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paula-of-christ · 4 months

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Pray the Rosary; Satan Hates It

And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars: And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered. And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns: and on his heads seven diadems: And his tail drew the third part of…

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#catholic #catholicism #Christian #christian reflection #christianity #mary #roman catholic #roman catholicism #rosary #tradcat #tradcatholic #traditional catholic #traditionalcatholic #traditionalcatholicism

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god-given · 9 days

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Divine Adolescent Jesus

Rarely do we see depictions of Jesus as an adolescent. This is likely because we have few Biblical accounts of this stage of Jesus' life. But nevertheless, I think it is good to contemplate Christ at this tender age. Perhaps in doing so, we may find it easier to look upon the youth in our lives with love and understanding. Too often teenagers are judged and viewed negatively. Recognizing the Adolescent Christ in them can help transform our gaze.

Youngsters don't need our condemnation, they need our compassion. And as developing souls, they have a special place in God's heart. I encounter tweens and teens every day as part of my job. Each Sunday after Holy Communion I ask Jesus to help me treat each one of them as a beloved child of God ♥.

#catholicism #catholic #roman catholic #christian #Jesus #Jesus Christ #God #spirituality #Christian reflection #youth ministry #adolescent Jesus #we need to offer compassion

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1whoconquers · 1 month

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Swimming Against the Tide: Christian Reflections on Identity and Purpose

Reflecting on the image of the fish out of water, we are reminded of the importance of living in accordance with our God-given purpose. The fish, designed to thrive in water, finds itself in a precarious situation, much like we do when we stray from our spiritual path. Title: “A Fish Out of Water: Embracing Our True Purpose in God” In the stillness of nature, a fish sits atop a rock, an odd…

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prettieinpink · 4 months

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BEING MAGNETIC THROUGH SOFTNESS

BEING OPTIMISTIC, regardless of the circumstances. People love positivity and will gravitate to people who make them feel good regardless of their circumstances.

SMILE. Even if you’re just walking around, having a nice friendly smile appeals to people and deems you approachable.

HELP WHENEVER YOU CAN, hold the door for someone, or lift a small burden for them. However, if you’re helping someone and it is out of your capabilities, it’s people-pleasing.

BE PRESENT, don’t dwell on the past or worry about the future. Just focus on what you’re doing, and with who at that moment.

BE AN ACTIVE LISTENER, engage in conversations with people and genuinely take in the information they tell you + make an effort to remember these facts about them.

AVOID JUDGING AND GOSSIPING, no matter how nice you are, as soon as you display these traits, you create a distance between your friends/family. While honesty is valued, if people don’t feel like they can be their authentic selves around you, they’ll close themselves up.

GIVE COMPLIMENTS OFTEN. Only if you mean it. It doesn’t have to be someone who you’re close to, but even just passers-by.

BE VULNERABLE. People won’t open up to people who are closed up. Share your deepest fears, challenges and emotions to create a deeper connection and trust.

PRACTICE BEING HUMBLE, while it is okay to celebrate our successes, we must be mindful of the manner we do so. Acknowledge other’s efforts and be willing to learn from others.

REPLACE SORRY WITH THANK YOU. If you’re a serial say-sorry person, replace them with thank you. E.g. sorry I’m late -> thank you for patiently waiting.

BE OPEN-MINDED, surround yourself with a diverse environment, and be willing to learn from other’s perspectives.

TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY. Apologise when necessary and own up to your own mistakes, but be sure to not repeat them.

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huariqueje · 7 months

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Unknown - Hans Christian Rüngeler

German , b. 1957 -

Woodcut

#Hans Christian Rüngeler #german artist #water #water ring reflections

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milolovesbmc · 10 days

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The "I do too" from Marvin after "Do you take this man to be your husband?" in In Trousers absolutely destroyed me so here's this!!!

