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Saint Joseph, Terror of Demons

Feast day: March 19

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Patronage: The Catholic Church, unborn children, fathers, purity, immigrants, workers, against doubt and hesitation, and of a happy death

Saint Joseph is invoked by many titles including Terror of Demons. Venerable Mary of Agreda writes in Mystical City of God that when we call on the powerful and holy name of St. Joseph it terrorizes the demons, “The intercession of St. Joseph is most powerful, filling the demons with terror at the mere mention of his name by his clients."

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

#SaintJoseph #patronsaint #CatholicSaint #CatholicFaith #CatholicChurch #terrorofdemons

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mireoceu · 7 months

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"Virgem das dores, tua dor é nossa luz.

Suporta as dores que humanidade te impôs"

#nossa senhora #nossa senhora das dores #our lady #catholicchurch #igrejacatólica #arte católica #catholic art #fe #devoção

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lily-of-christ · 1 year

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Monastery Church of the Franciscan Fathers, Kalisz, Poland. April 2023.

#catholic #poland #monastery #franciscan #catholicchurch #christianity #catholicheritage

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truedevotiondesign · 1 month

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✨New Listing!✨

Lady in Blue Rosary - found here at True Devotion Design

#rosary #catholic rosary #catholic #mary #jesus #catholic art #handmade rosary #catholicchurch #roman catholic #christian #etsy #truedevotiondesign

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annaslapek · 1 year

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Ecce lignum Crucis, in quo salus mundi pependit. Venite adoremus.

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whencyclopedia · 1 year

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The Inner Life of Catholic Reform: From the Council of Trent to the Enlightenment

Ulrich Lehner’s The Inner Life of Catholic Reform: From the Council of Trent to the Enlightenment came into fruition after Lehner published several works on the Catholic Enlightenment, which he defines as a “variety of actors within the fold of Catholicism united by their engagement, in one way or another, with Enlightenment culture for the sake of ecclesial and societal reform” (i). While there is an abundance of historiographical research on the Catholic Enlightenment, most works on the Counter-Reformation during the 16th and 17th centuries never defined the implementation and denotation of "reform." This book addresses this historiographical gap by providing readers a longue durée history of Catholicism from the Council of Trent to the Enlightenment. The manuscript is organized into ten chapters, with each chapter focusing on a different aspect of Catholicism, ordained and lay, and how the Enlightenment reformers pushed for more activity from its believers.

This book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students of history, philosophy, and theology.

Chapters One through Four focus on the reformation of the ordained positions of the Catholic Church and how they intend to modernize and keep up with the early modern world. One of the major reform movements was to have the leaders of the Church encourage its followers rather than coerce them into believing. Ways to combat this include regulating homilies, pushing for formal education of the faith, and basing one of the pillars of the church around the nuclear family, which is introduced in chapter five.

#CatholicChurch #CatholicReform #HistoryOfReligion

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mysticalblizzardcolor · 2 months

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O Magnum Mysterium - Laurisden - Seraphim

https://youtu.be/qD4KwTyVzAQ?si=XUGX6BO86FxMRHgT via @YouTube

#youtube #Cathedral Pics #Cathedral Hymns #Choir #Church Choir #CatholicChurch

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delightintheway · 1 year

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*New Video!* Section 1 of 5: "THE WHOLE BODY IS SICK" (RE: The Catholic Church and Churches Who Remain Like Her) -> -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRhENOVppJo&list=PLE8FlkxQPQkP4Ljrix_obl1uYSx1VNyqE&index=25 <- <- "Thus says The Lord: I have spoken to those who call of themselves Christian, yet they have not discerned. I have written to them by the pen of My prophets, yet they have not perceived. Indeed, they refuse to accept Me as I truly am. For within their churches they worship another god, they teach the people of another messiah, one who looks nothing like Me! Lo, they seek after the doctrines and traditions of men, which I hate; they embrace them without thought or consideration; behold, they uphold them in MY name! DESECRATION! BLASPHEMY! The whole body is sick, its members wane, for they are covered with the filth of the pagan and dwell gladly in their uncleanness!"

Excerpt from: https://www.thevolumesoftruth.com/Churches_of_Men,_Hear_The_Word_of_The_Lord

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nibaldop · 1 year

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Fachada y vistas de la iglesia del antiguo convento de frailes ermitaños de San Agustín asentados en Valencia en el siglo XIII, conocida como la iglesia parroquial de Santa Catalina y San Agustín, situada en la Plaça de Sant Agustí, València. Es una edificación de estilo gótico valenciano, construida en el siglo XIII. Muy afectada durante la guerra civil española, su nuevo y alto campanario fue construido, en ladrillo, en 1912, a cargo del arquitecto Luis Ferreres, siendo recubierto con un materiales que intentaban darle un aire goticista, propio de las intervenciones de posguerra. Octubre, 2022. ... Facade and views of the church of the former convent of hermit friars of San Agustín settled in Valencia in the 13th century, known as the parish church of Santa Catalina and San Agustín, located in Plaça de Sant Agustí, Valencia. It's a Valencian Gothic-style building, built in the 13th century. Very affected during the Spanish civil war, its new and high bell tower was built, in brick, in 1912, by the architect Luis Ferreres, being covered with materials that tried to give it a gothic air, typical of post-war interventions. October, 2022. ... #turismo #turisme #tourism #arquitectura #architecture #spain #iglesia #church #Iglesiacatólica #catholicchurch #plazadesanagustin #PlaçadeSantAgustí #sanagustin #santagusti #santacatalina #igervalencia #instavalencia #igvalencia #valencia #comunidadvalenciana #españa (en Plaza de San Agustín) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoDEVv9Idqo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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lutnistas · 1 year

