#catholic growth

[vintagemadmoiselle]

this year is going to be such a God led year, I can feel it. only 5 days into the new year and I already cried, but I made the conscious decision to go straight into prayer and ask God for the strength and a way out of my situation. after a talk with a mom, I also got the motivation to keep my faith. I'm not playing this year when it comes to my relationship with God, cause I know He doesn't play about me. God and I are so locked in.

#christianity #jesus #god #jesus christ #faith in jesus #jesuslovesyou #faith #christian faith #catholic #soft life #soft moodboard #black femininity #black girl luxury #femininty #growth #soft black women #high maintenance #feminine energy

[rhyme-thinks-stuff]

You know, when I was playing through the first Hades game I was still mid religion-crisis and queerness-realization, and I'm just thinking about how nice it is going to be to Not worry about that while playing Hades II

I don't have to worry about whether it's more religiously correct to romance a guy as a guy character, or a gal as a gal player!

I can just enjoy playing the game and get flustered about pretty women and draw yuri of the characters without a care in the world! it'll be great :D

#rhyme rambles #hades game #hades supergiant #internalized homophobia #<for filtering hopefully #hades 2 #it's nice to be reminded of my character growth in little ways like this #ill also quite probably get flustered by a pretty man #that's a bit less common for me but Thanatos is one of the reasons I know I'm attracted to men at all so #edit: forgot to mention: im aethiest/agnostic now- raised catholic

[myremnantarmy]

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘏𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.

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

[thesongthesoulsings]

#commonplace journal #book of mottoes #Charlotte Mason #venerable fulton sheen #wisdom #knowledge #catholic #society #womanhood #christianity #Conserative #tradition #family #tradwife #sainthood #beauty #art #femininity #growth #truth #justice #virtue #goodness #journaling #quotes #writing #notebook #reading

[lessislost]

Everything is going well and my future is actually looking bright but I sit and I feel so wrong. Nausea and anxiety and a weird ache in my bones telling me to ruin it. So every now and then I need to remind myself that I want this so I deserve it. My sins are real but it's time to move on. For once I can be happy and I’m not letting myself, or anyone, hold me back. God. It's terrifying. But it’s time to flourish.

#self love #self care #personal #poetry #catholic maybe? sometimes I just want to say that I'm religious because it seems right other times it seems horribly wrong. #trauma #growth #healing #mental health

[sigmadecay]

Throwback to when my mom & aunt visited me in October & for some reason I used the word “cis” in a sentence, & my aunt went “what the fuck does that mean” & my mom just goes “oh I know!!! I read about it 😏” like honestly 10 million ally points to her. PFLAG whom

#my mom is a middle aged Catholic. this is growth 🌱 #kenny.txt

[jaspersreprise]

My own connection with Paganism

Hello! Today, this posts particular penchant will be relating to my experiences and connection with a spirituality called Paganism, which is something you must’ve already heard before :) 

Before I continue on with it, I’ll define what Paganism is and how it impacts peoples lives for those who don’t know.

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Paganism is a collective term for a wide range of ancient and modern religious systems, many of which focus on worshiping or honoring nature, ancestors, gods, spirits, or other divine, supernatural, or mystical beings. The term 'Paganism' comes from the Latin word 'paganus', which means 'rural' or 'country'. In the past, paganism has often been used as a pejorative term to describe the religions of non-Christians, and was often associated with superstitious or 'barbaric' practices.

Paganism is often marked by a strong connection to the natural world, and many pagans believe in a deep interconnection between all beings and the surrounding environment. While different religions or sects within Paganism have different beliefs and practices, many pagans are concerned with a connection to the cycles of nature, and may celebrate the equinoxes and solstices as times of regeneration and renewal.

Paganism often includes worship or reverence of specific gods or spirits, and many pagans practice polytheism, believing in multiple deities. The exact nature of these gods may vary widely depending on the particular pagan tradition or group, and may include gods and spirits from many different cultures and mythologies.

Many pagans also practice witchcraft, which is a form of magic involving rituals and spells, and which may be used for both good and for ill. Pagans also often engage in meditation, prayer, and other spiritual practices, which they use to connect with the divine, to seek guidance, or to seek wisdom.

Paganism can also have a significant impact on the lives of individual practitioners, and many pagans find that their religious beliefs shape their sense of personal identity, their values, and their daily choices. Many pagans believe in the concept of karma, and may engage in acts of charity or service to others as a way of promoting spiritual growth and personal development. Others find that their spiritual practices help them deal with stress, anxiety, and other challenges in their daily life.

