#offer it up

[angeltreasure]

#polls #Catholic polls #offer it up

[tabernacleheart]

When we meet priests from persecuted areas, it gives us greater impetus to not just pray for them and their safety, but to strive to live our charism by sacrificing for their physical and spiritual welfare and those whom they serve in the Church. While it is no longer outside the pale of American imagination, we really can't claim to live under oppression and persecution yet. But many Christians and Catholics around the world already do live under active harassment, discrimination, and oppression. And priests, especially those in a position to help people under persecution, are always going to be targets. Anyone who strengthens those that want the freedom to fully live out their faith in all aspects of their lives is going to be unwelcome by ungodly regimes. So, let us pray for priests everywhere, particularly those whose simple status of priesthood marks them as enemies of the powers that be and thus in real danger for their safety and their lives. Like Christ, many priests are willing to lay down their lives for their flocks. We can offer up our lives for them, transforming any of our small trials into grace for those in need by uniting them to Our Lord in his Passion.

Handmaids of the Precious Blood

#handmaids of the precious blood #priesthood #pray for priests #persecution #fight the good fight of faith #suffering #offer it up

[melimelotus]

#pokemon #togetic #art #fanart #pokemonfanart #recently ive been enjoying drawing togetic like that #i had a moment of “hehe it looks like that bird in snoopy” while sketching some #i didnt expect so many people to pick up on that as well #so. i humbly offer more #myart #i wanted to draw another pokemon as snoopy but i cant find a good one #ampharos was a good candidate because the body shape is close and its the same generation #but its design has a bit too many details #quilava?....

[theoldkyokodied]

The Allegiance of the Ascended Vampire and the New God of Magic

#bloodweave #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #gale x astarion #astarion x gale #gale dekarios #astarion ancunin #yes this is about astarion helping gale defeat mystra and take her place with the crown in exchange for gale helping him with the ritual #the ‘they can make each other worse’ part of their relationship turned to the max #I enjoy them being reluctantly soft for each other more but from time to time I just think about how powerful they could get together #toxic evil boyfriends. take love and twist it up until it’s unrecognisable #I like to think that astarion approached gale with that offer after realising no one else in camp is gonna help him #and that he can use gales own hunger for power which backfired when astarion actually became emotionally invested in gale #and after gale kept his word despite everyone’s concerns astarion changed his plan from not fullfilling his end of the bargain to actually #helping gale kill mystra (mostly so that gale could belong to him and him alone. and letting him take the place as a god bc having a god #at you beck and call is definitely appealing. especially one as eager to please as gale) #anyway what I want to say with this is please please please let me kill mystra i don’t even care if the weave gets destroyed again

[pineapple-frenzy]

Book 2 au: sparring sessions and short hair katara

They like to have sparring sessions in order to keep their bending skills sharp. They allow themselves to go all out and not hold back at all cause they know if anyone got hurt, Katara could just heal them

But anyways, wouldn't it be kinda funny if Zuko accidentally burned Katara's hair tho? Aofkqldkkajfjd

The "I think we can save the hairloops" line is from @linnoya-writes thank you for that!! :>>

#zutara #zuko #katara #atla #book 2 au #my art #i mentioned in my last book 2 au post that i wanted to include short hair katara into it and y'all were so supportive of it!! 😭😭😭 #so this is how i think it would go #it would happen as katara is trying to evade one of zuko's fire balls #she manages to avoid it but since her hair is long it still caught on fire #she'd be pissed so she water whips the hell out of zuko #and then promptly forgets about it akfhkakdkakdj #even after the sparring session she still hasn't remembered cause 'oh no zuko's in pain i have to help him!' #it isn't until zuko even mentions it that she remembers #zuko thinks she's more calm than i thought she would be after burning her hair so he mentions it to her #little did he know katara just forgor aldjlakdkaljd #n e ways zuko does feel bad so she offers to help fix it up for her #i think after the haircut katara would find herself looking in mirrors when there are any around cause 'zuko thinks i'm beautiful?? really? #zuko doesn't know this tho and he thinks katara is till sad about the unwanted haircut so he keeps telling her that she looks beautiful #and katara just keeps losing it aldjlakdlald #in conclusion they are idiots your honor

