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You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.
~ St Teresa of Avila
~ St Teresa of Avila
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Today at Mass the we received the First Priestly Blessing of a new priest! I was moved to near tears - then at coffee after Mass, someone shared something w/ me that made me cry. Pass the kleenex and pray for the clergy.
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Pls pray for this entire family.
Jesus, Mercy. 🙏
Jesus, Mercy. 🙏
I lost my brother-in-law to suicide today.
My sister asked me to pick up her two boys from school because she was too wrecked to drive. I knew they’d wonder why I was picking them up in the middle of the school day, and I had a 30-minute drive home to get through with them.
On my way there, I prayed hard for the strength to keep it together and for the right words if they started asking questions.
I stopped at the middle school for the youngest before heading to the high school for his older brother. When he climbed into the front seat of my car, he pulled out his phone and read a text from his dad out loud. His dad had told him that he was sorry for the mistakes he’d made and to remember how much he loved him.
My little nephew had no idea he was reading his dad’s final goodbye, but I did.
It took everything in me to hold it together right then. I knew what I was taking him home to and what my sister was about to have to tell him and his brother.
I sat next to them on the couch when she told them the news. The grief that followed felt like watching a heavy bone china bowl fall in slow motion and shatter into a million pieces in the middle of the room. There was no fixing it. I wanted so badly to say something that would make it hurt a little less. All I could do was sit there with them.
It was a gut-wrenching day.
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cherie retweeted
Come stop your crying, it’ll be alright (Rev 21:4)
Just take my hand, hold it tight (Is 41:13)
I will protect you from all around you (Ps 121:7-8)
I will be here, don’t you cry (Is 41:10)
For one so small, you seem so strong (Is 60:22)
My arms will hold you, keep you safe This bond between us, can’t be broken (Romans 8:39)
I will be here, don’t you cry (Zeph 3:17)
‘Cause you’ll be in my heart (Ps 103:11-13)
Yes, you’ll be in my heart
Just take my hand, hold it tight (Is 41:13)
I will protect you from all around you (Ps 121:7-8)
I will be here, don’t you cry (Is 41:10)
For one so small, you seem so strong (Is 60:22)
My arms will hold you, keep you safe This bond between us, can’t be broken (Romans 8:39)
I will be here, don’t you cry (Zeph 3:17)
‘Cause you’ll be in my heart (Ps 103:11-13)
Yes, you’ll be in my heart
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"The Messiah could have come to earth as Adam did, in the fullness of His strength and beauty. Instead, He chose to be born of a virgin."
Mother of Mercy, ora pro nobis
Mother of Mercy, ora pro nobis
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cherie retweeted
As a member of the Catholic Church in Germany, I pay €2,000 every year in church taxes alone.
At every Mass I attend, I make an additional donation. I also regularly contribute to charitable causes, like:
1. Improving the lives of our church members
2. Supporting Catholics around the world
3. Caring for the elderly and those in need
I make these contributions because I believe in the values of our faith.
And how do you spend my hard-earned money? By funding NGOs to bring Muslims into our lands, while ignoring the needs of our people.
Our elderly are robbed, our women are raped, our men are killed, and our families live in fear.
What about our poor? Our widows? Our orphans? What about the elderly who have spent their entire lives serving the Church?
Why are they being forgotten?
Enough is enough.
At every Mass I attend, I make an additional donation. I also regularly contribute to charitable causes, like:
1. Improving the lives of our church members
2. Supporting Catholics around the world
3. Caring for the elderly and those in need
I make these contributions because I believe in the values of our faith.
And how do you spend my hard-earned money? By funding NGOs to bring Muslims into our lands, while ignoring the needs of our people.
Our elderly are robbed, our women are raped, our men are killed, and our families live in fear.
What about our poor? Our widows? Our orphans? What about the elderly who have spent their entire lives serving the Church?
Why are they being forgotten?
Enough is enough.