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Now that the explanation has come to conclusion, I will be discussing how I am drawn to Paganism and how it aligns to my own spiritual beliefs and values. But first, I want to essentially say this:

I believe we live in a world of indefinite possibilities, where everything is an enigma and we are all unique in our search for individuality. To me, mere labels do not contribute and define what or who we are as a whole person. They are just a way for us to make sense of the true meaning of life. At a young age, I look upon my journey as a perpetual student in life, and the people that I have met along the way, including my friends, who have a profound effect in shaping my views and thoughts. I would like to thank them for also being the reason why my mind had came this way 🤍

I’ll be moving forward now

From the age of 9, or maybe even younger(?), I have started questioning my own identity and grew even more intrigued and curious with discovering who I am as a person. With this yearning to know for more, I subsequently found new interests for myself and had opened my eyes to more knowledge. I wanted to learn more about the things I was passionate about, and so I did!

I am quite younger than you think, so I’m not surprised if I inadvertently implied and distributed subtle hints for you to discover my age. 

At the age of 10, that was when I’ve actually delved in more deeply to understand myself. That was when I’ve exposed myself to more new-found interests, such as behaviours and cognitive functions, psychology, superstitions and omens, spirituality, pseudoscience, angelic numerology, extraterrestrials, yadda yadda, there are much more to name :o) And that was all because of one particular book that inherently changed my beliefs and views on life. I started being more open-minded and increasingly became more curious to find a value to life. I don’t dismiss my existential thoughts; I try to find more truth to it, now look what happened 😭 My viewpoint is completely different compared to what I’ve had when I was 9, I’m no pessimist though LMFAO. Definitely not

I’ve been a witch since I was 10 years old, but even as a small child, I felt that there was a calling for me and a craving to reach for the divine. At that age, I began my research and study on witchcraft and it had already came clear to me that this was the path I had to take. It took some time for me to voice my own opinions and belief system to a few of my familial relatives, and it didn’t take much for them to process. I influenced them very well. They were superstitious people, which I am referring to my mom, aunt, uncle, sibling (who also partakes in this practice) and cousins. So I can comfortably, yet gradually, open up to them with my thoughts (by thoughts I mean existential thoughts and what interests me, my academic focus and ambitions, and also saying that I’m bisexual and have more of a preference towards women. Not opening up as in bawling my eyes out. To sprinkle a little humour.)

At the earliest times to when I’ve reached the age of 10, I didn’t know what Paganism is after initially studying and researching witchcraft. It took me a little while to find out, but after finding out what it is, I realized that it greatly aligned very well to my own spiritual beliefs, values, and perspective. Before having truly considering myself a Pagan, I needed more confirmation and delved a more deeper study in it’s spirituality.

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I’m not sure whether that was enough information, but I’ll probably update it later on and do a retrospective. I hope you guys had a great day or night. Please look after your welfare, and be hydrated!

Feel free to ask questions.

#paganism #witchcraft #curiosity #understanding yourself #spirituality #spiritual growth #used to be a catholic #religion

[annasunnyg]

Here is some of my witchy/pagan/spiritual things that I can’t show anywhere else. I started around two years ago with a coworker teach me tarot, and it took off from there. Tarot lead me to learning astrology, and energies, and then started adding candles, crystals, and eventually each of my deities started connecting with me. And I have been the most successful in helping myself transform than I ever have, by being kind and patient with myself, replacing habits that make me feel better, and being forgiving of myself when I don’t get everything done that I meant to.

#tarot #pagan #witchcraft #spiritual journey #neurodivergent #growth #crystals #hecate #morrigan #persephone #lilith #ex catholic #happiness #journal

[kittenzeke]

Part of me wants to draw Marchosias. I like the image of him that appeared on my dash last night. It was pretty inspirational.

I used to turn to him for strength, and I do like the way I vibed with myself when I channeled him a long time ago. He did show me some things about myself I actually love.

I just don't know about demons anymore, though. They're not to be trifled with.

I'm gonna pray with saint Rita and see if she approves of me drawing a tribute. Love is more powerful and extraordinary and that's what I want to focus on cultivating more of in my life.

That being said, demons look cool in my style but maybe I can find something else to depict if Rita doesn't want me messing with Marchosias anymore. We will see.

