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Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of witches
Our muse, our fate, our life, our doom
To thee we do cry proud banished children of Eve
Rejoicing in this; thy verdant valley
Turn then, thy eyes of star-fire toward us
And after this, our beheading, may we be made worthy of the fruits of the Serpent
O’ shinning, O’ dreadful, O’ Pale queen
Drown and incinerate us, that we may be made worthy to bear the fire
Hail, bright star of the sea!
Heavens own Queen blest
Ever Shinning
Gate of heavenly healing
Font of magic
Taking that sweet Ave
That the serpent spoke
Peace confirm within us
Hailing Eves name
Break the captives fetters
Starlight upon the waters pour
All our ills expelling
Every bliss implore
Show thyself a Queen!
Sorceress all exceeding
Most beauteous and shinning
Freed from impurity, preserve us
Broken and remade
To our oaths keep us
Make our way secure
As the sea, by thy sky-strung pearls
We navigate
Through the highest heaven
To the darkest depths
We honor thee
You who light the way
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Regina Caeli, April 14th 2024
Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno, happy Sunday!
Today the Gospel takes us back to the evening of Passover. The apostles are gathered in the Upper Room, when the two disciples return from Emmaus and tell of their encounter with Jesus. And as they are expressing the joy of their experience, the Risen One appears to all the community. Jesus arrives precisely while they are sharing the story of the encounter with Him. This makes me think that it is good to share, it is important to share faith. This account makes us reflect on the importance of sharing faith in the risen Jesus.
Every day we are bombarded with a thousand messages. Many of them are superficial and useless, others reveal an indiscreet curiosity or, worse still, arise from gossip and malice. They are news that have no purpose; on the contrary, they do harm. But there is also good news, positive and constructive, and we all know how good it is for us to hear good things, and how much better we are when this happens. And it is also good to share the realities that, for better or worse, have touched our lives, so as to help others.
And yet there is something we often struggle to talk about. What do we struggle to talk about? The most beautiful thing we have to tell: our encounter with Jesus. Every one of us has encountered the Lord and we struggle to speak about it. Each one of us could say so much about this: seeing how the Lord has touched us, and sharing this, not by being a lecturer to others, but by sharing the unique moments in which we perceived the Lord alive and close, who kindled joy in our hearts or dried our tears, who transmitted confidence and consolation, strength and enthusiasm, or forgiveness, tenderness. These encounters, that every one of us has had with Jesus, share them and transmit them. It is important to do this in the family, in the community, with friends. Just as it does good to talk about the good inspirations that have guided us in life, the good thoughts and feelings that help us so much to go forward, and also about our efforts and labours to understand and to progress in the life of faith, perhaps even to repent and retrace our steps. If we do this, Jesus, just as He did with the disciples of Emmaus on the evening of Passover, will surprise us and make our encounters and our environments even more beautiful.
Let us try, then, to remember, now, a powerful moment of our life of faith, a decisive encounter with Jesus. Everyone has had it, each one of us has had an encounter with the Lord. Let us take a moment’s silence and think: when did I find the Lord? When has the Lord been close to me? Let us think in silence. And this encounter with the Lord, did I share it to give glory to the Lord? And also, have I listened to others, when they have told me about this encounter with Jesus?
May Our Lady help us to share the faith to make our communities ever greater places of encounter with the Lord.
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Thinking of how as a young teenager, I wanted to work with some Underworld, Demon-Queen, "Man & Spirit-eating" Deity. You know, that edgy phase you have at 12 but I was already a witch by then so make it Witchy.
I did try to approach an underworld queen. Did my research, put the Offerings out, fancy ones, my divinatory tools ready to go, full ritual done. And I basically got told "hey child, really cute, but now it's not the time, call me back in a few years".
Fast forwards to today, where two of the main deities I work with are very Celestial beings... but with some interesting pasts. One of them in particular, my Regina Caeli, has an entire body of mythology behind Her that connects Her, as the Queen of Heaven, to the Legions of the Red Court (an entirely separate court to Hers) and to the Underworld. As in, former Demonic entity that literally tore men and other demons apart for sustenance and embodied terror and destruction who, pacified by other Celestials, chose to walk the path of the Greater Good and turned into the loving Mother of Heaven that we know today.
I think most people wouldn't go to their very Solar very Motherly (yet very stern too) Deity for teachings on soul eating and generally Becoming a Terror in this world and Others, but hey, here we are! and I ended up learning all these things from a Solar deity, the complete opposite of the Underworld Deity that I had in mind as a teen. Oh how the turns have tabled.
I mean, I did end up pacted to an Underworld Queen after all, almost by accident. One who literally has amongst Her titles that of "Empress of Hell", La Dolorosa, but as you can see in her tag, Her teachings to me lie in a very different area and I approached Her for entirely different reasons.