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Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul ( Tunis / Tunisia )

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essence-of-femininity · 2 years

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From some of the Saints we receive help in particular matters, but from St Joseph help is given in all, and besides, he defends all those who humbly turn to him.

St Bernard of Clairvaux

#st bernard #st joseph #quotes #follow me #god #jesuschrist #i need followers #faith #roman catholic #catholicism #god loves you #amen #faithful #igrejacatolica #Iglesia católica #chiesa cattolica #catholicchurch #mary mother of jesus #polish blogger

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portraitsofsaints · 4 months

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Saint Gaspar del Bufalo

1786 - 1837

Feast Day: January 2

Founder of the Society of the Precious Blood

As an infant Saint Gaspar del Bufalo suffered from an eye condition that threatened to blind him; he was cured in 1788 following prayers for the intervention of Saint Francis Xavier. After the occupation of Rome by the French, on four separate occasions, Gaspar refused to take the oath of allegiance to Emperor Napoleon out of loyalty to the Pope and the Church. He was exiled and imprisoned due to these refusals. After being liberated, he helped formally start the Missioners of the Precious Blood (C.P.P.S.) in 1815 at Giano dell’Umbria, Italy, a congregation devoted to preaching and to bring the sacraments back to war-torn Italy.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

#SaintGaspardelBufalo #preciousblood #CatholicFaith #CatholicChurch #preciousbloodofJesus #preciousbloodofJesusChrist

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shewhoalwaysguides · 2 years

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I found Jesus Christ; through His Mother

About eight years ago, I learned about Christ from my alma mater. I was from a Catholic School when I was younger and it made it easier for me to be exposed to Christ. They made me intrigued about the Sign of the Cross, which I thought was shirk that time. I was still a Muslim and I tended to argue and debate about the existence of Christ with the Catholics around me. They were really lovely to me as they argued with me, while I was rude, constantly accusing them of shirk for believing that a man could actually be God as well. I had a hard time understanding the incarnation of the Word.

In order to argue with them, I had to learn more about my own religion and I wasn't sent to any Islamic Religious Schools when I was younger. In a sense, you can say that I was not indoctrinated by Islamic knowledge since young so my mind was still open to other views and perspectives. Regardless, I was raised to find Christians wrong, and that Islam is the true religion. While reading the Quran, it was then that I chanced upon Surah Maryam. In Surah Maryam, Mary was indeed the most blessed amongst women, and she was a perpetual virgin yet she bore a child from God. This was in reference to our Blessed Virgin Mary. Once I read this, I felt a veil being lifted from my eyelids as I can finally see the truth. I wanted to get closer to her and understand God from her perspective so I started learning Hail Mary. I prayed it daily and I think it was then that I was given the wisdom of God to finally understand God's love for us.

Mary was indeed the Mother of God, the Mother of Christ and the Mother of all Humanity. She showed me the path to her son, leading me silently to the Cross to gaze upon the wounds and cross of her Son and God. It was such a beautiful experience. It is then that I decided that I have to learn more about Christ. I approached a friend who I used to argue with and asked her if she could bring me to Church. I chose Holy Thursday to visit a Church and while the priest was washing the feet to symbolise the apostles, I cried profusely. I don't know why I cried but I was so happy. I had this feeling of intense joy and love in my heart. I truly wanted to become baptised as a Christian, I wanted to be with Christ. It was that day that I decide to formally enrol myself in RCIA. It went well for a while and I was allowed to be initiated as a candidate.

Sadly, these changed when my parents found my bible in my room. On that day, I forgot to bring my bible to school like I always do. Mom called me home immediately, and I felt queasy and worried but I went home anyway without thinking too much. When I got home, I went to the toilet to shower after a long day. When I came out of the showers, my crucifixes, rosaries and books were strewn on the floor. They asked what was I doing with Christian materials. At first I wanted to say that I kept these for my friend, but the Holy Spirit stirred me to tell the truth. I told them that I wanted to learn more about Christianity and that I believed in Christ. They were so enraged, Mom immediately cried while screaming telling me to renounce Christ and that Mary is not God, I should not worship her. Dad got up and started to hit me, he told met to say the shahada or he will continue hitting me. It got to the point where he took a knife, and threatened death, if I were to remain silent and not recite the shahada, renouncing Christ. This went on for a while, I was saved from death but the beatings continued till I couldn’t take it anymore. I said the shahada, and saw all my things thrown away in the trash. I ran to my room and cried, I was angry at God as to how he could ignore me and my sufferings when I was there confessing my faith in Him. However, I didn’t know that He was planning for me to get exposed to the Coptic Orthodox Church.