#journal #personal #grey witch #magick #folk catholic #demonaltry #self love #growth

[catholicsaintquotes33ad]

#Saint Padre Pio #St Padre Pio #Padre Pio #Catholic Saint Quotes #Catholic Saints #Catholic #Trad Catholic #traditional catholic #TradCath #Christian Quotes #Acts of faith #acts of service #prayer #pray #praying #clouds #quotes about growth #quotes about life #effort #motivational quotes #peace #perserverance #Jesus Christ #God #love #christianity

[moonlatias]

When I was a wee teenager, I was totally into vampires. (Not Twilight, or Anne Rice… more like Castlevania and Hellsing.) So naturally I began writing my own vampire/monster-themed story with many colorful characters in a party together. The main characters were a vampire and a gal who hunted such creatures, who of course fall in love.

The entirety of the worldbuilding reflected a lot of my Catholic beliefs and exploring them in a fictional setting, such as my take on many mythical and supernatural elements, how God, angels, and demons fit into my belief system, and what the nature of good and evil was (and how one can be damned just for existing in a way they never chose).

Eventually my interests drifted to other things, and I haven’t worked with the setting in about 10 years or so.

But I always like to look back at the characters that mean so much to me, so in the last few months I thought about them again, laughed a little at how much I’ve changed religiously/spiritually, and idly I wondered, “Hm, what if I wanted to work with this setting again? How could I adapt it, in light of me not being Catholic anymore, and instead rather pagan/Luciferian?”

Let me tell you… my characters honestly like it. A lot.

Main vampire guy has now totally discarded his Catholic background (since it quite literally let him down and he was super tired of trying to have faith anymore) and embraced demonolatry (of a sort), and the main gal has gravitated to a mix of her Japanese mother’s Shinto background and her European father’s folk witch/pagan practices (in replacement of his Catholic background). The story would ultimately have to work around a totally different worldview of what demons and angels actually are, but now I have a fun creative project to mess with. Plus my characters are back in my headspace and I’m happy to have them again.

Are there other stories where the vampires and hunters are pagan? Cause this is kinda fun. :)

#ex catholic #ex christian #personal #writing #I love that their character growth mirrors my own #now I have to think about new designs #which is intimidating cause I haven’t drawn in a long time either #the things I do for love

[appleciders]

i’m gonna be trying to cut down my screentime for the next six weeks so if there’s something cool - fic, art, a funny post - that you see and think i’d like, even if we don’t talk (or even have never talked!), i’d love if you wanted to tag me/dm me/drop me a link to it!! open invitation, it would really make my day

#i’m truly not catholic at all except. for lent somehow #it’s just a tradition that has brought me a lot of growth and peace the way i practice it now #where the church isn’t involved at all lol #so i keep doing it! and this year i’m doing a few things to be more present in my life in the way i would like to be #and less screentime is one of them #but there is SO MUCH beautiful art and fic going around that i would still love to be able to appreciate it!! #so yeah pls hmu if u feel like it id love it

[haleviyah]

may i ask what your religious beliefs are? sorry, tryna get my bearings. if you don’t want to answer it’s okay

Personally, I do not have any religious beliefs.

To provide some background, I was born and raised Roman Catholic (Latin American Branch), however I converted to Baptist Christianity (or Southern Baptist to some) in my tweens. So I am very familiar with communion, confirmation, baptism and the unnecessary feud between Protestants and Catholics. Yes, I know almost every Easter and Christmas film they feature each year on television. Yes, I can name the Saints and Angels off the bat. I know of the modern approaches of evangelism such as “Heaven is For Real”, The Kendrick Bros and Kirk “The Gabber” Cameron.

However, after learning of Jewish culture divorced from the church I just fell away and to say it was an ugly breakup would be an understatement.

I don’t view things as “if I do this then I’ll receive that” or “works make freedom” mentality. I don’t look to G-d for hand outs or moral brownie points, he’s more than that. If someone loves then they have a need to be loved, right? I simply honour the nature of Love (G-d’s personality) to express itself wether I like it or not. Heck, I’m not afraid to rebuke him if necessary.

I do also believe in Messiah (the unction of salvation) but I don’t see it as a cult of personality. To me it’s rather an essence of the Creator living in you, rather than a single man carrying a million people on his shoulders out of obligation/entitlement.

I will clarify I have not lost respect nor lost admiration for the Rebbe of Nazareth; we may butt heads on one thing or another, but there is nothing malicious in my heart towards him. So don’t assume that I or any Jew in existence hate him. Far from it! We all collectively agree to allow the man to rest his case and rest in peace knowing his faith in others to understand the Jewish mind and heart will come to pass.

