ave-theoi

[ave-theoi]

in a kill it with your sword kill it with your sword amen mood today

[ave-theoi]

'God is closer to us than we are to ourselves' always just seemed poetically nice but like. it makes sense. if God isn't just a good guy, or even an all-powerful entity that happens to be good, but goodness itself then anything good is God's presence around us. and for all the broken goodness in the world that festers into evil, we are surrounded by so much goodness and beauty that we could never capture God as a single thing

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Saint Cathrine was so right, I can't stop thinking about the side wound, I can't stop thinking about taking Eucharist from the source.

how intimate, how sacred, Christ who quenches thirst, Christ who sets us free, please I am normal and can be trusted with your side wound

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Gay as fuck to join a monastic order. Like you're telling me you've decided that you want to have no money, no glory, and no bitches, and go to your big pretty little club house to live happily ever after with your gang of other guys whose life goals involve going out of their way to get zero pussy, to do gay little shit like gardening and singing worship songs and waking up at 5 am. And your whole club house is run by some big stern patriarchal older guy whose main job is to guide and discipline you? Yeah you can call him daddy for as long as you don't make it weird.

[ave-theoi]

any monk born after 1436 doesn't know how to truly devote themselves to christ... all they know is be late for matins, copy they manuscripts, contemplative herb garden walk, be bisexual, eat eels and lie

[ave-theoi]

Happy Side Wound Saturday!!!!

[ave-theoi]

when i ask mary to pray for me i just picture her and jesus sharing a cup of ice tea, mary speaking fondly about her children and their needs while jesus nods and smiles over his mug, because he loves them even more than she does. he heard their prayers already, and already knows how he plans to answer them, but what mama's boy doesn't love spending time with his mother? what mama's boy doesnt laugh when his mom pinches his cheek and promise her that, alright, ma, i'll do what i can. because while mary isn't more powerful than the will of god, and his will is her will, what son would he be if he didn't take her wish into consideration?

[ave-theoi]

Attacking people who believe differently being a Christian problem is one of the biggest misconceptions.

Because it's a human problem.

And it's been a human problem since way before Christianity was even a thing.

[ave-theoi]

Y'all can I get some prayers to find a DECENT JOB. Dear God this job market sucks ass rn. I'm literally applying for like bottom of the barrel jobs. I did a novena to St. Joseph to get a job by the end of August. I know there's a week left but I'm losing hope. I really want to get a decent part time job that fits in with my college schedule. Please pray for me, I need all the help I can get

[ave-theoi]

Christianity does not belong to republicans.

Jesus does not belong to bigots.

Amen.

[ave-theoi]

You should not feel ashamed to be a Christian. You should not feel the need to be shy about your faith. You shouldn't have to say that you "believe but aren't THAT religious". You shouldn't have to feel ostracized for reading the Bible or carrying one around with you. You shouldn't feel bad for asking for Sundays off to go to Worship services. You should not feel embarrassed to praise the name of the Lord in public.

People will try to shame you for being open about your faith and how important it is to you. They'll say you make it your whole personality. But, if your actions of love towards God are just as strong as your actions of love towards your neighbor, then it will not matter what they say. Help others in whatever ways you can, and do it out of love for them, even if they belittle your reasoning.

In the same vein, you shouldn't have to flaunt your faith through clothes or accessories. You don't have to have that cross pendant, that "Jesus saves" t-shirt, you don't have to "prove" your faith with physical artifacts. In fact, you don't have to carry a Bible. You don't have to be loud about your faith, but most importantly you don't have to spend money to prove it to other people.

People will try to flex how "Christian" they are while spewing hate from their mouths. Their "Jesus saves" shirt means nothing if they condemn or hate their neighbors. You don't need to visually prove your faith, because your actions will speak for themselves, if you act in love for God and for neighbor.

In short, you do not have to prove your faith, you do not have to justify it, you do not have to flaunt your faith, and you do not have to be silent about it.

Praise the Lord for His goodness, praise Him that we may act on his two highest commandments of loving Him with all our heart, soul, and mind, and loving our neighbors as ourselves.

[ave-theoi]

The legacy of the Roman empire is so strong in Instagram commenter christisking356 commenting "Heresy!!!"

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i cannot imagine how deeply stressful and miserable one must be to truly believe their loving God will punish them for all eternity-- longer than a human mind could even begin to grasp!-- because they didn't live their 73.5 years alive meeting each of His expectations and repenting perfectly when they fell short. Words cannot define or describe how small a human life is compared to eternity. you really, truly think God will decide your eternal fate on that miniscule number of years, and nothing else? That you die and immediately *poof* God has made His decision? Do you realize cruel, how unjust, how petty you make God sound? that isn't mercy, or love, and frankly it's a cosmic joke to call it either of those.

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Whenever somebody's like, "The Bible was the most amazing and life-changing book I've ever read in my life!!!", I'm like, "...So you don't read many holy and spiritual texts then, huh?"

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We are almost through August 2025 and witches on social media still be coming with the "Christians appropriated everything from pagans" pseudohistory bullshit and "Christians practicing witchcraft is appropriation" like WTF. My siblings in Christ I don't think you actually understand what "appropriation" means. You just want to claim oppression and persecution that aren't yours.

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my brothers, sisters, and siblings in Christ: you cannot be a 'patriot' and a Christian. You cannot dedicate yourself to something as earthly as a man-made country when Christ the King calls you to follow Him and Him alone. spit the pledges from your mouth. throw down that flag. refuse to spill blood for caesar. you cannot serve two masters: who will you choose? the Lord of the Universe? or a country that doesnt give a damn about you to begin with? repent, turn to God, refuse the call to patriotism while you still can.

viva cristo rey

[ave-theoi]

You know what really bugs me?

White witches and pagans paganizing Santa Muerte because they want to worship her but they hate Christianity so they just flat out refuse to acknowledge her Mexican Catholic roots.