#Christian Borle as Marvin because he's the only Marvin I've drawn before #also I just really like his face #the clothes are nothing like what he wears in the college production In Trousers #(which I based this on)#but that's cause i wanted to try giving him traditional Jewish wedding clothes and stuff #they just gave him a normal ass suit in the college production/j #AND THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE THE BREAKING GLASS BIT FROM THE 1985 SCRIPT??#which I understand why they wouldn't yk #but still. something about Marvin trying to break it and missing #before Trina does it instead #insert essay about how that reflects their marriage/relationship #I'm insane about this guy #marvin falsettos #in trousers marvin #the marvin trilogy #in trousers #falsettos #christian borle #MILO ART #he looks kinda goofy help :(

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thecatholicbozo · 9 months

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In a world that is addicted to carrying grudges, Christ chooses to forgive

In a world which abandons its friends when they become a liability, Christ chooses to never abandon those whom He loves or His promises to them

In a world where rulers become despots or fail to pursue the best interests of their citizens, Christ chooses to reign in total goodness & charity

In a world which exalts the strong & the wealthy, Christ chooses to raise up the weak & the poor

In a world that views others as simply a commodity or a means to an end, Christ chooses to sacrifice Himself for the good of mankind

Christ chooses you

#catholic #catholicism #christian #christianity #reflection

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misespinas · 4 months

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The Nightly Examen, Following St. Ignatius:

Place yourself in God's presence.

Pray to understand how God is active in your life.

Recall your day, specifically your faults

Reflect on what you did, said, or thought in those instances.

Look toward tomorrow, figure out how you can improve.

Conclude with an Our Father.

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agoddamnrayofsunshine · 3 months

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Such complicated feelings about Mary Hatford because like. She was not a good mother. She was abusive and unkind, she beat Neil so badly that her words haunted him long after her death. But also. She was never given the chance to be a good mother. A young woman, arranged to marry an older man, who was not only horribly abusive but also incredibly dangerous, a woman who had a child at a young age and then spent the next decade and a half keeping him as safe as she possibly could, even when that meant treating him horribly. She was not a good mother, but the one thing about Mary Hatford that cannot be denied is that she absolutely, without a doubt, loved her son. I think that maybe, under better circumstances, she would have been able to become a good mother.

#all for the game #aftg #sometimes I think about how often she’s compared to tilda #and then I think #tilda would have never taken aaron or andrew with her if she went on the run #tilda could only bring herself to keep aaron out of christian guilt #mary would have taken aaron and andrew with her and then ruined their lives in entirely unique ways #two bad mothers who are bad for two different reasons #yet they manage to reflect each other so well #neil josten #andrew minyard #aaron minyard #mary hatford

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badolmen · 3 months

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When I was little, some Palestinian Christians came to our church.

They didn’t call themselves that, of course, being in a white, right leaning American town in the mid to early 2010s. ‘Fellow Catholics from the Holy Land’ the reader for the week announced them as. After mass there were always announcements, and I remember this Arab man with a dark jacket taking to the pulpit. He and those with him were sitting in the front pew - just ahead of where my family sat each week.

He talked about his home in Bethlehem - though it was a little out of season, Christmas well since passed. He talked about the poverty there, the socioeconomic factors that made life difficult for Palestinians, but this was after a long Irish mass with a long Irish homily and no one was listening that intently. My mom whispered that he didn’t have much of an accent, and my dad whispered back that he agreed - not too difficult to understand.

They were here to sell treasures from the Holy Land. Hand carved olive wood rosaries and prayer beads, nativity sets, reliefs of the last supper. ‘A trade passed down from father to son for generations.’

The most expensive item they had was a lovely crucifix - olive wood inlaid with a hand carved mosaic of mother of pearl, four wells at the end of each piece of the cross containing olive leaves, incense, stones, and soil. It was over $50 - I remember because I begged my mother to let me spend my usual summer stipend of $25 for the next two years, and it still wasn’t quite enough. A few dollars short. But he gave it to me anyway.

For years I almost never took it out of its box - it was too pretty, I was too afraid to break it. I first hung it up after I moved out for college - it always caught the thin winter sunlight in my dorm room and seemed to glow. But it got dusty, and was difficult to clean with all its intricacies, so I put it back in its box. Safe with the dried palm leaves from last year’s Lent.

I saw a post a bit ago, mentioning how hand carved mother of pearl is a more obscure Palestinian art form, and I remembered my crucifix. I remembered the Palestinian Christian man who nobody really listened to at 9 AM on a Sunday while their kids begged to leave and get breakfast.

