February 2012
23 posts
“Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace....”
– St. Rose of Lima (via wildflowerliving)
“You don’t need to wallow in guilt. Wallow in the mercy of God.”
– St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars (via pursuingchastity)
“He who forsakes all worldly desires sets himself above all worldly distress.”
– St. Maximos the Confessor (via pursuingchastity)
“First, who’s to say we are good people? The question should be not “Why do bad...”
– Peter Kreeft
Sounds harsh, but it resonates today…
(via iam3rd)
“When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I...”
– Flannery O’Connor (via gabtothezilla)
“If you’ve got a choice to make between preaching to the choir and to those out...”
– Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan (New York)
Matt Maher retweeted this yesterday from BishopFeed and added “LOVE THIS QUOTE.” Me too!
(via fathershane)
“Do good while you still have time.”
– Saint John Bosco (via theoneswelove)
January 2012
102 posts
Anonymous asked: rapuznel
keep the change.
*this has been in my drafts since november..what up*
i’m a little more selfish than i used to be. more emotional than i’m used to being. more careless than i should be. more attached than i have to be. more immodest than i’ve ever been. less of a friend than i’m known to be. less humble than i could be. and despite the “little more”s and “little...
Put a Disney Princess in my ask :)
allenista:
Cinderella - A dream or wish of mine.
Pocahontas - A time when I chose to be rebellious.
Mulan - A time when I had to be brave.
Jasmine - If I could escape somewhere, where would I go and who would I bring.
Belle - One of my favorite books.
Snow White - One of my favorite foods.
Ariel - One of my favorite songs.
Aurora - Something I did on one of my birthdays.
...
Authentic Friendship
iam3rd:
[Meant to post this yesterday on the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas. C’est la vie]
“We have entirely lost the understanding of authentic friendship in society. People are only used in order to fulfill certain needs.” - Fr. Paschal
So, this notion has been sitting on my heart for a long while (and in my drafts for a short while).
I firmly believe that we have diluted the notion of...
hot and cold maann.
*this morning after mass*
D: it's beautiful to see young people who know their call so early in life. who knows Rence AND Meg ? religious life?
Meg: we'll see :)
D: really? that's beautiful.
Mom: but i mean..we're constantly praying for both our children's vocations because of course Chito and I want to have grand children one day and rence is already in the seminary....but that's not our call to make.
Meg's inner thoughts: oh really, because...
*flashback!*
Mom: all the boys in your life should be strictly friends, at most brothers. if they want more, i'm sorry..you can't spend as much time with them anymore. You should be praying for your vocation as much as me and your father are praying for you. what if God calls you to be a nun? will you be open to that?
Meg: of course, ma. I'm open to any call God gives me >.
“I was to pass through many trials, but the divine call was so strong that had I...”
– to love like the Little Flower…woooaaahhhh. i can only strive to.
"St. Thérèse, the Little Flower, please pick me a...
novena. novena. novena. <3
“No one heals himself by wounding another.”
– St John Chrysostom (via catholic-inspiration)
“Many feminists insist that abortion is necessary for women to participate freely...”
– Marilyn Dickstein Kopp (via kandacelee)
“The success of love is in the loving; it is not in the result of loving.”
– Mother Teresa (via versolalto)
“My Princess, treasure your body.
Your body is a gift from Me, and you are too...”
– His Princess, Letters from Your King (via behappybeyoutiful)
themusiclibrary:
Hello - Lionel Richie