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May the Holy Cross Be My Light

[bruisepoking-archive]

remember when you were fifteen and you were convinced you were evil and irredeemable and completely insane but it turns out you were just fifteen

[caffeinatedcatholic]

St. Augustine wrote this

[eternal-echoes]

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It’s time for artists to stop personifying Gluttony as a fat person and start personifying them as a billionaire capitalist who surrounds themselves with luxury at the expense of the poor.

[invisible-goats]

I like this but also in the seven deadly sins there’s avarice (ie love of money) as well as greed/gluttony.

I’d replace it with people spending a fortune on ridiculous food trends

[20furiousbluebirds]

Compromise- Every sin is a billionaire! Gluttony is the hedonist who spends billions on fancy foods and luxurious beds while people starve on the streets around them. Greed is the tax-evader who stores all their wealth in a maze of offshore accounts and shell companies, who’d prefer to never be able to use it then to risk someone else taking a penny. Lust is the predator who thinks only in terms of power, and is surrounded only by people they can bribe or bully. Wrath is the conservative who insists the poor and needy are “stealing” from them, who looks at every soup kitchen and benefit payment as a personal insult against them. Envy is the ladder-climber only cares about their own success, stabbing anyone that could their friend in the back for a fancier office and another 0 on their salary. Sloth is the trust-fund kid, who has lived their whole life on their parents money and has never so much as cleaned a table without a servant stepping in. Pride is the elitist who insists they worked hard for everything they own, they deserve everything, they’re only richer then the rest of us because they’re better then everyone else. The best part is you can cut down on drawing time because they’re usually all the same person!

[dinosaurrainbowstarfish]

This is probably the most biblically accurate way to draw the seven deadly sins

[catholic-spirit]

please

[valtsv]

dude…you’re catholic? like, for real?? you’re actually catholic??? this isn’t a joke??? you’re 100% serious?????

[dankmemes]

“And in the silence I suddenly understood the many ways a person can die but still be alive.”

— Carmen Rodrigues (via purplebuddhaquotes)

[ablogaboutgodandlove]

If you’re Christian and mentally ill, please remember that a lot of “positive, uplifting Christian quotes” are oversimplified. 

“If you walk with God, you’ll never be afraid again!”? Oversimplified. 

“Don’t complain you’re depressed when your bible is closed!”? Oversimplified 

The symptoms of your illness don’t mean you fail at being a Christian. They are just that, symptoms. Being depressed or being anixious don’t make you a bad Christian, the same way a runny nose or a belly ache don’t make you a bad Christian.

[god-cares]

“MOTHER TERESA’S HUMILITY LIST 1. Speak as little as possible about yourself. 2. Keep busy with your own affairs and not those of others. 3. Avoid curiosity. 4. Do not interfere in the affairs of others. 5. Accept small irritations with good humor. 6. Do not dwell on the faults of others. 7. Accept censures even if unmerited. 8. Give in to the will of others. 9. Accept insults and injuries. 10. Accept contempt, being forgotten and disregarded. 11. Be courteous and delicate even when provoked by someone. 12. Do not seek to be admired and loved. 13. Do not protect yourself behind your own dignity. 14. Give in, in discussions, even when you are right. 15. Choose always the more difficult task.”

— (via doctorbriankiczek)

[astrophagia]

tearing bread apart and handing it to someone else is so… spiritual and intimate

[shadovvlurking]

lets give this bread

[margbarcis]

jesus of nazareth made this post

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It still makes me laugh that God uses tumblr of all things to talk to me sometimes.

Tumblr. Literal tumblr.

If that doesn’t prove God will reach out to us, I don’t know what will.

[theviewfromthebirdsnest-deactiv]

Crazy to me that God has used Tumblr to surround me with a community of  faithful Christians who challenge me to grow in my relationship with Him and become more secure in my beliefs. At school and the few other places I spend a lot of time, I have barely anyone in my circle who genuinely loves and wants to actively pursue God around me. I’m so thankful that (as weird and unlikely a place as it may be) God has used Tumblr to help me grow more confident in my faith and become rooted in a community of other steadfast believers who also want to grow!

[catherine-siena-dr-of-the-church]

It amazes me that Tumblr has produced people that I want to be like - Catholics and Christians who have warm hearts and sincere belief, who make me want to be a better person for them and for God.

[saintcolumbiformes]

It amazes me that I wouldn’t have seriously thought about becoming catholic without tumblr

[feenyxblue]

We found God in a hopeless place.

[oswald-the-squirrel]

its crazy that I have met some friends that I am super closed to and who I love and who love Jesus through tumblr

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[i-rogue]

Piping hot

[rook-the-catechumen]

Not the equality we asked for but it’s the one we got I guess

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[restbeyondtheriver]

Jesus felt weak & tired, He got frustrated, He wept aloud, He grieved, He sweat blood from great stress & anxiety, He felt physical pain. This is who you’re praying to. The One who knows.

[hockeyis4thegays]

this is huge news

[mysticismmess]

Almighty God,

We pray for those afflicted by chronic physical and mental illness. Give them peace and the strength to persevere. Grant them relief from the struggle.

Lord in your mercy,

Hear our prayer

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