Let us #PrayTogether for the proper use of wealth, that not succumbing to the temptation of selfishness,
it may always be put at the service the common good and solidarity of those who have less. Be a part of this prayer: popesprayer.va/praywiththepop… #PrayerIntention @clicktopray_en
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Harper Dei is a good follow on Spotify, if you're not already
Beautiful version of the Dies Irae, the 13th century Catholic funeral hymn which was sung or said at every Requiem mass up until the time of the Second Vatican Council.
Although many modern people may immediately recoil at and reject its words and imagery as disturbing, the es of hope for God's mercy on the departed souls.
This version is performed by the folk group "Harpa Dei"
Below is an English translation of the Latin lyrics:
Day of wrath and doom impending,
David’s word with Sibyl’s blending!
Heaven and earth in ashes ending!
O what fear man’s bosom rendeth
When from heaven the Judge descendeth,
On whose sentence all dependeth!
Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth,
Through earth’s sepulchers it ringeth,
All before the throne it bringeth.
Death is struck, and nature quaking,
All creation is awaking,
To its judge an answer making.
Lo! the book exactly worded,
Wherein all hath been recorded;
Thence shall judgment be awarded.
When the Judge His seat attaineth,
And each hidden deed arraigneth,
Nothing unavenged remaineth.
What shall I, frail man, be pleading?
Who for me be interceding,
When the just are mercy needing?
King of majesty tremendous,
Who dost free salvation send us,
Fount of pity, then befriend us!
Think, kind Jesu, my salvation
Caused Thy wondrous Incarnation;
Leave me not to reprobation.
Faint and weary Thou hast sought me,
On the Cross of suffering bought me;
Shall such grace be vainly brought me?
Righteous Judge! for sin’s pollution
Grant Thy gift of absolution,
Ere that day of retribution.
Guilty, now I pour my moaning,
All my shame with anguish owning;
Spare, O God, Thy suppliant groaning!
Through the sinful woman shriven,
Through the dying thief forgiven,
Thou to me a hope hast given.
Worthless are my prayers and sighing,
Yet, good Lord, in grace complying,
Rescue me from fires undying.
With Thy favored sheep O place me,
Nor among the goats abase me,
But to Thy right hand upraise me.
While the wicked are confounded,
Doomed to flames of woe unbounded,
Call me with Thy Saints surrounded.
Low I kneel, with heart submission,
Crushed to ashes in contrition;
Help me in my last condition!
Ah! that day of tears and morning!
From the dust of earth returning,
Man for judgment must prepare him;
Spare, O God, in mercy spare him!
Lord all-pitying, Jesu Blest,
Grant them Thine eternal rest. Amen.
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Today I took your intentions to the cemetery where my brother is buried, and prayed for your departed loved ones and benefactors. O grave, where is your victory?
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All Hallows Eve started with kids going around asking neighbors for names of the dead in order to pray for them, and would get a cookie or sweet in exchange. These two would get the whole bowl and some cash if they came to our house 😅
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cherie retweeted
You cannot forecast your entire life from where you stand today, the intangible things mean all possibilities remain open. Everything can change. just keep going
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The solution to this is to reseed your lawn with clover. And overwater it a little bit.
The Vatican’s liturgy office has published details of a meeting in which it described the wearing of chapel veils and receiving Communion kneeling as a source of “division and confusion”.
✍️ Michael Haynes
thecatholicherald.com/article/vatica…
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The Book of Eli. underappreciated imo
Can someone recommend a movie that will absolutely destroy you in the most beautiful way?
Something deeply human that makes you feel connected to the characters, leaves you staring at the credits in silence, and stays in your head for days. Not necessarily sad, just something that makes you feel EVERYTHING.
A film about life, love, loss, loneliness, or the beautiful mess of being human. Something that leaves a little hole in your heart when it’s over.
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Please look at these original oils I found. Ten bucks for the set! I love thrifting, tho I probably wont keep them. Idk maybe I can work kittens into my collection 😂
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cherie retweeted
For anybody that sees this post; I'm desperate. I have a friend that has stage 4 metastatic melanoma that has spread to her brain. I know this is a long shot, but please pray for her. Insurance has just denied her to continue immunotherapy. Her name is Diane. Thank you so much in advance.
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