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i don’t think people understand how much of life is grief. not just people dying, but losing the version of yourself you thought you’d become. grieving the city you had to leave. the friends you lost not in argument, but in silence. the summer that will never come back. the feeling that maybe you peaked at 12 when you were reading books under the covers and believing in forever

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whats everyones first video game (criteria can be whatever you want but im going for the first game i remember playing as a kid) mine's harvest moon friends of mineral town

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Free Catholic books by the Saints

Under this read more you will find 79 free and legal pdfs of books written by:

St. Albert the Great

St.Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

St. Ambrose of Milan

St. Anselm of Canterbury

St. Anthony Mary Claret

St. Augustine

St. Benedict

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

St. Bonaventure

St. Bridget of Sweden

St. Catherine of Genoa

St. Catherine of Siena

St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Gertrude the Great

St. Mechtilde

St. Ignatius of Loyola

St. John of Avila

St. John Bosco

St. John of the Cross

St. Leonard of Port Maurice

Ven. Louis of Granada

St. Louis Marie de Montfort 

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Ven. Mary of Agreda

St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

Bl. Peter Julian Eymard

Bl. Raymund of Capua

St. Robert Bellarmine

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Thomas Aquinas

All of the books come with a choice quote to give you an idea of what the writing style is going to be like. If you’re looking for more Catholic theological books to check out, then I would recommend this post which includes links to books about various theological issues such as the Sciences, Sacraments, Catechisms, Mysticism, and so on.

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As an alternative to 'sugar, spice, and everything nice'

I present: 'salt, vinegar, and everything sinister'

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Spirited female character of a centuries-years old novel that follows the morals of her time:

Modern Writers: she is a ✨modern woman✨ with modern 🎆SHENSHIBILITIES🎆 born in the ✨wrong century ✨

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HOLY EUCHARIST IN YOUR AREA LOOKING FOR CONSUMPTION

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Living with your parents as a adult should count as time in purgatory

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A pilgrim is not one who simply moves from one place to another. He does not delegate the search for the destination. He knows where he wants to go and has a finish line that draws his heart and tenaciously urges him on. He does not harbor a vague search for happiness but rather focuses on a specific point, a point that he knows, or at least imagines, a point that he has knowledge of and that has led him to his departure. The destination of every Christian is God.

Contemplate: To consecrated men and women on the trail of Beauty

Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Tr. by Christine Cooley

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I am a Lana del Rey girldinner coquette pink ribbon tumblrina enjoyer, and earlier today when I saw one of those blogs post an image set of Our Lady of Sorrows, I got to thinking. Yesterday, September 15, was the feast day of Our Lady of Sorrows, and the pictures that I saw (posted by non-Catholic blogs) reminded me that I was first drawn to this devotion from a picture of it that I saw in Pinterest years ago.

Which made me think of people that reblog images of religious iconography, particularly that of our Lady. I hope they spare even a glance at the history of the devotion, how it came about, what those seven sorrows of Mary are. 

And even if they don’t, I hope that they are at least a little bit moved by those images. I hope they look at those images, and think of the strong women in their lives that were unashamed of their tears. I hope they don’t see a random woman crying, but a woman moved because of her great love. I hope they don’t see this depiction of Mary as being yet another immeasurable, unattainable standard, but as reassurance that we can be sad. We can cry. We can ask God why bad things happen. 

By piercing Mary’s heart, it is opened to us. She bares her heart to us through her sorrows and joys, so we can witness the depth of what love is able to overcome. How humbling it is to remember that we are her children, just as Christ our Lord is. 

Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us. 

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sharing some resources on the works of st. hildegard of bingen!

Texts and Chants

Hymn to the Virgin (w/ sheet music and commentary)

Scivias

Selected Writings of Hildegard von Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen: Visions and Validation

The visions of Hildegard of Bingen. 1928.

Hildegard of Bingen and the Greening of Medieval Medicine

fair warning, though. some of them are behind a paywall. do with them what you will.

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its so rewarding to read Jane Eyre through a Christian lens

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Philippine Center for St. Pio of Pietrelcina in Barangay Bagumbayan, Quezon City

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Firstly, when you get this, you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)

HAHAHAHAHAHA I JUST SAW THIS ON MY DASH!!!!!! Also, I'm very honored to be counted as among your favorite followers <3

I like my sense of humor. I'm close with my dad so my sense of humor is a weird blend of dad jokes, Black Adder, and really corny jokes overall, but it makes me laugh (I'm often the only one that laughs, though)

I like my sense of style. walk walk fashion baby

I like my generosity of heart? Can I say that and still be humble?

I like the way I think about things, trying to balance being detail-oriented and common sensical

I like the fact that I'm a patient person