#Called By God

[momentsbeforemass]

John of Avila

Think of the great Saints of the Renaissance.

St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church and author of The Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle. St. John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church author of The Dark Night of the Soul. St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. St. Francis Borgia, superior general of the Jesuits. St. Peter of Alcantara, reformer of the Franciscans. St. Thomas of Villanova, archbishop of Valencia. St. John de Ribera. St. John of God.

It's a list of reformers and mystics, bishops and soldiers, firebrand preachers and quiet scholars.

What do they all have in common?

One person. Today’s saint, John of Avila.

All of them, at one point or another in their lives, were helped by John.

Whether it was a long-standing friendship, a professional correspondence, or just a moment when they needed someone in their corner, John was there for them.

And their contact with John was a life changer. Not because John was brilliant. Not because he knew the perfect thing to say. Not because he solved all their problems.

John was a life changer because he used the gifts that God gave him to support, to nurture, to encourage others.

If John found out you were struggling, he would reach out to you.

If there was something John could do to help you, he would.

And if you just needed someone to listen, John was there for you.

To be a source of hope and sign of God’s love in your life.

That’s what John did, in so many different ways, for the people in his life. And because he did it not in his own wisdom and strength, but in the grace and peace of God – the people in his life went on to become saints and to do things that we’re still talking about 500 years later.

Here’s where it gets personal. God’s call to you and me? It’s the same as His call to John.

God is calling you and me to be to be life changers for the people in our lives.

Just like John, God isn’t calling us to be brilliant, to have all the answers, or to solve all the problems.

God is calling us to support, to nurture, to encourage the people in our lives.

To reach out, to help, to listen. To be there. Not in our own wisdom and strength, but in the grace and peace of God.

To be a source of hope and sign of God’s love in their lives.

To be their John of Avila.

Today’s Readings

[quotesfromscripture]

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.

1 Timothy 6:10-11 NIV (2011)

[lotrmusical]

never let anyone tell you that trawling through mediocre victorian poetry isn't worth it. we just happened upon an absolute BANGER of a worm poem. go read it or else 🪱🪱🪱

[noelledeltarune]

EVERY SINGLE DAY there are MILLIONS of characters in their late 20s who get falsely accused of being father figures to teenagers when in reality the description of "weird older cousin" or "step-sibling that moved out before you were born" is 1000000x more apt

[cubbyhole-for-flea-bee]

Macaque spent the whole season Big-Damn-Hero-ing and was NOT happy about it xD

[2asuccess]

Stepping Out in Prayer

Does God use you?

On the face of it, Nehemiah seems an unlikely choice to lead the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls. Not an architect or construction engineer, he was an official in the king’s court – a feed taster! Yet God called him to head up this massive project, and he and his team succeeded. How? The power of prayer. (See Nehemiah 2:1-20.) We too may sense God calling us to a task or mission yet still not…

[flagellant]

yeah we might be brothers in christ but so were cain and abel so shut the fuck up before i decide to find a rock about it

[soldierkitten]

anyone still remember this au idea I had? well I didnt (thats why it took so long) I wanted to do something with this au, so here :P

the next one :D

[temeyes]

biker ghost? biker ghost.

[vmkhoneyy]

“People are inherently terrible” no!!! Have you ever seen a child wait for their friend while they tie their shoelaces? Have you ever known someone who would bring hurt squirrels and rabbits and mice to the nearest vet just so it doesn’t suffer? Have you seen someone grieve? Have you ever read something that hit your heart like a freight train? Have you looked at the stars and felt an unexplainable joy? Have you ever baked bread? Have you shared a meal with a friend? Have you not seen it? All the love? All the good? I know it’s hard to see sometimes, I know there’s pain everywhere. But look, there’s a child helping another up after a hard fall. Look, there’s someone giving their umbrella to a stranger. Look, there’s someone admiring the spring flowers. Look, there’s good, there’s good, there’s good. Look!!!!

[randomprose]

the "tumblr community invents a whole mafia movie apparently directed by martin scorsese with an official soundtrack, movie posters, screen caps, and all enough to make one question if that movie really did exist at all like a mandela effect" was not part of my 2022 bingo card

[quotesfromscripture]

You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?" But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?"

Romans 9:19-20 ESV (2016)

[superiorcatholicinspiration]

Daily Mass: The Lord calls us each by name. Catholic Inspiration

Photo by Lukas on Pexels.com Jesus calls forth the Twelve and empowers them with authority to preach and drive out demons in his name. Mass Readings – Friday of the 2nd Week of the Year (#315) *************** Catholic Inspiration Archives

[chloesimaginationthings]

Shout out to FNAF phone guy finally getting a name!

[bioshzrd]

this random ass guy who’s entire bit is that he can move like this is the only good wesker fan ever

[me-beef]

@strangeravatar made a great point

i was gonna focus on the spike-hotboxing-celestia aspect but i got distracted somewhere along the way and i think i forgot what joke i was trying to make

but dont you think its interesting how many guards of the exact same color/body type she's managed to accrue?? i do

ooohh you want to go look at our stickers so bad