Eloquence of the Light

"Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world." A female Catholic searching for the truth, goodness, and beauty in anime and other fandoms.

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Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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My favorite type of female characters

are the kinds with high emotional intelligence

Yor Forger from Spy x Family

Tomoe Yukishiro from Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuioku-hen OVA

Kotoha Tachibana from Wind Breaker

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Realistic FMA Automail Arm for Cosplay Live Action Film!

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hi! ♡ I know this is out of nowhere, would you reblog the pinned post for my aunt's charity on my blog? thank a lot!

this blog was created very recently and only reblogged 20 or so posts before making a donation post. these kinds of scams are getting smarter, with bios that mimic an actual tumbler user. their blog is just a bunch of posts straight from #horror and adjacent tags, they havent reblogged anything from anyone they follow (because they dont follow anyone, theyre a scam blog) they have dash-only mode turned on for their blog, because it prevents you from opening their archive and seeing they only started posting last week

if someone is asking you to reblog their donation post, pull up their archive. like this:

(paste their url here).tumblr.com/archive

with these donation scams, 9 times of 10 it'll show they've only posted for a month, or it'll be disabled by dash-only mode. please keep an eye out everyone. this is the 5th "reblog my donation post please!" ask ive gotten this month.

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This is an extremely helpful and concise guide to vetting scam posts asking for donation aid, which are becoming increasingly common. 

Because of the work I do with Radio Free Monday I tend to give strong benefit of the doubt to fundraisers, especially since scammers won’t often bother to fill out the form so usually the bulk of entries are genuine. But even so I have noticed a jump in scam posts I’ve had to filter out and also scam asks I’ve had to ignore. 

If you’re on the fence about whether to reblog something, this is a good evaluation method for whether the poster is likely “real”. (Also if you guys could do a check like this before sending strangers to the Radio Free Monday form I’d appreciate it, but that’s a secondary concern.) 

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“Other Church institutions, basic communities and small communities, movements, and forms of association are a source of enrichment for the Church, raised up by the Spirit for evangelizing different areas and sectors. Frequently they bring a new evangelizing fervour and a new capacity for dialogue with the world whereby the Church is renewed. But it will prove beneficial for them not to lose contact with the rich reality of the local parish and to participate readily in the overall pastoral activity of the particular Church.29 This kind of integration will prevent them from concentrating only on part of the Gospel or the Church, or becoming nomads without roots.”

-Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium

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29 Cf. Propositio 26

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History of insects. 1839. Book cover.

Internet Archive

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"Each particular Church, as a portion of the Catholic Church under the leadership of its bishop, is likewise called to missionary conversion. It is the primary subject of evangelization,[30] since it is the concrete manifestation of the one Church in one specific place, and in it “the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church of Christ is truly present and operative”.[31] It is the Church incarnate in a certain place, equipped with all the means of salvation bestowed by Christ, but with local features. Its joy in communicating Jesus Christ is expressed both by a concern to preach him to areas in greater need and in constantly going forth to the outskirts of its own territory or towards new sociocultural settings.[32] Wherever the need for the light and the life of the Risen Christ is greatest, it will want to be there.[33] To make this missionary impulse ever more focused, generous and fruitful, I encourage each particular Church to undertake a resolute process of discernment, purification and reform."

-Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium

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Pale blue Van Gogh

1 - 2 - 3 - 4

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Please could I ask for prayers. I am in the early stages of a much prayed-for pregnancy, and I have had some bleeding today. I’m seeing my dr in the morning but any prayer for the safety of my baby would be hugely appreciated

Praying that you & baby are safe and healthy! St. Gerard, pray for us.

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Dear siblings in Christ, kindly pray for me and my family.

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Please pray for my father D who committed sexual abuse against me and my mother.

Pray for his salvation.

I want this spread far and wide. It is my dream that the whole world would pray for this intention.

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"The bishop must always foster this missionary communion in his diocesan Church, following the ideal of the first Christian communities, in which the believers were of one heart and one soul (cf. Acts 4:32). To do so, he will sometimes go before his people, pointing the way and keeping their hope vibrant. At other times, he will simply be in their midst with his unassuming and merciful presence. At yet other times, he will have to walk after them, helping those who lag behind and – above all – allowing the flock to strike out on new paths. In his mission of fostering a dynamic, open and missionary communion, he will have to encourage and develop the means of participation proposed in the Code of Canon Law,[34] and other forms of pastoral dialogue, out of a desire to listen to everyone and not simply to those who would tell him what he would like to hear. Yet the principal aim of these participatory processes should not be ecclesiastical organization but rather the missionary aspiration of reaching everyone."

-Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium

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isabelle: its 4:32 a.m on this island and our player has left us for dead

ketchup:

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"Pastoral ministry in a missionary key seeks to abandon the complacent attitude that says: “We have always done it this way”. I invite everyone to be bold and creative in this task of rethinking the goals, structures, style and methods of evangelization in their respective communities. A proposal of goals without an adequate communal search for the means of achieving them will inevitably prove illusory. I encourage everyone to apply the guidelines found in this document generously and courageously, without inhibitions or fear. The important thing is to not walk alone, but to rely on each other as brothers and sisters, and especially under the leadership of the bishops, in a wise and realistic pastoral discernment."

-Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium

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Wind Breaker referencing FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

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