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

so how about that update, huh

#this is all i have to offer rn </3 #im working on Actual Art but for now all you guys get is Half Assed Meme #eddie dear. eddie. eddie dear. Eddie Dear. EDDIE DEAR- #oh man. oh boy. oh fuck. its so over (we're so back) #scribble salad #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #eddie dear #i feel like i just walked into a disaster recovery group a week late w/ a smoothie #heely-ing in here Whats Up Fuckers #ok that was a creepy glitch #for a second every button i pressed created a new tag that said #'Who Else Is Traumatized!!!' #a little unnerving and Very on brand! one could call it WHcore... or somethn...

[mobius-m-mobius]

Sometimes our emotions get the better of us. You can say that again.

#mobius #loki #lokius #mcuedit #lokiedit #marveledit #loki spoilers #cafeteria scenes my beloved 🥺💖 #another day waking up reeling at the thought of meeting a person unconditionally accepting of your entire past present and future #and becoming someone who seeks growth from wanting to offer that back to build an equal partnership for the first time! #the way mobius openly likes and accepts all the things about loki everyone else tried to hide or push down oh i'm so emo ;;;;; #maybe i'm overdoing my emoji use while giffing them this season BUT they haven't looked at each other with anything except heart eyes so #take it up with them and their choices 😂 #owen wilson #tom hiddleston #loki s2 spoilers #marvel #owenwilsonedit #dianagifs

[isjasz]

[Day 96]

Together they become GUY!!

(Context: On the stream yesterday they were joking about just combining into one player for decked out LOL)

(And Hermittober: Day 1 Frost ❄️)

#dddaily4sherin #hermittober #grian #goodtimeswithscar #desert duo #isdoodles #hermitblr #hermitcraft #speedran this right after i finished reviewing for test HELASKJAJ #I wanted to draw tango epic dungeon master too but no time #had a cool composition idea too rip </3 #maybe later on i can just do trad doodles for both hermits that fit the prompt and desertduo so we get both #or i just go insane and draw two whole digital pieces in one day who knows LMAO #if i have the time #but i really want to draw a bit of hermits and friends other than desertduo for the duration of hermittober too :D #also you guys should be happy i couldve drawn the dl snow bucket event instead but i decided against it and offer fluff thumbs up

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

finally at that age where i'm thinking i should get a tattoo. not bc i feel strongly about it, just seems like a waste not to. i've got so much skin i'm not using

#feels so selfish like. all this skin what am i saving it for? #open to design suggestions! (please make me regret this offer) #maybe some deep sea horrors. a pretty watercolor of a gulper eel #once saw a person on the subway with various Skeleton Tattoos on all their limbs #i respected their commitment to the theme #but more than that i respected how all the skeletons were engaged in Activities #dancing in a ballgown. juggling its own (and two other???) skulls. swordfighting. being a mermaid skeleton #ANYWAY. the only reason i haven't already gotten tattoos is i just couldn't be bothered #i'm old enough to know i don't have any strong-but-potentially-temporary feelings driving me towards it #aesthetically i prefer decorated to non-decorated surfaces. but i'm not artistic or thrilled with commitment #honestly it feels like sheer laziness. indecisiveness--nay. immaturity!--that i HAVEN'T gotten a tattoo yet #letting all this blank canvas go to waste. tut tut i need to grow up and be an adult and get a tattoo sleeve already. #really i've put off my responsibilities long enough #(in fairness i DID at one time have 18 different piercings) #(but i took most of them out bc they interfere with wearing headphones and/or shoving my face in my pillow during Sleep Time) #(i only kept the nape piercing bc oddly enough it ended up being the most convenient. and the least painful to get now i think about it.) #(neck piercing? no problem. normal pair of earrings? Tribulations And Suffering. i don't make the rules i just poke them with a stick.)

