in meditatione veritatis

PhD Student (Electrochemistry) Catholic convert (Easter 2024).

[odlnus]

St. Francis & St. Clare of Assisi Chibis

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[luxangelae]

In a world marked by division and fear, choosing to embody peace is a radical choice. Peace isn’t simply the absence of conflict, but the presence of love, mercy, justice. This means choosing patience over anger, forgiveness over resentment, action over indifference.

[orthodoxadventure]

"Prayer is the lifting up of the mind and heart to God," the contemplation of God, the bold conversation of the creature with the Creator, the soul reverently standing before Him, as before the King and the Life Itself, Who gives life to all. It is forgetfulness of everything that surrounds us. It is food for the soul, its air, its light, its life-giving warmth, its cleaning from sin.

My Life in Christ by Saint John of Kronstadt

[bebemoon]

“There is a place called ‘heaven’ where the good here unfinished is completed; and where the stories unwritten, and the hopes unfulfilled, are continued. We may laugh together yet.”

—  J.R.R. Tolkien

[luckism]

A Franciscan monk taking a break from tending to the fields to pet a cat (2004)

Captured by photographer Steve McCurry at the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Foresta in Rieti, Italy.

[lajefa369]

by Steffani Aquila

[shoutsofmybones]

i miss her [a canonized saint who died 1000+ years ago]

[undertherosary]

always thinking about the monastic life ♡

[calicofae]

“being kind takes zero effort” Lies.

Being kind takes enormous effort. Being kind means humbling yourself- it means saying no to your pride- it means forgiving someone instantly- it means putting someone convenience over your own for some time- it means acting as if the universe doesn’t revolve around you. Being kind is hard. Being kind is not butterflies and sickly sweet, half-witted compliments. It’s work. It’s serving others. It’s being silent when you don’t want to. It’s being honest. It’s being gentle. It’s being true even if the other person disagrees. Being kind is one of the hardest things a person can do and we need more of it.

[coffee-khaleesi-deactivated2020]

When I was training to be a battered women’s advocate, my supervisor said something that really blew my mind:

“You can always assume one thing about your clients; and that is that they are doing their best. Always assume everyone is doing their best. And if they’re having a day where their best just isn’t that great, or their best doesn’t look like your best, you have to be okay with that.”

Any now whenever anyone in my life, either a friend or a client, frustrates me, disappoints me, or pisses me off, I just tell myself They are doing their best. Their best isn’t that great today, but I have days where my best isn’t that great either. 

[bogfox]

Op I’d like to thank you for sharing this. Ever since the first time I’ve read it I’ve held it in my mind and it really has helped me to be kinder to others and to myself.

[jfknlace]

[toddycats]

My hope for whoever is reading this is that your life starts making sense and coming together. I hope the good days are right around the corner for you.

[feliz-navidad]

"What if my friends secretly hate me?" What if they pray for you before bed? What if they hear a song come on and it makes them immediately think of you? What if when times are hard for them, they close their eyes and think of the memories they've shared with you? What if they study your face closely to see how you're feeling? What if they listen to your stories? What if they smile when you text them first? What if

[fflittermouse]

I don’t have many friends right now, but I have had several over the course of my life so far. At times I’ve been annoyed with them or sad or frustrated or betrayed or whatever. But I’ve also been proud of them and happy for them and so so glad to have them in my life, even for a moment. Sometimes looking at them feels like looking at the stars; bright and brilliant and out of reach but still breathtaking. Sometimes it feels like looking out at the ocean of all that they are and all that they could be, and sometimes it makes me feel small, but mostly I’m just amazing by how incredible they are. And I never tell them. It’s easier for me to tell someone that something is wrong than to tell them how much I care.

So if you ever think your friends might secretly hate you (which is a feeling I totally understand), know that they might also secretly love you with all their heart.

[a-small-annabeth]

I know this needs to be expanded on but lately I've been starting to think that the Narrow Way Jesus talks about that so many people miss isn't so much the external commandments we have to follow as it is about just letting yourself relax into God's arms over and over and over and over.

Cuz for me at least that's the actual hard part. I can change behaviors all i want with enough motivation and self-flagellating but the actual hard part, the part that makes it feel like I'm dying and ripped apart and crucified and then coming to new life again, is being vulnerable with God, being open to him, hearing of his love for me, realizing that He is Lord but I am not, acknowledging that I am made of dust but that I am also precious, beloved, made for glory.

Like why does no one talk about this—the fact that letting yourself be loved is just so hard? So humiliating and so empowering all at once? Why do I cringe whenever someone, anyone tells me unabashedly that they love me? That is the real enemy, that fear of being loved.

"Humble yourself in the sight of the LORD, and he will lift you up."

[sacredlitany]

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

[litany-of-trust]

From the belief that my life has no meaning or worth…

Deliver me, Jesus.

[venisanctespiritusveni]

Discalced Carmelite nun in Wrocław, Poland.