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“I pray in words. I pray in poems. I want to learn to pray through breathing, through dreams and sleeplessness, through love and renunciation.”

— Anna Kamienska, from In That Great River: A Notebook (tr. Clare Cavanagh)

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St. Josephine Bakhita, pray for us!

"Seeing the sun, the moon and the stars, I said to myself, 'Who could be the Master of these beautiful things?' I felt a great desire to see him, to know him and to pay him homage."

-St. Josephine Bakhita

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Please pray for a young woman considering aborting her child for the benefit of her and her husband's careers.

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How gentle and loving is Your awakening, O Bridegroom Word, in the center and depth of my soul… Awaken and enlighten me, my Lord, so I might know and love the blessings You ever propose to me, and I might understand that You have moved to bestow favors on me and have remembered me.

St. John of the Cross, Living Flame

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one thing about biblical womanhood posts that I’ve noticed is that when it’s talked about, they still strive to emphasize the aspects that were remarkable situations— they leave a faint taste of feminism in my mouth because they focus on Deborah, the woman raised up to lead because the men wouldn’t; they focus on Jael, the woman who kills a man with a tent spike; a woman dropping a stone, Rahab smuggling Israelites and defying authorities—

And all of these are raised up and praised as the Biblical woman with just a hint of look!! We’re strong!! We’re in the thick of it!! We’re not submissive doormats!!

In one sense, this is true. These are great, godly women. They are our examples.

But in all our striving to remind people of biblical women’s strength, we cannot forget who else are our examples.

We cannot forget Ruth. Ruth who humbled herself and remains loyal with Naomi, submitting herself to God and trusting in His provision. Ruth who lays herself at Boaz’s feet and who sacrifices possibly being a widow soon again for the sake of Naomi’s care and God’s provision.

Martha— one who serves and who desires to serve

Mary— one who sits at Christ’s feet to learn and desires to hear the words of her Lord

Lydia— who insisted on hosting and serving the Lord’s messengers; who would be possibly sacrificing her wealth being a part of the church in Philippi and serving the church

Mary— Jesus’ mother who submitted herself to God’s will, submitted herself to the scorn of her peers, who trusted the Lord to fulfill His promises and whose soul was pierced with a sword

The strength of godly wives who submit though their flesh and curse is contrary— the strength of women who order their homes, are humble, are helpers, are mothers, are servers, are menders, are teachers, are caregivers, are sellers and makers, are students of our Lord.

Don’t confuse gentleness for weakness; nor tenderness for a lack of strength.

Women are strong.

And it’s not because of tent spikes.

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It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel, "He cares for me." Christian, do not dishonor religion by always wearing a brow of care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord. You are staggering beneath a weight that your Father would not feel. What seems to you a crushing burden would be to Him but as the small dust of the balance. Nothing is so sweet as to

Lie passive in God's hands,

And know no will but His.

O child of suffering, be patient; God has not passed you over in His providence. He who is the feeder of sparrows will also furnish you with what you need. Do not sit in despair; hope on, hope ever. Take up the arms of faith against a sea of trouble, and your opposition shall yet end your distresses. There is One who cares for you. His eye is fixed on you, His heart beats with pity for your woe, and His omnipotent hand shall bring you the needed help. The darkest cloud shall scatter itself in showers of mercy. The blackest gloom shall give place to the morning. He, if you are one of His family, will bind up your wounds and heal your broken heart. Do not doubt His grace because of your tribulation, but believe that He loves you as much in seasons of trouble as in times of happiness. What a serene and quiet life might you lead if you would leave providing to the God of providence!

With a little oil in the cruse and a handful of meal in the barrel, Elijah outlived the famine, and you will do the same. If God cares for you, why do you need to care too? Can you trust Him for your soul and not for your body? He has never refused to bear your burdens; He has never fainted under their weight. Come, then, soul! Say good-bye to anxiety and leave all your concerns in the hand of a gracious God.

~Spurgeon

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“So God throws open the door of this world—and enters as a baby. As the most vulnerable imaginable. Because He wants unimaginable intimacy with you. What religion ever had a god that wanted such intimacy with us that He came with such vulnerability to us? What God ever came so tender we could touch Him? So fragile that we could break Him? So vulnerable that His bare, beating heart could be hurt? Only the One who loves you to death.”

— Ann Voskamp

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Isaiah 45:8 ESV

“Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the Lord have created it.

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"The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace."

Exodus 14:14 NKJV

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Tapestry Restoration, Vatican City c.1985.

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One of the things people get wrong about Hell in Catholic Theology is that they seem to think that it acts as a prison. There's this idea that the people who are in Hell are tormented with regret; that part of the punishment is their wish that they had been good instead of wicked. But this way of thinking shows a serious misunderstanding of how Hell and Damnation work.

Remorse is not a sign of damnation; but hope. A person who feels guilt and sorrow over their sins is one who can be saved. God is willing to forgive any sin. Murder. Rape. Genocide. Slander. Blasphemy. Torture. Even the absolute scum of the Earth have a place waiting for them in Heaven. Even the worst sinners can walk and live with God in love with Him. The seriousness of sin is not what threatens to seperate people from God, it is Pride. The refusal to accept His gift of Love and Salvation and be transformed by it.

The people who are ultimately damned are the ones who choose not to walk with God. It is full of those too proud to admit that they had done wrong, those too proud to even feel guilt or remorse over their actions, and those whose egos are too bruised to consider reconciling with God. Hell is a miserable place full of miserable people, who themselves are miserable to be around. But it's all self-inflicted.

Hell is not a prison. It is self-exile.

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“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”-Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭32‬ ‭

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"I believe like a child that suffering will be healed and made up for, that all the humiliating absurdity of human contradictions will vanish like a pitiful mirage, like the despicable fabrication of the impotent and infinitely small Euclidean mind of man, that in the world's finale, at the moment of eternal harmony, something so precious will come to pass that it will suffice for all hearts, for the comforting of all resentments, for the atonement of all the crimes of humanity, for all the blood that they've shed; that it will make it not only possible to forgive but to justify all that has happened.

-The Brother Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses

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Mercy wouldn’t exist if God had no problem with you.

And Grace wouldn’t exist if you could cover this problem by yourself.

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