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littleflowerfaith · 2 years

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“Place thy entire confidence in God in the midst of the trials which He may be pleased to send thee. Be good, mild, humble, benevolent and patient with everyone; although some may cause thee trouble, look upon them as instruments for thy greater merit.”

The Divine Life of the Most Holy Virgin

Venerable Mary of Agreda

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godslove · 3 months

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²⁹ Then Jesus touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”

—Matthew 9:29, Jesus Heals Two Blind Men

#bible verse #Matthew #Jesus Christ #bible scripture #scripture #verse of the day #faith #christian #christianity #catholic #roman catholic #bible study #bible quote #life quotes #quotes #wisdom #miracles

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incomingalbatross · 9 months

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Literature connected to Whitby:

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Marmion by Sir Walter Scott (sort of—he took the abbey's name and its founder's and transferred them to Lindisfarne)

The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by the Venerable Bede (the Synod of Whitby is the climax of the history's third volume)

Caedmon's Hymn (probably the oldest surviving English poem, composed at Whitby)

#i have not read bede but i read a LITTLE bit of bede on my english trip for one the lectures #and it was about how the synod of whitby brought the british church calendar into union with rome's #dracula #(glancingly)#catholic #(implicitly)#also if anyone out there wants to assign mina harker a patron saint i'd like to nominate st. hilda who founded the whitby abbey #princess and abbess and renowned for her wisdom apparently--seems like a solid choice!

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tinyshe · 19 days

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#catholic #holy spirit #7 gifts #seven gifts #seven gifts of the holy spirit #wisdom #knowledge #fortitude #piety #understanding #gift of council #fear of GOD

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thesongthesoulsings · 3 months

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myremnantarmy · 6 months

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…And passing into holy souls from age to age, she produces friends of God and prophets.

#jesus #catholic #my remnant army #jesus christ #virgin mary #faithoverfear #saints #jesusisgod #endtimes #artwork #Jesus is coming #word of God #book of wisdom #come holy spirit

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catholic-saint-tournament · 11 months

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To read all the wisdom books click here

#job #psalms #proverbs #ecclesiastes #song of songs #wisdom #sirach #catholic #bible #christian #christianity #holy bible #catholicism #polls #theology

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theoneobserving · 1 year

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The priest at church today said wisdom isn’t about what you know but about what you don’t know and still trusting in God and saying yes to him

Lord, please help us all be wise

#Catholic #Christian #wisdom #yes #trust

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motherhenna · 7 months

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am I the only one who's starting to feel like self care culture and therapist speak has lowkey done some serious damage to a lot of mentally ill young people over the last 8 or so years? It's literally the perfect vehicle for justifying insanely unhealthy coping mechanisms and addictions but I haven't heard anybody talking about it on here. Instead, I keep seeing posts that are like "be gentle with yourself: go at whatever pace is comfortable for you" and "it's okay to say no to things you don't want to do" but like...what if that thing you don't want to do is taking a shower or leaving the house or cooking your own meal at home? What if moving at a pace that is "comfortable" for you means you still haven't stopped smoking for the last decade because nicotine withdrawal and anxiety are not "comfortable"? And hey--at least you're only smoking ONE pack a day instead of two now, so that's almost as good as quitting entirely!

I'm saying all this as someone who is only just now coming out the other side and realizing how much of my late teens and twenties I've wasted because of my lack of accountability and aversion to the hard work that's necessary for recovery from addiction, eating disorders, and depression...and the whole time, I thought I was just practicing self care. But a lot of us should probably take a closer look at our behavior and ask ourselves, "is this really self care? Or is this just complacency, fear of failure, and denial?"

There's a word in addiction treatment that's used to describe family members, friends, or partners who give into their deeply disordered loved one's every demand--even when they know it's hurting them: enablers. I've seen a documentary of a 700 lb immobile man who was still managing to pile on weight because his wife went out every day and brought him every kind of junk food he asked for, all while claiming to love him more than anything else. But genuine, healthy love isn't watching your partner literally waste away before your eyes because you'd rather make him happy in the short-term: it's being fucking honest, and helping them get the assistance they need to get better even if you have to drag them kicking and screaming into rehab. And I'm of the belief that a lot of you out there end up confusing self-love / self-acceptance with self-enabling. One is easy while the other requires you to wake up and do the work every single day, even when it's ugly and messy and painful.

And listen--if your therapist has given you the full go-ahead to take the whole "gentle" route, or it's clearly working out really well for you, then by all means: keep at it. But more often than not, I think we need to stop wrapping ourselves in cotton. The way we treat ourselves should be how we'd ideally parent a child: obviously the overly harsh, critical, strict route rife with threats and punishment is a recipe for disaster, but the other extreme can be extremely damaging too. An overly compliant, indulgent parent who gives into their kid's every whim is likely going to produce selfish, entitled brats who have no concept that their actions have consequences. Neither approach is going to do their children many favors in the long run.

While I'm not fond of the boomer bootstrapping rhetoric, as I think a lot of it comes from an extremely skewed perspective of reality and the expectation that "if I can do it, everybody else should be able to do it just as easily", I also can no longer stand by the victimhood mentality so many fellow young millennials / gen z'ers seem to be living by. Because I spent the last ten years wallowing in it and all it gave me was lowered standards, a million excuses, self pity, and obesity. And it fucking sucks to confront the fact that you are ultimately the one who's responsible for your own behavior as an adult: it means you can't just blame it on society or your parents or your illness or whatever 'ism or 'phobia applies. Are all those things contributing factors that should be taken into account? Absolutely. Should you compare your progress to more privileged people's and feel shame that it's taking longer? No. But that doesn't mean you have no control of your life and choices--that you're powerless to do anything but wait for someone else to save you. Unless you're literally being held hostage at gunpoint, there are always things you can do to `improve your life and yourself. So next time you want to give up on a dream of yours, or justify not changing out of your pajamas for a fortnight in the name of self care, maybe ask yourself what an enabler would do vs. what a true friend would do

