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[catholicpriestmedia]

"Mary Immaculate, Pray for Us!" #SaintoftheDay #OraProNobis

📷 Immaculate Conception Window / © sedmak / #GettyImages. #Catholic_Priest #CatholicPriestMedia #ImmaculateConception

[sarztomo]

Hi all,

Finally able to share this with you all. Please browse at the link below to view the

JAMES WILBY ARCHIVE IS NOW LIVE!!!!!

www.jameswilbyweb.org

[thedavekim]

His (Jesus’s) mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2:5)

Madonna and Child; Thanks for walking with me this lent. God bless.

[christlivesinme-sanctified]

#pray #seekgodfirst #seekgoddaily #endtimes #rapture #raptureready #watchmen #Jesus #jesusiscoming #salvation #holyspirit #christianlife #christian #christiangirl #spiritualwarfare #humble #immaculateconception https://www.instagram.com/p/CmePmoJLWJu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[elfpuddle]

A personal rambling in place of your Robin River Update...

   This is the last queued post for a little while. I’m having surgery on Tuesday, Dec. 8th, and it may take me a few days to get new posts loaded. If you’ve been skipping everything tagged “nonsims”, this is the spot where you want to stop reading. (I didn’t tag this post because I wanted to make sure you knew why there was a break in the queue.) So, a bit of rambling about what’s wrong and what the surgery’s for. (I’d do this under a cut, but I don’t know how.)

Last April, I strained a back muscle by reading on the floor too long. (I know. That’s both very lame and very #HornedSerpent and #EnglishTeacher of me.) It was bad enough that I had a video conference with a doctor, who recommended a few things like anti-inflammatories and gave me a list of “if this happens, see a doctor in person.” That was on a Wednesday. The next evening, my feet ballooned to a shocking size, and HubbyTMC took me to an Urgent Care on Friday morning. It was so painful to walk that I was crying, nearly screaming, just walking from the car to the front door of the Urgent Care. The doctor there couldn’t find anything wrong outside of the swelling and the sore back, so gave me a steroid shot to reduce the swelling and gave me a list of “if this happens, get to the ER.” By Sunday evening, the swelling was worse. My toes had practically disappeared into the balloons that were my feet. Even lightly touching my feet with the bed sheet had me screaming in pain. I went to the ER early Monday morning. I spent the rest of April and May in and out of my doctor’s office and the ER, and being sent to various specialists for a myriad of tests. When I wasn’t doing that, I was commanded to stay in bed with my feet elevated above my heart. I’ll spare you the long list of tests and pains and whatnots and jump to the exciting conclusion.

It turns out that at least one of my parathyroid glands had just up and decided to kill me. I’m on some pretty high-powered meds now, which is the only reason that I can sit at the computer at all. My feet are still pretty swollen, even though I wear compression socks whenever I’m awake. Hyperparathyroidism is my current nemesis and diagnosis. At least one of the four little parathyroid glands has gone rogue. By which I mean that it’s leeching calcium and other minerals out of my bones *and* causing my body to overproduce calcium and potassium. Instead of leaving it in my bones and filtering out the rest, my body (thank you, parathyroid) is depositing the excess on the tendons and ligaments of my feet, and in a clump in the back of my left breast near the rib cage. There’s so much extra mineral going on in my body that my urine is full of crystals...like bitty shards of kidney stones in every drop. The deposits in my feet are causing gout-like constant pain. The parathyroid is also causing depression, anxiety, forgetfulness, and hair loss. I haven’t been this mentally unstable since my miscarriage. I’ve lost half my hair. I had surgery lined up for the beginning of November, but the surgeon’s office didn’t notice what all meds I’m on, and the surgery had to be rescheduled. It’s now Tuesday the 8th, which happens to be the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God, so I’m hoping that bodes well for her intercession for me. It’s also the anniversary of the Baptism of two of my Godchildren. It’s a good day for Elves. So, Tuesday, my surgeon will do an exploration of my neck, take out one offending parathyroid, test the hormone levels of the other three, and take out any other offenders. I’ll stay in the hospital overnight, and, God Willing, come home on Wednesday with healing already begun. If you’re the praying kind, I’d appreciate whatever prayers you have to offer. If you aren’t, I appreciate whatever kindness you have to offer. Thank you for reading this long post, and for being my friend. God Bless you. Be well until I see you again. St. Blaise, St. Roch, and St. Servatius, pray for us. Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, hold us under your mantle.

[monasticspirit]

It's Our Lady of Amercia! It's one of my favorite devotions to Our Blessed Mama in Christ. She called the United States to Purity and a good Family life. The messages also focused on a devotion to the Holy Family (Earthly Trinity) and a focus on the Trinitarian Indwelling (Since the Holy Spirit cannot be separated from the Father and the Son it goes to show that the whole Trinity has a part in our interior life).  I made this with watercolor, a touch of white/tan acrylics and a lil black pen dab for the pupils. Our Lady of America, pray for us! ^_^

#OurLadyOfAmerica, #BlessedVirginMary, #Mary, #CelestialMama, #HeavenlyMother, #Chrisitan, #Catholic, #Devotion, #PrivateDevotion, #MotherOfGod, #MotherOfTheChurch, #TrinitarianIndwelling, #Purity, #Lillies, #ImmaculateHeart, #ImmaculateConception, #CelestialQueen, #Family, #HolyFamily, #Watercolor, #Acrylic, #Paint, #America, #TrueFreedom

[footloosellama]

Man changing a light bulb at the top of the church.

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Basco, Batanes, Philippines

[radioteopoli]

#Repost @archtoronto Immaculate Mother, we want to thank you for the constant care with which you accompany us on our journey. #immaculateconception https://www.instagram.com/p/B53gNsQlLi8/?igshid=ed36c36w6k3c