from sermoveritas: Hi. I would like to add Fr. Lorenzo Laboy and Fr. Peter Pomposello to your prayer list. I am consecrated to God myself. bless.

No title available
Sweet Seals For You, Always
noise dept.

oozey mess
No title available
Three Goblin Art
TVSTRANGERTHINGS
todays bird

Product Placement

⁂
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her

JVL
2025 on Tumblr: Trends That Defined the Year

@theartofmadeline
Misplaced Lens Cap

JBB: An Artblog!
wallacepolsom
Xuebing Du
One Nice Bug Per Day

tannertan36
seen from United States

seen from Singapore

seen from Netherlands
seen from United States
seen from Canada
seen from Morocco

seen from Denmark

seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from Canada

seen from United States
seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from Finland
seen from United States
seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from United States

seen from Brazil

seen from United States
@raemaire
from sermoveritas: Hi. I would like to add Fr. Lorenzo Laboy and Fr. Peter Pomposello to your prayer list. I am consecrated to God myself. bless.
PRAYER FOR ALL PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS
O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of Your servants. Give them a deep faith, bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their lives. In their loneliness, comfort them. In their sorrows, strengthen them. In their frustrations, point out to them that it is through suffering that the soul is purified, and show them that they are needed by the Church; they are needed by souls; they are needed for the work of redemption. O Loving Mother Mary, Mother of Priests and religious, take to your heart your children who are close to you because of the power which they have received to carry on the work of Christ in a world which needs them so much. Be their comfort, be their joy, be their strength, and especially help them to live and to defend the ideals of consecrated celibacy. Amen
The world today loves stories about priests who fall from grace. Yet the story of a sinful priest does not become epic when he falls; robs the poor or defiles his body- no, the tale only enters the realm of saga when he gives himself back to God. Think of how dark and dreary the story would be if it left off at Adam, wallowing in his fallen state, without the coming of Christ, without hope, without an ending! It is only repentance that gives sin worth. In this we discern the meaning of our Easter hymn, which proclaims "O felix culpa!" -"O happy fault!" Sin doesn't make a sensation, it makes a soul to be redeemed.
Ora pro nobis
[…] Hic est enim calix Sanguinis Mei, novi et æterni testamenti…
Prayer list for priests and seminarians.
To my followers, I’m going to try something new. Please feel free to add the names of priests and seminarians to make a prayer list. We can each take a name or several names or if you have time, go through the entire list, offering prayers. If you want to add intentions, you may do so. Intentions always help to focus one’s prayers. Then you can re-blog or share the list as well. Father William Holiday father Stephen Imbarrato, for protection Father Glenn Charest, for strength and peace Father Eugene Grytner, for perseverence Josh Ziliox, for joy in Christ Juan Osorno, discernment as he approaches ordination to the diaconate God bless you for your participation!
God love you.
Prayer for Holiness in Priests
Grant, O Lord, that every hand laid upon You at the altar may be a friendly hand, whose touch is tender and consoling as Joseph’s was; that the lips which form so many sacred words may never be profaned by frivolous or unworthy speech; that priests may guard, even in the noisy streets of the city, the impress of their noble functions, the bright token that they have but lately come down from Your holy mountain; and in their garments the fragrance of the altar, that everyone may find them living memorials of You, accessible to all, yet more than other men. Grant that they may contract from the Mass of today a hunger and thirst for the Mass of the morrow, that the sacred anticipation be their last thought at night and Your tender summons their first awareness in the morning; that Your priests, filled with You and Your good gifts, may give largely to the rest of men who look to You. Amen.
5 Eye-Opening Things a Layman Learned From Wearing a Cassock for a Day
The author decided to do an experiment to test the power of various uniforms. He bought four: the uniforms for looking like a Catholic priest, security guard, mechanic, and doctor. The first part of his article describes what his experience was like walking around Chicago in a full priestly cassock. To be clear, he said he didn’t lie to people or call himself a priest – he would tell people he wasn’t a priest if asked. He simply wore the priestly clothes to see what it was like.
I recommend you read the whole article from Esquire,
but here are 5 things about his experience that stood out.
1) People stared at him everywhere he went
“One hour in the uniform and I knew this much: On a bright summer’s day, in a sprawling city, a priest in a cassock is a thing to behold. People draw out their eye contact with a priest. They give nods or bow just a smidge. Or they stare. Openly. Respectfully. Distantly.
“When walking in pairs, men wind up their cheeriest selves to blurt out suddenly, “Good morning, Father.” A habit learned in high school, revisited gladly. Twenty-three blocks and the world could not take its eyes off me. A priest, striding north.”
2) People wanted to touch him
“Generally, when you wear a uniform, no one will touch you. Except the priest. People will touch a priest. On the wrist mostly. It happened to me twelve times, just a tap in the middle of a conversation. An assertion of connection, an acknowledgment of some commonality I could not fathom.
“Weirdly, the priest’s outfit was the most physically demanding uniform to wear. All day with the hugging, and the kneeling to speak to children, and the leaning in for the selfies.”
3) Homeless people especially reached out to him for help
“Especially people in need. All day long, I was faced with homeless men, homeless families, crouched in the street. Sometimes they reached up to me, touched my wrist. Twice I was asked for a blessing that I could not give. Not in the way they wanted. I started wishing that I were capable of performing a service for the world. And I found I could not do nothing.
“The uniform comes with some responsibility; otherwise, it is just a party costume. I started kneeling down, holding out a ten-dollar bill, and saying, “I’m not a priest. But I feel you.” And I couldn’t do it once without doing it a couple dozen times. Chicago is a big city, with a lot of souls stuck in its doorways. It still makes me sadder than I could have imagined.”
4) He became part of the city tour
“Exhausted, Father Tom [the author] walked to a food cart, bought a tamale, and waved to a tour bus that honked at him. They waved back, too. Both decks.”
5) Being a priest is hard
Given how so many people looked to him for help or hope, the author concluded:
“Weirdly, the priest’s outfit was the most physically demanding uniform to wear. […] It’s easy to put on a cassock. And it’s really not easy to wear one at all.”
via Churchpop
Rising incense smoke in a shaft of sunlight, during Mass at the church of St. Michele e Gaetano in Florence, Italy. Where the Institute’s ordination ceremonies were held.
The summons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: “Come, weary one, to me!”
Quote of the day – August 14
“Let us remember that love lives through sacrifice and is nourished by giving. Without sacrifice, there is no love.”
……………………………….St Maxmillian Kolbe (Saint of the day)