#folk catholic

[hellenicrisis]

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

[hygenia]

Me running to my Altar the SECOND something aint going right in life

[appalachianhearthcraft]

Our Lady of Lourdes, Health of the sick;

Pray for us 🙏🩵

[czortofbaldmountain]

Apparently, Our Lady of Frogs is an actual Polish title of Mother Mary and I love it.

[candela888]

✟ Marian apparitions around the world ✞

[the-trans-folk-witch]

A Mini Rant on The Catholic Pentagram

The pentagram much like myself walks two paths. One holy, and one infernal. It is not just a symbol of wicca, witches, satan, or the elements, but one of heaven.

Amien's Cathedral is popular for its inversed pentagram. In old [folk] catholicism the inverse pentagram represented the holy spirit coming down upon christians. It was seen as ethereal fire and the spirit of god himself. Today many folk catholics make this sign over things to bless them as well as the sign of the cross. Just as the crucifix was on many home altars, the inversed pentagram was too! Do not let the New-Agers and wiccan-lites ruin this symbol for you.

The pentagram as stated earlier was used to represent the five elements in occultism. However there was a time it represented the five wounds of christ. (image from @daught3rsofcain)

Along with the five wounds, it was believed to be a symbol of the five senses of man. Smell, taste, touch, sight, and hearing. to place the pentagram at the foot of the cross was representative of god giving us life and of god becoming flesh.

As a folk catholic, I enjoy these older mystical ideas of this symbol. but as a trad witch, I enjoy the satanic aspects of the pentagram too. why cant I have both? In my tradition Jesus and The Devil are treated as yin and yang. As Gemini. As Apollo and Artemis. Both have a place at my altar.

As the inverse pentagram represents divinity it is also the devils horns stirring the heavens.

You can have both. Because they both exist.

rant over.

[kittenzeke]

Prayed for me, Tio, and anyone else I could think of! The blessings I asked differed from person to person. I have a feeling that Tio and I will come into enough money for whatever we truly need. Especially if I remain frugal and stick with my priorities/principles. It is a pleasure serving Santa Muerte. My faith is growing.

[daveykimy]

Traditional Chinese Catholic depiction of the Nativity scene

[saint-stanthony]

A Prayer to Joan of Arc🗡🖤

Feel free to use this in your practice and to connect with Joan of Arc! She’s a wonderful saint, I love Joan a lot and hope that others may find this prayer helpful too. They’re a great spirit to go to when first starting to work with saints, as she can help with so many things. Joan is someone I regularly go to for protecting myself and others, they have such a powerful presence.

Blessed Joan of Arc

Filled with love and understanding for those who call on you,

you have compassion for those suffering through grief and desolation.

Dear brave and holy leader, help me to carry the weight of my battles,

I pray to you and ask you to keep me under your fierce protection, take my hand and guide me

Fearless Joan of Arc, ride alongside and fight with me

amen

[songsofbloodandwater]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

[Source: Image, prayers]

[amor-madonna]

Ways to avoid sin !!🌙🥀

•𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖢𝗋𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖢𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌

•𝖯𝗎𝗍 𝖨𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖱𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗌𝗈 𝗂𝗍'𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 more 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗇

•𝖲𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾

•𝖱𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖲𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀

•𝖶𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖺 𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆 𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒

•𝖱𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾

•𝖣𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 (𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖺𝖽 𝗇𝖾𝗐𝗌)

•𝖯𝗋𝖺𝗒𝖾𝗋

•𝖨𝗇𝗏𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗒𝗈𝗎

•𝖫𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌

𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 !! ♡

[hellenicrisis]

Behold, the Lamb of God,

Who cleanses this world of sin.

He who chose to receive a crown of thorns,

So that we may be crowned with his love.

He is beaten, he is whipped, he is crucified;

He is risen.

[mykyttykat]

Better late than never...

Finally got to do my Feast of Epiphany / Twelfth Night Three Kings House Blessing for the year. I combine the traditional chalk markings on the doorways from my church growing up with portions of prayers I found online and ritual work from Sister Karols Book of Spells, Blessings, and Folk Magic.

[appalachianhearthcraft]

We turn to you for protection,

Holy Mother of God.

Listen to our prayers

and help us in our needs.

Save us from every danger,

glorious and blessed Virgin. 🙏🩷

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

This prayer is called Sub Tuum Praesidium in Latin and is an ancient prayer to the Blessed Mother. It is the oldest known prayer to Our Lady.

[trippiemagic]

ok i need to throw this here before i forget but i can't elaborate right now bc im at work but: i vote we make Judas Iscariot the patron saint of difficult situations and hard things that must be done

[malukeando]

Any saint I can pray to to help me quit smoking? I really need to stop