Also noteworthy, how I associate Her with bears, and the constellation Ursa Maior. Bears to me embody much of Her qualities, fierce protector, kind mother, perfectly capable of some major Bloodshed but only if provoked, or for the right cause. Funny how two things can be in your brain and yet you never make that very obvious connection until you sit down to think about it 😂
#I need to talk in depth about the Queen of Heaven at some point#She's all about discipline and learning to carry yourself the right way#very "great power comes with great responsibility#and if you want power you'll have to prove to me you're worthy AND capable of carrying it with grace'' type#which I love#Regina Caeli#My notes
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Regina Caeli (Queen of Heaven Prayer)
V. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
R. For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia.
V. Has risen, as he said, alleluia.
R. Pray for us to God, alleluia.
V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
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IT'S STILL EASTER AND I STOPPED PRAYING THE REGINA CAELI LAST SUNDAY?????????
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holy FUCK i’m watching boy swallows universe and the church that **** has his funeral at is the church that my grandma went to all the time and had her funeral at omg i can literally smell it omg
i’m so shook omg
there’s no fuxking aircon too
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Our Lady’s Fiat, her yes to God, with such immense faith and trust, pondering all these things in her heart as He grows, coming to completion under His Cross in the Darkest Hour, her joy at His Resurrection
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My personal Alternative Hail Mary Prayer:
In Traditional Latin and English.
---english
Hail Mary, full of Grace.
Thy Devotees are with you.
Blessed art thou among Women, and Blessed is the fruit of your Womb.
Hail Mary, mother of all,
help us now,
and at the hour of our death,
Queen of Heaven guard us from harm.
----latin
Ave Maria, gratia plena, devotus tuus tecum .
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui.
Ave Maria, Mater omnium nostrum,
adiuva nos nunc
et in hora mortis nostrae.
Regina caeli, ab iniuria nos custodi.
Hope someone has benefited from this knowing you can *change traditional Catholic prayers to fit Paganism, Gnosticism or Folk Catholicism!*
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(we know we've posted about this before but ofc we can't find it) anyway
when we were 11 and we were in an amazing children's choir that had contemporary composers writing for us, we sang a set of five carols by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (queer composer from the Orkneys)
as a basically atheist jewish kid (also quietly animist) we always found christian hymns really uncomfortable, being made to sing or play in them at school - but these were different, partly because they're based on weird mediaeval carols that were a mix of latin and older english, and partly because they were hauntingly beautiful
this one Ave Domina was always our favourite, and while we knew that for christians ave domina, caeli regina (hail lady, queen of the heavens) was supposed to mean jesus' mum, for us it was always a song to the moon
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the way the chorus builds into a staggered round across three verses (and we made sure never to know what the verses say, knowing they were just for christians) is just amazing but the high soprano of the verses is also really beautiful musically
sorry if you've heard this before from us :)
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Ave; Nova Eva
#traditional witchcraft#witchcraft#watercolor#art#mine#witch queen#witch mother#Eve#Mary#nova Eva#folk catholic#Sirona#Regina Caeli#Stella Regina#Regina Fons
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Regina Caeli, April 21st. 2024
Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!
This Sunday, is dedicated to Jesus the Good Shepherd. In today's Gospel (cf. Jn 10:11-18), Jesus tells us that, "The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep" (v. 11). He highlights this aspect so much that He repeats it three times (cf. vv. 11, 15, 17). But in what sense, I ask myself, does the shepherd give his life for the sheep?
Being a shepherd, especially in Christ’s time, was not just a job, it was a way of life: it was not an occupation which took up a defined amount of time, but it meant sharing entire days, and even nights, with the sheep, living- I would say- in symbiosis with them. Indeed, Jesus explains that He is not a hired man who cares nothing for the sheep (cf. v. 13), but a man who knows them (cf. v. 14): He knows the sheep. This is the way things are, He, the Lord, the shepherd of us all, calls us by our name and, when we are lost, He looks for us until He finds us (cf. Lk 15:4-5). Moreover, Jesus is not just a good shepherd who shares the life of the flock; Jesus is the Good Shepherd who has sacrificed His life for us and, has given us His Spirit through His resurrection.
This is what the Lord wants to tell us with the image of the Good Shepherd: not only that He is the guide, the Head of the flock, but above all that He thinks about every one of us, and that He thinks of each of us as the love of His life. Consider this: for Christ, I am important, He thinks of me, I am irreplaceable, worth the infinite price of His life. And this is not just a way of speaking: He truly gave His life for me, He died and rose again for me. Why? Because He loves me and He finds in me a beauty that I often do not see myself.
Brothers and sisters, how many people today think of themselves as inadequate or even wrong! How many times do we think that our value depends on the goals we achieve, on whether we succeed in the eyes of the world, on the judgments of others! And how many times do we end up throwing ourselves away for trivial things! Today Jesus tells us that we are always infinitely worthy in His eyes. So, in order to find ourselves, the first thing to do is to place ourselves in His presence, allowing ourselves to be welcomed and lifted up by the loving arms of our Good Shepherd.
Brothers, sisters, let us ask ourselves: am I able to find the time, every day, to embrace this assurance that gives value to my life? Am I able to find the time for a moment of prayer, of adoration, of praise, to be in the presence of Christ and to let myself be caressed by Him? Brother, sister, the Good Shepherd tells us that if you do this, you will rediscover the secret of life: you will remember that He gave His life for you, for me, for all of us. And that for Him, we are all important, each and every one of us.