Now, I’m not trying to advertise Judaism as something other than a culture. If you do plan on studying it you need to be willing to sacrifice your doctrines on the altar, be prepared for the tables to be flipped around in your face and everything being multiple-dimensions.

#qna #author's blog #rose of sharon #rose of sharon comic #religion #Christian #Catholic #Judaism #personal growth

[hirundo-demersalis]

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day! My hair got longer, but I'm still gay as ever.

They/She

#really proud of my hair growth too #long haired butches represent!! #file photo #lesbian visibility day #lesbian #dyke #butch #gnc #nonbinary #queer catholic

[patron-saint-of-lesbeans]

when has the Christian religion ever not been corrupt. Show me one Christian community that isn't racist or sexist or homophobic or xenophobic or covering up abuse or severely neglecting the poor or misogynistic.

and if you say "we all fall short of God's glory" it isn't hard to not be an abuser of people in those ways. like that's the lowest possible standard of human is to not be bigoted.

Let’s break this down a bit - I’m answering this as being asked in good faith.

“When has Christian religion ever not been corrupt? Show me one Christian community that isn’t racist or sexist or homophobic or xenophobic or covering up abuse or severely neglecting the poor or misogynistic”

You are asserting that Christian religion has always been corrupt by that first statement but fail to provide evidence how, at its inception, a faith built around Christ and his teachings of love for one’s neighbor and divine goodness, Christianity is corrupt.

Are the Coptic Christians of Ethiopia who did not partake in the Crusades for respect and love of their Muslim neighbors (among other complex socioeconomic reasons) equal to modern Alt-Right RadTrads who call for another Crusade? Are the priests who died administering last rites and tending to bubonic plague victims undifferentiated from those overseeing the abuse and genocide of indigenous peoples during Spainish colonization? Are the nuns who live and work among the homeless and petition for housing and food and social change as detestable as the bishops and archbishops who demanded indulgences of peasants for forgiveness of sins?

Every faith of humans has individuals who do good, and those who do wrong. There have been many, many wrongs, small and great, committed in the name of Christ; but to dismiss the many, many good deeds, small and great, done in the same name is willful ignorance.

I did not in my post say “we all fall short of God’s glory,” but you are correct to assume that such a sentiment is a slippery slope to “all abuses and wrongdoings are expected and therefore tolerated.” It is true that, as humans with free will, we are liable to sin. Part of the act of contrition is “I firmly intend, with the help of your Son, to make up for my sins and to love as I should.” Christianity, in Catholic dogma, calls all people to reflect on their actions and to make a conscious effort to do penance for sins and to avoid committing sins in the future. But Christianity does not call one to simply be “the lowest possible standard” either - we are all called to be Saints devoted to serving God through our work - service to the poor, company to the imprisoned, and aid to the immigrant are common dedications in religious orders.

Now that I’ve answered your ask in good faith, I’m going to be honest and say I don’t actually think you sent this in good faith. I’m assuming you have had personal or cultural negative/traumatic experiences with Christianity. Your feelings regarding this faith are valid, and I’m not answering this ask to convince you of it’s merit or convert you to its cause. I only ask that you reflect on your sweeping generalizations of a religion that spans thousands of years and across continents, practiced by millions of people as an important part of their life and identity.

#catholic #tower of babble #answered ask #anon #anonymous #‘the lowest possible human standard is to not be a bigot’ I know that but you speak as though you have never once held a bigoted opinion. #all humans are influenced by their society and culture which have inherent bigotry and bias that must be unlearned and learned from #and as such that recognition of and growth from biases must be applied to religious institutions built by humans of biased cultures #which is unfortunately a slow and arduous process but one that must be seen through to its conclusion for any real change to occur. #just as in secular organizations and governments. anything built by humans is fallible and is therefore capable of growing and changing #to do better and be better. #may God bless you with peace and purpose in this life sweet anon #also I’m answering this at 5 AM there’s probably mistakes and errors galore o7 good try morning me go back to bed

[ghostlywavelengths]

My dad, 4 years ago when I got diagnosed: you do not have autism man. You act just like me.

My dad, yesterday, in reference to his autism: yeah back in my day they just beat it out of me. And me and half my friends were prescribed speed at like 7 to mellow us out, so, yeah…

#for context my dad is a boomer who went to catholic school #king literally has been locked in a closet for ‘acting up’ by the nuns #and finally realized this year that those were what you call. autism meltdowns #personal growth #generational trauma #autism #generational autism trauma #shut the fuck up kay #fast times at fuckup university