I counted the individual pieces of mother of pearl today. There’s 89. The cross itself is made of 14 pieces of olive wood perfectly slotted together. The figure of Christ is silver, weathering green with age. I’ve never washed this crucifix, but I probably should. There’s a stamp across the back - ‘Jerusalem’ - and another, fainter (quickly pressed with just too little ink) - ‘Mother of Pearl is Hand Made by Christian Families in the Hole Land.’ That’s not a typo - the stamp has an ‘e’ instead of a ‘y.’ It’s smudged, so maybe there’s an ‘i’ in there, but maybe not.

I looked up the company that made it today. Their website is freshly dated for 2024 in the bottom right hand corner, but they haven’t updated their blog posts since 2022. The posts that are up talk of sites of faith, the art process, and COVID. There’s a noticeable number of spelling and grammar errors, but I don’t really care.

The cross I own is listed as a work from Majdi Alshayeb. I can’t find them on social media, not at first glance. I hope they’re well. I wish they knew how I’ve revered this crucifix more as a work of art than as a symbol of faith. I hope God is with them.

#ra speaks #long post #personal #art #woodcarving #palestine #religion #christianity #I could make an essay about how western Christians treat ‘the holy land’ as this mythical cop out so they don’t acknowledge #israel or palestine or any of its history #but that’s not what this post is for. I’m reflecting and reminiscing and considering sending a message to their info email

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blinkpen · 5 months

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as requested: mutates a terribly boring character the narrative is SCREAMING at me to finding sploosh-inducingly charming on the basis of Evil Is Sexy and literally nothing else by injecting him with secret cringefail loser genes

i did not put much effort into visual changes bc that'd be a waste of my own creativity, but i did a lil sumn at least. i spent less than 30 minutes total brainstorming a new baseline concept for whatever his deal is supposed to be and drawing this.

#but instead we get 'my eldritch voodoo w-ndigo cannibal serial killer dealmaking christian hell demon is so cool and strong'#everyone is so scared of him and you should think he's the biggest badass and want to fuck him and buy aaalllll the merch'#'question: if he's doing voodoo why is he a pasty silky-haired ginger'#'uuuuuuuuuuuui decided he is part black now to deflect all criticism he's just white passing and ashy'#'well that doesnt cover the w-ndigo thing but are you going to change his design at all to reflect this or hire a black va for him?'#'ew why would i do that'#'...yeah. right. why would you. -sigh- and the w-ndigo thing?'#'hmmmmmi'm just going to pretend i can't hear you talking now'#blood cw #hazbin cw #death cw

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misscrazyfangirl321 · 2 years

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Emotional about how important friendships are in the Bible.

"Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay."

"Behold, I am with you heart and soul."

Paul weeping with the believers in Acts.

There's such love, such loyalty, woven into Scripture.

#i speak #Christianity #Scripture #something something earthly reflections of eternity something something #friendship

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peace-and-provision · 4 months

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Maturing is realizing that you already have everything you could even want/need in Jesus Christ ❤️

#inspiration #life quotes #christian blog #god #jesus #god's word #christian faith #maturity #maturing #spiritual journey #spiritual #spirituality #revelation #reflection

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theoneobserving · 1 month

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The priest at church today was hard to understand but I think he basically said all the answers we need come from the cross and that we should reflect on the cross this Holy Week

Lord, please help us dive deeply into the meaning of the cross this Holy Week

#Catholic #Christian #cross #answers #reflect #Holy Week #Palm Sunday

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holystormfire · 2 months

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How often should we read the Bible?

Deuteronomy 6:6

“And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.”

Deuteronomy 17:19

“He must always keep that copy with him and read it daily as long as he lives. That way he will learn to fear the LORD his God by obeying all the terms of these instructions and decrees.”

Joshua 1:8

“Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.”

Psalm 119:97

Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them all day long.

The Bible is for regular reading and meditation. God says to read it “continually.” Continually doesn’t mean reading the Bible just when we get around to it. If possible, we should read God’s Word every day because that is one of the primary ways he communicates with us. It is the first step taking forward to a relationship with God. To understand Him is to know Him, and when we know Him we find ourselves with Him throughout.

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blorbocedes · 11 months

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