Lilian Philomena

Catholic. Female. Blog for spiritual & personal growth, along with pretty things. 

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My kind of a perfect breakfast: blend around 5 frozen bananas with a splash of water, chocolate protein powder, carob or cacao powder and cinnamon until you have a creamy soft serve and top with all your favorite things 🍌🍫

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Dominika Brudny

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May 13 is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Fatima

“In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph.”  – Mother Mary appearing in Fatima, July 13, 1917

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Lord, take me from myself and give me to Yourself.

St. Catherine of Siena (via faustinarockandroll)

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by Kesler Ottley

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Ibolya Feher: Sisters of Sclerder, 2011

“Sisters of Sclerder” is a photography project bringing together my long- term interest in every day life and spirituality. During this project I worked closely with the Sisters of a Carmelite Monastery in Cornwall. The Carmelite order is one of the oldest and strictest among the female contemplative orders. Sclerder Abbey is an enclosed monastery where outsiders are allowed only on rare occasions. Apart from the two recreation times the sisters spend their day in prayer and working in silence, only talking when it is necessary. My work explores monastic life as an alternative way of living at the beginning of the 21st century in Britain. As our contemporary society is driven by materialism and is ever more homogenised, it is increasingly challenging to find alternative, more spiritual lifestyles. The Nuns take vows of obedience, poverty and chastity and dedicate their life to live in unity with God and to pray for the world. As a community their simple but strict lifestyle allows them to seek harmony and happiness. As a photographer I was aiming to be non judgmental and my project reflects my personal view of how I saw the Sisters and their life during my visits. (artist statement)

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St. Therese Of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, Pray for us!

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The Scapular altar in the parish church of Sankt Petrus in Lengdorf, Bavaria.

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To whom can we run with greater confidence to teach us how to receive Jesus worthily than to Mary?

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Know that one grain of pride suffices to overthrow a mountain of holiness. Be humble, then, and endeavor to know yourself.

St. Paul of the Cross (via twocrowns)

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There is no remedy so powerful against the heat of concupiscence as the remembrance of our Savior’s Passion. In all my difficulties I never found anything so efficacious as the wounds of Christ: In them I sleep secure; from them I derive new life.

St. Augustine (via o-sacra-virgo-laudes-tibi)

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It is at the foot of the altar that we find the strength necessary in this isolation of ours. Without the Blessed Sacrament a position like mine would be unbearable. But, having Our Lord at my side, I continue always to be happy and content… Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the most tender of friends with souls who seek to please Him. His goodness knows how to proportion itself to the smallest of His creatures as to the greatest of them. Be not afraid then in your solitary conversations, to tell Him of your miseries, your fears, your worries, of those who are dear to you, of your projects, and of your hopes. Do so with confidence with an open heart.

St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai (via hiseveningstar)

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Enric Monserday Vidal - Crowning of a Mother