Sword and The Skull

Traditional Catholicism, Anime, and Mythology

[poetic-grief]

I may or may not be entering a psychotic episode.

I don't think it's too bad, yet, but like my thoughts are definitely going off the rails.

My art is being affected, my thoughts are being affected, my appetite is too, and i cannot think of anything else that is being affected.

The only fair/good thing about these episodes is that they never affect my faith or my prayers. If anything i do certain things more, without scrupulosity too.

I have no idea what triggered this one.

Please just pray for me.

[daughter-of-mary]

Prayer Request

Please pray for Silvana Atef a Coptic Christian minor girl who disappeared from her home in October 28, 2025. They fear it is a case of abduction, forced conversion, and forced marriage due to videos surfacing about her claiming to be married to a Muslim man while still a minor. Please pray her family can get justice, and she can be safely returned home to her family. Please pray for all the who experince this and particularly the Coptic Christian community who has been dealing with this persecution for a very long time

[gnomebutch]

listen to sexworkers but only the ones filming anonymously from the comfort of their bedrooms and never the ones who are trafficked or groomed and are forced to do scenes that they don’t want to with people they don’t want to at the risk of their livelihood or even life because those stories bum me outttt and therefore don’t count despite making up the majority of cases.

[angelicsharpiemarker]

please pray for me, i am falling back into mortal sin that i thought i had beat my addiction of

[laurelindorenan]

5 hours of sleep but the grace of God prevails. treasures in jars of clay and all that. in a little over five hours i’m going to be walking down the aisle. pray!

[internetcatholicism]

There is a very, very serious scandal happening at my Catholic university. Please pray for everyone involved.

[corvusherpestidae]

Please pray for someone who is considering leaving the faith

[theambitiouswoman]

things you can do if you’re unmotivated:

1. Move furniture around in your work area. This refreshes your energy

2. Go for a short walk. It clears your mind

3. Drink cold water or make tea. It wakes you up

4. Take a quick shower. It resets your mood

5. Clean a small space. It builds momentum

6. Put on music. It shifts your state fast

7. Change your outfit. It changes how you feel

8. Open a window. Fresh air helps you think

9. Do one tiny task. It breaks the resistance

10. Set a 10 minute timer. It makes starting easier

11. Write a simple to do list. It gives direction

12. Stretch your body. It releases tension

13. Light a candle or spray a scent. It refreshes your space

14. Step outside in the sun. It boosts your mood

15. Drink something with electrolytes. It supports energy

16. Watch a short inspiring video. It sparks action

17. Change locations. New environments create focus

18. Put your phone on airplane mode. Fewer distractions

19. Do a brain dump in a journal. It takes away overwhelm

20. Remind yourself that you only need to start, not finish

[sacredlittlefreak]

Hi friends. I don’t like asking for help but god I need it. I need a community. I need help.

nobody in my area is hiring. I’ve been jobless for so long I can’t even recall how long it’s been. I got hired for one place but have 0 hours because there’s not enough kids enrolled so they don’t need me as a teachers aide right now.

I just got my rejections from Walmart. I’m at my wits end. I apply everyday. I tailor my resume. I go to workshops. I go to the unemployment office. And nothing.

what I’m asking for is not money or anything like that I’m blessed to have family helping me out. But I just need a prayer. I need people in my corner praying for me to get something. He’ll even if it’s only 10 hours a week that’s better than nothing.

please and thank you.

love you guyz. 💖

[prokopetz]

I enjoy a joke about fucked up German fairy tales as much as the next nerd, but it's genuinely striking how often the source for the really fucked up stuff turns out to be "yeah, this is only in the Brothers Grimm version and doesn't appear in any extant oral tradition, and we're like 80% sure they added it themselves". To a large extent it's not German fairy tales that are fucked up, it's two specific German dudes.

[thelovers-thedreamers-and-me]

in retrospect we probably should have given the fairy tale writing to the Brothers Happy instead

[recalcitrantlycaffeinated]

raising a kid Catholic is hella weird because why did my six year old come downstairs dressed for Mass in black hairclips "because they're like the shadow of death" like OKAYYYYYYY memento mori I guess

[iphigenesis]

in a way john watson is a fantasy (what if you had this brilliant enigmatic friend and what if he liked you in particular and what if he offered you the excitement of youth and adventures and a way out of boring society life and all without having to actually give up your status as a gentleman so you could have the best of both worlds) and in a way sherlock holmes is a fantasy (what if someone never got tired of you despite your various strange habits and mood swings and instead of simply tolerating you they genuinely liked you and what if you didn’t have to live alone forever and what if you never had to give up doing the things you love) and of course there’s the most fantastical part of it all (what if you could afford london housing prices)

[irishironclad]

It's funny to me that so many people think the Districts are analogous to the experiences of certain groups in the USA. When Suzanne Collins has already come out and said that her main inspiration was the various wars in the Middle East, how they are televised, etc. America in its entirety is the Capitol, YOU are the capitol, YOU watch children die on a screen, YOU do nothing about it. I think the average American reader can't handle this, so they create this interpretation where they're allowed to be the oppressed, the districts. When they have never experienced that level of despair in their lives.

[twist-in-the-narrative]

Please please pray for my sister and her baby! She was induced earlier today and there was some complications, and though it seems like the worst of it has passed, the baby’s safety still isn’t certain.

[irishironclad]

[ghostcaterwaul]

Reblog to gain creative energy and to give more creative energy to the person you reblogged this from.

[krakencran]

In concept, religion is awesome. Having something to believe in that comforts you and explains the unexplainable is pretty nifty. In practice…why are we hunting gay people again?

[irishironclad]

Well we aren't. Thats something you made up.