic community, god bless ✨

Thank you my friend, it's hard to get art done most days but I love being able to draw Saints, it's always fun! God bless you as well dear

Saint Raphael intercession prayer: "Blessed Saint Raphael, Archangel, We beseech thee to help us in all our needs and trials of this life, as thou, through the power of God, didst restore sight and give guidance to young Tobit. We humbly seek thine aid and intercession, that our souls may be healed, our bodies protected from all ills, and that through divine grace we may be made fit to dwell in the eternal Glory of God in heaven. Amen."

“If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.”

St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us!

this is actually infuriating because it invalidates the entire purpose of Christ's sacrifice? He died and BROKE the veil that separated us from God but you have people insinuating that you now need Mary (a sinner) to get through to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ? yeah no

“When we serve the poor and the sick we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors, because in them we serve Jesus.”

Saint Rose of Lima, pray for us !

My patron and confirmation Saint, Dymphna! I as she is the patron of mental health, I would share her prayer for intercession of mental issues: "𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐧𝐚, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐈 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐜𝐤, 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝. (𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭.) 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐧𝐚, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭. (𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐞.) 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐧𝐚, 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬." (taken from Catholic Prayers.com) Saint Dymphna, pray for us!

I hope someday kids don't have to fear coming out to their Catholic families. I hope someday they're raised being taught the whole truth, that while actions are sinful and the Church cannot condone them, feelings and temptations are not, and that God doesn't love them any less for something they can't control. I hope when they start to feel these things their immediate reaction isn't "oh no, my parents will kill me if they find out" but, "I need to talk about this with my parents". I hope someday it's no longer treated as the worst thing a person could be, or something that needs to be hidden. I hope someday they don't feel unwelcome by their parish, that they know they belong there just as much as anyone else. I hope someday they're taught that a celibate life is not a punishment, but a beautiful way to live a holy life- not just for lgbt people, but for anyone who chooses it, and that it's no longer looked at as a lesser option. I hope someday they can confidently turn to their loved ones for support and guidance, and not have to carry this alone. I hope someday lgbt Catholics are loved in the Church like God loves them.

Gonna slowly start reposting my art from instagram, so please enjoy our Savior!

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner...

The Blessing

Edmund Blair Leighton (1917)

Stained Glass Our Lady of Fatima

“But it is obvious, anyhow, that when we call a man a coward, we are in so doing asking him how he can be a coward when he could be a hero. When we rebuke a man for being a sinner, we imply that he has the powers of a saint.” 

- G.K. Chesterton

Rip and tear.

BIBLE-OGRAPHY & JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. Jesus illustrates good and evil and their final judgment with a story.  A landowner plants a wheat field, but an enemy of his plants weeds in it -- weeds which look just like wheat in their first stage of growth.  When the weeds start to show, the landowner's servants ask if he wants them to go rip them up, but he tells them not to.  Now that they've grown together, pulling out the weeds risks pulling out the good wheat, so they'll wait until harvest.  At that time, all the plants will be pulled up at once.  The wheat will be gathered into his barn.  The weeds will be burned. 2. The USCCB notes for this verse explain the purpose of this parable.  Jesus is telling His disciples not to presume God's final judgment of sinners on earth.  They must have patience and preach repentance to everyone.  Then, at the end of time, God will be their judge. 3. In this cartoon, like in the parable, the servants ask the master if they should "rip them up," but as the landowner gives his canonical response, the servants reveal that -- in this cartoon -- they aren't asking if they should rip up the weeds.  They're asking if they should go and rip up the enemy who planted them (as in murder him with their garden tools).  The landowner will, most likely, tell them not to, but because I didn't add a fourth panel, we don't know his response, so there's a non-zero chance that he says, "Yes, absolutely.  We can use his bones as fertilizer.  I learned that from Minecraft."