I knew about the Coptic Orthodox Church through the 21 Libyan Martyrs who were martyred for professing their faith in front of ISIS even while they were threatened martyrdom. What stood out for me was one of them who was not a Copt, he exclaimed that he believed in the God of the rest. He believed in Christ even if he was not a Coptic Christian. That spoke to me and inspired me to attend the Coptic Orthodox Church services through my friend who introduced them to me. I was taught the ways of the Eastern theology, and a Coptic-centric one. I loved the Coptic Church and I felt at home in it. It is then with God’s blessing that our Bishop, Anba Daniel of Sydney came to visit us. I talked to Sayedna, telling him everything from start to end. He told me that he would love to ensure that I am baptised.

It is then with God’s blessing that I was baptised on 06/08/2017.

I am so thankful that I knew him and I remind myself daily that I was led to Christ not because I hated Islam but because I learnt of the love that God had for us. He loved us so much that he took flesh, suffered and died for us on the Cross. I am still a secret Christian - I might have to pray the salah, secretly go to Church and pray yet thankfully with God's grace I am alive, safe & able to continue my worship towards the one true God

That was the story of my whole conversion experience from Islam to Christianity

"You did not choose me: No, I chose you; and I commissioned you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that will last."

John 15:16

#Catholic #Catholicism #CopticOrthodox #CopticCatholic #CopticCatholicism #Copt #Orthodox #Orthodoxy #OrthodoxChurch #CatholicChurch #Christianity #Christian #EasternCatholic #EasternCatholicism #CopticChurch #CopticOrthodoxy

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mireoceu · 11 months

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"Ela os ama ternamente, e com mais ternura que todas as mães juntas. Juntai, se puderdes, num só coração de mãe e para com um único filho, todo o amor natural que as mães do

mundo inteiro têm pelos seus filhos: certamente essa mãe amará muito esse filho. No entanto, verdade é que Maria ama ainda mais ternamente Seus filhos do que aquela mãe amaria o seu. Ela não os ama apenas com afeto, mas também com eficácia. O seu amor por eles é ativo e efetivo, como o de Rebeca por Jacó, e ainda mais." São Luís Grignion de Montfort

#nossa senhora #fé #esperança #amor #illustration #católico #love #igrejacatolica #digitalart #catholicchurch #catholic art

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From The Lord, Our God and Savior ✉️

Section 1 of 5: "THE WHOLE BODY IS SICK" (The Lord Rebukes the Catholic Church and All Other Churches Who Still Practice Some of the Same Doctrines and Traditions)

“Thus says The Lord: I have spoken to those who call of themselves Christian, yet they have not discerned. I have written to them by the pen of My prophets, yet they have not perceived. Indeed, they refuse to accept Me as I truly am. For within their churches they worship another god, they teach the people of another messiah, one who looks nothing like Me! Lo, they seek after the doctrines and traditions of men, which I hate; they embrace them without thought or consideration; behold, they uphold them in MY name! DESECRATION! BLASPHEMY! The whole body is sick, its members wane, for they are covered with the filth of the pagan and dwell gladly in their uncleanness!

For behold, the mother went forth and Played the harlot; yes, she played the harlot And reveled in her fornications with the heathen; She married among the pagans and laid Down with them in her wickedness...

And behold, she gave birth by her father, And brought forth many daughters...

In sin she brought forth! In great wickedness She proliferated all her adulteries Against both God and man!

She has altogether forsaken Me! Says The Lord. For she does always reject the Spirit of Truth, and will not listen to the counsel of The Holy One of Israel. For she has solidified her way before her, and will not be turned aside! Behold, she is altogether like one who has committed treason, a self-appointed queen who has endeavored to seat herself upon My throne, deceiving the people, taking much delight in her authority! Behold, like the jackals of the wilderness, which tear the flesh and drag away the carcass, so has she torn the heart of this people; they are far removed! For they are made to dwell in darkness with her, as they lie down with the dead. Behold, even as the sow devours without reservation, wallowing in its own filth, taking much pleasure in all its uncleanness, so in like manner does she! Yet the sow knows its place, and acts according to the manner in which it was created. Yet it is not so among those who walk in her ways. Behold, even those who rebelled against her, who proclaim they are set apart from her, remain like her, practicing those same things which I said they shall not do! And though they say, “We are not daughters,” daughters they remain. Thus the harlot shall be torn in pieces! Her flesh shall be eaten, and she shall be burned with fire, as it is written![1] And all her daughters, yes, all you churches of men, shall be severely abased! Even a great purging shall come forth from within the midst of you; behold, you shall be stripped naked and left desolate in the Great and Terrible Day of The Lord!...”

[1]↑ Revelation 17:16

▶️ Volume Seven Video-Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE8FlkxQPQkP4Ljrix_obl1uYSx1VNyqE

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minarachelle · 2 years

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Belgium - 2008

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