[cakeandchaos]

Quiet Zemnian mornings ✨️🌄

#critical role #critical role fanart #critical role art #shadowgast #caleb widogast #essek thelyss #illustration #i wake up i think about them i go crazy i climb the walls of my room i offer my soul to elder gods and pray they are happy for eternity

[angeltreasure]

Hello, can you please explain what "Offering it up" means? I have watched and read multiple articles on it, yet I still can't understand it. I read that it means the suffering you give to God, and this is also Redemptive Suffering where we add our suffering with Jesus on the Cross. I heard other people say when they offer it up, in return people get comfort. I heard one mother say she offered up labrious pain to women who couldn't conceive, or that they may have an easier and painless birth. Lonely people offer it up so others can have friends and feel loved.

Absolutely!

The Catholic phrase “offer it up” means to offer up any form of pain we experience up to God in a form of prayer, in intercession for anyone else. So yes, when I offer up my suffering as small as stubbing my toe to as big as a fever and flu, I can have God use it to lessen the pains of souls in Purgatory, for the conversion of sinners, to stop others from feeling temptation into great sin (such as a mother considering abortion for her child/children in her womb), to heal the pain of offenses felt in the hearts of Jesus, Mary, and St. Joseph….the possibilities of praying for others can be endless.

When I pray like this by offering up my pain to help people, I immediately do get a sense of comfort and peace. It doesn’t mean that my pain is immediately gone, but rather, I receive the strength to endure the pain knowing God can use it for a greater good.

Most of the time when we Catholics tell each other to “offer it up” we will mean offer it up the pain for the souls of Purgatory. The souls in Purgatory must go through a process of purification in order to enter Heaven because no one can enter Heaven with sin. Souls in Purgatory cannot pray for themselves, they rely on us to help them and in turn, they pray for us when we need prayers.

So, here’s a simple example. Right now, I have a cold. I was praying earlier silently:

“God, I offer up all my pains and suffering for the conversion of sinners and to save souls in Purgatory…”.

When I have a bad migraine, a really bad one that makes me lay in bed in a dark room, that’s the one where I’m in the most pain where I personally do unite my pain to Jesus on the cross to offer up the pain. The pounding migraine on my head like the crown of thorns, the aches and sweats like whipping and sweat of blood. That’s another good way to offer up pain. It requires humility and a total surrender.

All the ones you listed in your question are amazing examples.

Thank you for the question! May God bless you. 🙏🏻

#asks #offer it up #prayer #prayer life #Purgatory #Catholic #Catholicism

[shitpostingkats]

I'm sorry I'm still not over Riz taking the High Fantasy Equivalent Of Speed except no one remembers he weighs 25 pounds soaking wet so instead of Calming The Hell Down like we all know in our heart of hearts Riz would do if he actually took properly dosed stimulants he just sprints through all 9 phases of hyperfocus and ascends to neurodivergent godhood and starts solving mysteries you've never heard of and then becomes paranoid that someone's gonna take his memories so he goes up to a pirate and asks them to tattoo his red string conspiracy board on his flesh

#also he's sixteen and on spring break in cancun #what. what do you think this pirate thought when a highschooler with pupils wider than god walked up and asked for a chest tat of NIGHT YOR #Riz's coffee chugging is an attempt to self medicate change my mind. you can't. #Riz fucking Gukgak #he sleeps with a sword. he sleeps for four hours a night. he offered to bite a guys eye out and shove it into his best friends skull. #he can't stop breaking into crime scenes. #d20 #dimension 20 #fantasy high #riz gukgak

[engagedtobefree]

The more I think about it, the more romantic it is that Creature got Lisa Michael's dick. I imagine his thoughts as, "If that's the dick she wants, that's the dick she's gonna get" and then he went and got it for her. It's almost equivalent to coming home with a bouquet of flowers, just longer-lasting and more useful

