February 2012
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Goodbye, dear people
I will see you all at Easter. Have a blessed Lent!
Fat Tuesday.
allforhisgreaterglory:
mystagogy:
lovelyloretta:
I don’t really understand the concept of overindulging in everything you’re not supposed to have during Lent.
As my priest always says, whatever you’re doing for Lent should not be something that you plan on going back to once Easter is here. You should do something that will affect your life forever after. As an adult, you shouldn’t give up...
My Lenten list
No soda
No internet, except for what is necessary for school / church stuff (especially no facebook / tumblr)
Morning and Evening Liturgy of the Hours
Pray before every meal
Daily Rosary
…We’ll see how this goes.
EDIT: Well, I may post an ash picture tomorrow. But other than that, I’m off tumblr come midnight
Remember brothers and sisters...
mystagogy:
acatholicvibe:
In our self-denial we are removing those things that distract us that we can come closer to God in placing our thoughts on God rather than the material goods we can so easily get wrapped up in. We can’t just stop eating chocolate for Lent and think that’s it - we are to draw our minds and our bodies to the Cross of Christ in humility.
This is really beautiful, and so...
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.:... →
thefullnessofthefaith:
As Lent approaches…
Fast From/Feast On
Fast from judging others; Feast on the Christ dwelling in them.
Fast from emphasis on differences; Feast on the unity of life.
Fast from apparent darkness; Feast on the reality of light.
Fast from thoughts of illness;…
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Back from the Jesuit Candidates' weekend
It was nice to get a bit of an inside look at the novitiate. Lots of interesting talks with the novices and the other candidates, lots of good information to think about. I will definitely need to continue looking at the Society of Jesus.
Some highlights:
Tour of LA, including the cathedral, Homeboy Industries (we just drove by, since it was closed), and Dolores Mission parish.
Scullery duty....
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The number 40 in the Bible
Because Lent is coming up, I thought I’d mention some of the places the number 40 comes up in the Bible, to see the significance of the 40 days of Lent. (This list is not comprehensive).
Gen. 7:12,17 - God creates the Flood by having it rain for 40 days because of the world’s sin, though he saves righteous Noah
Ex. 24:18, 34:28 - Moses spends 40 days on Mount Sinai, fasting and being...
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Going on a vocations retreat with the Jesuits this...
Prayers would be very much appreciated =)
Do the Saints pray for us?
simplyorthodox:
Do the Saints, whom we call upon, pray for us? They certainly pray for us. If I, a sinful man, a cold-hearted, sometimes wicked and malevolently disposed man, praying for others who have instructed or have not instructed me to pray for them and do not doubt, do not weary of saying their names during prayer, although sometimes not heartily, then will not God’s Saints—those lamps...
Getting to Know my Catholic Tumblrs > Sleep
sweetandlovelygirl7:
sword-meets-rose:
liferelived:
Even though I have internship tomorrow. >___<
I KNOW THAT FEEL BRO!
We all know that feel.
I feel like I find a new catholic tumblr to follow every few minutes, haha
So yeah.
sweetandlovelygirl7:
communistbeans:
Arrow to the knee?
PFFFFF GET OUT AND COME BACK WHEN YOU HAVE REAL THINGS.
St. Ignatius took a cannonball to the leg and still founded the Jesuits.
OMG THIS
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Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a...
St. Thomas Aquinas, pray for us
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Guardian Angel prayer, anyone?
soldierofthelord:
Angel of God, My Guardian Dear to whom God’s love commits me here.
Ever this day be at my side to light and guard and rule and guide.
Amen.
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Who doesn't love a little Fire?
empty-and-beautiful:
Come Holy Spirit,
Fill the hearts of Your faithful,
and enkindle in us the fire of Your Divine Love.
Send forth Your Spirit, and we shall be renewed,
and You shall renew the face of the earth.
Amen.
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Anyone else absolutely love the Divine Praises?
readwritepray:
Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. Blessed be the Name of Jesus. Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart. Blessed be His Most Precious Blood. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy. Blessed be her Holy and...
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Why the HHS “Compromise” Doesn't Work →
badwolfcomplex:
Excellent article.
Bullet-point summary:
The Church will still be footing the bill
This makes it illegal to be a pro-life insurance company.
This still tramples the rights of businesses and individuals.
This still gives the HHS the right to favor certain religious institutions over others.
This is “divide and conquer”
The preaching of terror is not essential for repentance. Souls need not be like Dante, who went through hell before he reached Paradise. The lighting of sulfurous coals in the pulpit is not Our Lord’s path to repentance. Saint Paul told Timothy how to woo souls from an evil life, and meekness was the approach he urged.
“A servant of the Lord has no business with quarrelling; he must...
I'm a proud member of the one holy, catholic, and...
Words from the desert...
simplyorthodox:
Let yourself be persecuted, but do not persecute others.
Be crucified, but do not crucify others.
Be slandered, but do not slander others.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep: such is the sign of purity.
-Saint Isaac the Syrian
badwolfcomplex:
sweetandlovelygirl7:
thelizardisfriendly:
I don’t understand people who say “Oh, I’m Catholic but I don’t believe in x, y, and z.” I can totally see not understanding what the Church is doing, but I’ve always thought that a big part of being Catholic was trusting in the authority of the Church. If you don’t, then why are you even identifying yourself as Catholic?
It’s a...
“It’s easy and tempting to convince ourselves that we don’t need Jesus Christ....”
– Bishop James Conley (Denver, aux.)
True story.
(via aliberatedimpulse)
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“When we think of all the Lord has done for us, we can never do enough. The word...”
– Archbishop Fulton Sheen, The Priest Is Not His Own
“The man who thinks Catholics are not Christian knows not what Christianity is.”
– Niko (via nikosnature)
“Never discourage anyone… who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”
– Plato (via lucifelle)
“A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine...”
– St. Basil the Great (via waynoly)
The Presentation of the Lord, one of the Great...
simplyorthodox:
Today the Orthodox Church commemorates an important event in the earthly life of our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 2:22-40). Forty days after His birth the God-Infant was taken to the Jerusalem Temple, the center of the nation’s religious life. According to the Law of Moses (Lev. 12:2-8), a woman who gave birth to a male child was forbidden to enter the Temple of God for forty days....