#more rambling #this has just been on my mind a lot lately #as I feel like I've finally woken up from a decade's long nightmare #and maybe I could help somebody else in the same place wake up too #you're so much more resilient than you think you are: you don't need to be handled with child gloves to thrive #not to be catholic but the prayer for serenity is super relevant here #'grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change #the courage to change the things I can #and the wisdom to know the difference.'#personal

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kittenzeke · 2 months

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littleflowerfaith · 1 year

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#James 3 #James 3:18 #traditional catholic #christian blog #mine #catholic #biblical womanhood #catholicism #traditional femininity #bible in a year #bible verse #bible wisdom #christian quotes #inspiring quotes #watercolour study #watercolour painting #landscape painting #christian living #roman catholic

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srdcovka · 2 days

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the way i woke up at 5 thinking oooh maybe i can open quizlet and study, bitch how fucking stupid are u

#god pls grant me strenght and WISDOM for 2 exams im begging u im literally ur bestie #lets hold hands in catholic way and dance around in a cirle u hear me jesus

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momentsbeforemass · 1 year

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Hindsight

I hate hindsight.

I hate that awful clarity that comes from looking back over something. And seeing all that I did to make it harder than it had to be. It’s a rotten feeling.

But it’s also not true. Why do I say that?

Because hindsight is a form of omniscience. Knowing how it all would play out allows us to see where things went wrong, where we made it worse.

That’s helpful information for the future. So, we don’t repeat our mistakes. And that’s about it.

The problem comes when we use the omniscience of hindsight for other purposes. Like beating ourselves up for not getting it right the first time.

Why do that? At the time you were doing it, you didn’t know how it would turn out. You didn’t see the problem that would happen, the one that seems so obvious now – with the omniscience of hindsight.

This is why I say that the rotten feeling that can come with hindsight just isn’t true.

Because at the time you did it, you didn’t know how it would turn out. At the time you made the call, you weren’t who you are now.

It’s kind of unrealistic to expect yourself to have the wisdom of hindsight, without the hindsight. To think that you’re going to get it perfect the first time.

Perfect the first time? Without the wisdom that comes from experience? Good luck with that.

I don’t know where that toxic expectation of perfection comes from. But I do know that it’s not from God. And whoever pushes that garbage is doing the work of the Enemy.

How can I say that? Let’s start with today’s Gospel.

It’s the one where Jesus heals the blind man. And after the first time Jesus lays hands on him, he’s only partially healed. Why?

The blind man isn’t ready to receive the healing Jesus wants to give him. Which is why he doesn’t get it perfect on the first try.

Notice what Jesus in response to the blind man not getting it perfect on the first try.

Jesus doesn’t say, That’s just sad. You know, if you’d believed in Me little more, you could have been fully healed. Next.”

What does Jesus actually do? Jesus doesn’t give up.

Jesus keeps at it. Until the man is able to receive the healing Jesus wants to give him. Until he’s fully healed.

Which tells us what? That God doesn’t expect us to get it perfect the first time. And God’s okay with that.

But there’s more to it. The thing to remember, the thing to hold onto?

God doesn’t give up on us when we don’t get it perfect.

Today’s Readings

#Hindsight #Perfect #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Omniscience #God doesn't give up #Wisdom #Moments Before Mass

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tinyshe · 1 month

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#catholic #holy spirit #holy ghost #7 gifts #Wisdom #Understanding #Counsel #Fortitude #Knowledge #Piety #and Fear of the Lord

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tonysolomon4jc · 1 year

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ome-magical-ramblings · 6 months

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Wisdom, Torah, Tear, Tarot.

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers. Psalm 39:12

and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4 Rabbi Nachman mentioned:

מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לִבְכּוֹת, יִסְתַּכֵּל עַל הָרָקִיעַ, כִּי הוּא גָּרַם בְּכִיָּה לַמַּיִם. A person who cannot bring himself to cry should gaze at the firmament, because it was the firmament that caused the waters to cry [by separating between the lower and upper waters of Creation]. Enough quoting, I hope that this set the tone and that crying or tearing up is very potent. The image of St Peter's tears is something I wanted to start this post. Wondering if one is stone cold or their heart is not moved by scripture, my only recommendation is not to force it, but find it within yourself and ask the angels, the saints, the prophets, and the gods to soften and wash your heart anew.

Start by a small prayer, a little everyday, slowly your heart will open up and the tears would be of joy, out of control, tears will come running down without control. it is a very powerful sign, but a sign nonetheless and as the door of wisdom opens up the eyes water down. Without water we would become hard, dry, and of course we wouldn't have the gladness, if you think about it the same eyes the burst with tears of joy is the same eyes the weeps with tears of sadness. In this sense, this might seems a very rambling post but I hope that with it carries the weight of this practical teaching. I am not telling you to force yourself to weep or cry but to find it in yourself the knack or the switch that would loosen and soften your heart. In the Sepher Shimmush Tehillim there's a mention of a magical usage of one of the psalms 131 to lower your pride. In that way you open up a secret door or an open secret to this profound door. I recommend Likutei Moharan 175:1 if you're interested in reading more about the kabbalistic meaning of it. If you ever wonder and if you ever hold yourself, am I doing this correctly or am I lying to myself? In the end this is one of the signs on the way, you will see tears bursting from your ear when you read scripture and hopefully you will feel the Joy of Wisdom and the holiness of it. somewhat short post today :)

#occult #tarot #tarotblr #wisdom #christianity #catholic #witchblr #ritual #magic #invocation #prayer #angelic #folk magic #angelic magick #saints #magick

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