#this keeps popping up into my head and idk why #he did also pull it out and offer it to her like you kinda would with a bouquet of flowers too #hmm #lisa frankenstein #lisa swallows #the creature #personal

[theoldkyokodied]

If you follow my main you had to know this was coming… anyway. Enjoy these bloodweave doodles :)

#bloodweave #gale x astarion #astarion x gale #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #baldurs gate more like baldurs gay amirite folks? #yeah sorry the themes of hunger abuse and power got to me. I’m not immune to thematically mirrors #I have so many thoughts about the it’s not even funny anymore #oh you mean to tell me that canonically gale would offer up his blood if asked and that astarion can’t even do that bc of the orb ?? #tasteful irony that the guy who would want to help can’t do that bc of a mistake he made for love. #especially devastating for someone who measures his self worth in usefulness #oh they are so fucked up and they could understand each other in ways hardly reachable to others #once I start an origin run it’s over for you guys I will be so insufferable. even more than usual

[lunian]

Gale: *practices shadow magic*

Lae'zel and Shadowheart: wtf

Astarion: TWIRLING HAIR GIGGLING KICKING FEET

#THE WORST BOYFRIEND EVER #um i mean the best supporter in your evil dark practices yeah #bloodweave #baldur's gate #baldur's gate 3 #gale origin #gale of waterdeep #bg3 clip #bg3 video #gale dekarios #lae'zel #shadowheart #astarion #astarion ancunin #one day i will shut up about them being horrible together #bg3 spoilers #mystuff #to be fair…. i reloaded it after and did GOOD path lmao #bc as a companion Gals decides to destroy it if you offer him to decide #i just wanted to see the reaction and consequences and it was too fun

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Danny couldn't really explain why he always answered this specific summoning ritual. It was like a feeling. One of warmth. Of a mug of hot cocoa in your hands and a nice weighted blanket dropped around your shoulders as a fire blazed in the hearth in front of you, keeping the chill in the rest of the room at bay.

Danny always lost himself in the sensation and found himself back in that stupid circle of protection with that same wierd guy demanding answers. But Danny didn't know anything about a "Lazarus Pit" or a "Pit Madness" let alone a cure for it. Even if he did he wasn't going to tell Red Robin anything after all the times he'd used the marriage summoning spell to get him here.

Earlier on Red had explained it was the only spell known to thier universe that could summon an entity from "The Lazarus Dimension" Which he guessed was another name for the ghost zone and Phantom was the only one to ever be summoned.

Danny couldn't help but wonder why...

After escaping Bird boy and his supernatural pop quiz (oh look, another test for him to flunk) he returns home only to discover his parents had seen him get summoned and accused him of being a ghost that replaced thier baby boy.

Naturalally the next time Red Robin had summoned Phantom he was angry. He was tired and dirty from being on the run from his parents, his worlds US government, and Vlad. Not to mention his own rogues gallery didn't exactly cut him any slack.

So Danny decided that if Red Robin wanted to abuse the power of a marriage ritual than the very least he can do is put his money where his mouth is.

Danny grinned and exited the magic circle, taking delight in Reds widening eyes before he lunged. A kiss sealed the deal, making sure Danny had a safeish place to stay.

After all, married couples in the infinite realms were obligated and even compelled to protect and care for eachother.

#dpxdc #prompts #fanfiction prompts #danny phantom #danny fenton #tim drake #red robin #danny: I will explain nothing but this is all your fault #danny: *becomes Tims sort of house husband and cleans up after him/organizes his stuff* #danny: *starts getting lessons from Alfred* #tim: wait. maybe this wont be so bad... #marriage of convenience #marriage of spite #enemies to friends to lovers #drama #before the friendship #also angst #but its not like his friends and family are dead in this #this time. #danny is gonna be a little shot to tim for a bit before tim offers an olive branch