May Our Lady help us to find in Jesus what is essential for life.
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Quote/s of the Day – 31 March – Easter Sunday, Regina Caeli Laetari
Quote/s of the Day – 31 March – Easter Sunday, Alleluia, He is Truly Risen, Alleluia!
Regina Caeli LaetariEastertide from Holy Saturdayuntil Trinity Sunday(in case you forget to replace the prayingof the Angelus).
Anthem to the Blessed Virgin
Regina Caeli LaetariQueen of heaven
O Queen of Heaven, rejoice, Alleluia.For He Whom thou didst merit to bear, Alleluia.Hath risen as He said,…
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Excessive List of Latin Words for Names
pls note! i have selected the forms and definitions of the words that i personally like the most. if you would like the full, extensive list of words that i made and selected these from, please see here. also, these words are intended to be edited when turning into names so don't come at me if they don't sound particularly name-y atm. thanks and enjoy!
casus - fall
facile - easy
modi - manner/style/way
gladii - sword
signi - sign
loci - place
gero - wear (clothes), wage (war)
pecunia - money
doni - gift
rex - king
tenui - hold/keep/possess
dedi - give
mansi - stay
taceo/tacui - be silent/be quiet
capio - take/capture
iter/itinens - journey
contra - against
nulla - not any/no
perire - perish
ducis - leader
forte - brave
sola/solus - alone/lonely
caelum/caeli - sky/heaven
ianua - door
coepi - began
ceteri - the rest
interea - meanwhile
celo/celare/celavi - hide
sine - without
paene - nearly
plena -full
vix - with difficulty
poena/poenae - punishment
tuta - safe
cura - care/worry
cara/carum - dear
talis - such
vera - true/real
parui - obey
spei - hope
mea - my
risi - laugh/smile
cado/cadere/cecidi - fall
cibus - food
vidi - see
vinum - wine
clamo - shout
curro - run
prima - first
puella - girl
iuvenis - young
nemo - no one
nolle - not want/refuse
nox - night
pulchra/pulcher - beautiful/handsome
timui - fear
velle - want
facio - do/make
iam - now
sedi - sit
tristis/triste - sad
miles - soldier
narro - tell/relate
nauta - sailor
olim - once
puer/pueri - boy
rei - thing
saepe - often
silva - woods/forest
nihil - nothing
irata - angry
sanguis - blood
bona - good
nova - new
alta/altus - high/deep
flumen/fluminis - river
hodie - today
ibi - there
mare - sea
saeva - savage/cruel
vox - voice
amo - love/like
amor - love/lover
dira - dreadful
ferox - fierce
horti - graden
lux/lucis - light
oratus - beg
regina - queen
si - if
dura - harsh
emi - buy
heri - yesterday
mala - evil
lente - slowly
vulneris - wound
duae - two
tria - three
ignis - fire
conor - try
dives - rich
loqui - speak
pluris - more
signi - sign/seal
soror - sister
ita - so/in this way (ita vero = yes)
vultus - face
domi - at home
maior - bigger
ira - anger
via - street/road
filia - daughter
filii - son
ancilla - female slave
laeta - happy
vinco/vici - win
subito - suddenly
venio - come
cupio/cupiui - want/desire
tua - your
iaceo - lie (positional)
mox - soon
liberi - children
vir/viri - man
vita - life
alia/aluid - another
dea/deae - goddess
fidelis - loyal
iacio/ieci - throw
sacra - sacred
mitto/misi - send
terra - ground/earth
muri - wall
vivo/vixi - live
neco - kill
nescio - not know
antea - before
bellum/belli - war
cena - dinner
scio - know
credo - trust
canis - dog
mille/milia - thousand
lata - wide
#writing tips#writerblr#creative writing#writblr#writers#writing#writers block#writing ideas#writing prompts#writing help#writing advice#writing resources#writing characters#emotions#show don't tell#describing#writing prompt#words#latin#latin words#language#prettywords#names#place names#aesthetic#aesthetic words#first post#new post
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ERINA PENDLETON IS NOT THE FUCKING REGINA CAELI
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tosca, on tv, final act.
the titanic profile of an angel in flight stands for castel sant'angelo and the top of its outstretched wing is the bastion's walkway. tosca delivers her final line, the play's final line (oh Scarpia, avanti a Dio), and the guards attempt to grab her. this is where she throws herself over the bastion. the actors are instructed to move slowly, like a real life slow-mo, and a light shines behind tosca. they make a final grab for her but so slowly that they come to a stop, and the angel, the castle's scenography, gently descends towards the stage. tosca is left standing high on a part of the scene, all goes black, we lose sight of the angel-castle, of the guards, of the entire stage: the only light left is behind tosca, like the rays of a star, like holy mary as the regina caeli, muted she is screaming with no sound, moves her arms slowly, her figure in a spotlight half blue and half red. in this void, we are seeing her falling down against a completely black background. stage magic brings our sight above her. we are looking down, we are the guards. the orchestra finishes playing the finale, and then the dark.
trascendental. best staging of the ending I've ever seen.
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