✝ Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. ✝

"Χριστός ανέστη εκ νεκρών, θανάτω θάνατον πατήσας, και τοις εν τοις μνήμασι ζωήν χαρισάμενος." || "Christ is risen from the dead! By death He trampled Death; and to those living in the tombs He granted life."

[deus-sabaoth]

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

Saint Augustine

[traumacatholic]

It is only right, with all the powers of our heart and mind, to praise You Father and Your Only-Begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. Dear Father, by Your wondrous condescension of Loving-Kindness toward us, Your servants, You gave up Your Son. Dear Jesus You paid the debt of Adam for us to the Eternal Father by Your Blood poured forth in Loving-Kindness. You cleared away the darkness of sin by Your magnificent and radiant Resurrection. You broke the bonds of death and rose from the grave as a Conqueror. You reconciled Heaven and earth. Our life had no hope of Eternal Happiness before You redeemed us. Your Resurrection has washed away our sins, restored our innocence and brought us joy. How inestimable is the tenderness of Your Love!

Saint Gregory’s Easter Prayer

[nicdoesntexist]

Cozy Forest

[orthodoxadventure]

Пресвятая Богородица с Младенцем Христом; Праведная Анна, мать Пресвятой Богородицы, и Праведная Мария, мать Праведной Анны // The Most Holy Theotokos with the Infant Christ; Righteous Anna, mother of the Most Holy Theotokos, and Righteous Mary, mother of Righteous Anna

[ave-immaculata]

[1five1two]

'The vision in the Colosseum. The last martyr'.. José Benlliure y Gil. 1885.

[helloparkerrose]

[caffeinatedrosary]

12 Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

I will establish peace in their homes.

I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.

I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.

Sinners will find in my Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.

Lukewarm souls shall become fervent.

Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

I will bless every place in which an image of my Heart is exposed and honored.

I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.

Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart.

I promise you in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Fridays in nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance; they shall not die in my disgrace, nor without receiving their sacraments. My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.

[gratiae-mirabilia]

st. john of avila

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Juli Borrell i Pla (Spanish, 1877 - 1957) Epiphany, 1896 Museu Nacional D'art de Catalunya

[acatholicrose]

[lily-of-christ]

"Tu es sacerdos in aeternum,

secundum ordinem Melchisedech."

Requiescat in pace. 31.12.2022

[non-nisi-te-domine]

May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. And may you rest eternally in peace with the Lord.

[riverbaptism]

[acatholicrose]

[catholic-harmacy-deactivated202]

https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2013/07/pope-innocent-iii-on-four-kinds-of.html

Pope Innocent III on the Four Kinds of Marriage (for the Feast of SS. Joachim and Anne)

Juan de Flandes, The Marriage Feast at Cana (1500) In honor of the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne—a day that beckons us to meditate o

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St. Macrina the Younger (d. 380 A.D.) was born in Cappadocia to a family of saints. Her mother was St. Emelia, and her father was St. Basil the Elder. Her grandmother was St. Macrina the Elder, after whom she was named. Her holy parents had ten children. Macrina was one of the oldest, and received an excellent religious education from her holy mother. Her parents betrothed her to a pious youth, but he died before the marriage took place. Macrina then consecrated her virginity to God and lived a life of great asceticism. She remained living with her parents, helping to raise her younger siblings, directing the household servants, and supporting the family with her domestic skills. Among her siblings were St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa (who both became Cappadocian Fathers and Doctors of the Church) St. Peter of Sebaste, and St. Theosevia. When their father died, Macrina became the main support for the family. It was Macrina who profoundly influenced the spiritual discipline of her younger brothers. When all her siblings were grown, Macrina convinced her mother to give up their family belongings, set their servants free, and convert their home into a monastery. Many of their servants joined them in this spiritual pursuit; they all lived together as a family, sharing all things in common. When her mother died, Macrina led the religious community. The biography of St. Macrina's life was written by her brother, St. Gregory. Her feast day is July 19th.

[theraccolta]

“With Septuagesima the joys of Christmastide are brought to a close. The happy celebration wherein the Church has been recalling the birth of the Redeemer now is directed towards the sorrowful events of the Savior’s passion and death. The three weeks from Septuagesima to Lent constitute a period of transition from a time of joy to one of sadness. With Ash Wednesday the great penitential season of the year begins. This time of Lent is marked by three distinctive features: (1) it is a period for serious reflection on death and its issues, joined, consequently, with prayer and works of mortification in imitation of our Saviour’s fast of forty days in the desert ; (2) it is a time especially adapted to repentance and amendment of life, as in ancient days it was the season when the Catechumens and penitents prepared for Baptism and absolution; (3) it is a prolonged vigil, fitting us to celebrate worthily the great week of the passion and the Feast of feasts of the Resurrection.”

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On the Season of Septuagesima 

From Blessed Be God: A Complete Prayer Book

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