#venerable

[thesynaxarium]

Today we celebrate possibly the greatest example of repentance the church has ever seen. Saint Mary of Egypt gave herself over to fornication and debauchery from the age of 12 and lived this depraved life for 17 years. Having followed a group of pilgrims to Jerusalem with the intent of seducing the young men, she tried to enter into the church of the Holy Sepulchre to see the Venerable Cross but was stopped by an invisible force. She then realised her depravity and repented by crossing the Jordan and living in the desert for 47 years. A holy monk, Saint Zosimas, found her while travelling the desert and related her story to us. May we have her blessing and may she intercede always for our souls + #saint #mary #egypt #maryofegypt #sinner #repent #repentance #penitent #convert #cross #lent #greatlent #jordan #venerable #holy #desert #mother #father #zosimas #palestine #jerusalem #sepulchre #holysepulchre #holy #orthodox #saintoftheday (at الاردن Jordan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqeGI3djhOo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[3rdeyeblaque]

Today we venerate Elevated Ancestor Venerable Henriette Delille on her 210th birthday. 🎉

Through her life's work in serving the poor & ministry in her founding of the Sisters of the Holy Family, Venerable Sister Henriette Delille has cemented herself in Black Catholic History in America.

Born a "Free" Woman of Color as a Louisiana Creole with West Afrikan ancestry, to a large mixed family of Creole, Spanish, & French descent. She was a product of the placage system to an unmarried 2nd generation Creole (descended from a West Afrikan Grandmother) & a Spanish sire. While the women in her family were groomed to form serial relationships with wealthy White men, Sister Delille resisted this placage lifestyle in favor of Catholic religious teachings. As a young girl, she became involved in catechism - serving as witness to many marriages among the enslaved & Godmother to their children. She bore 2 sons as a teenager who both died by the age of 3. At 24, she professed her faith & love in Christianity. She'd go on to establish the written template for a devote Christian woman archetype, founding the Society of the Holy Family in 1846 followed by the Association of the Holy Family in 1847, the 1st order of Afrikan descent nuns, who's mission it was to serve the poor, tend to the sick, & educate the ignorant; and committed to many sacrifices in doing so.

Sister Delille faced insurmountable odds in opposition to her service at such a racially violent & socially divided era in U.S. History. Her family abhorred her involvement with slaves for fear that she'd expose their Afrikan roots. The public & the Church largely refuted the involvement of Black Women in Christian service. She overcome it all with humble grace, leadership, & faith. She formed her own order, which had not yet been given formal recognition by the Holy See & took their Confirmation vows in private.

"For the love of Jesus Christ, she made herself the humble servant of slaves.” - the last word in Venerable Henriette Delille's obituary.

Sister Delille rests in Louis No.2 Cemetery in New Orleans, LA. and is currently under canonization. In '88, she was declared a Servant of God. In 2010, she was declared Venerable. Hers is the first case of its kind to be officially open by the Vatican. If the canonization process continues, she'd be the first Afrikan descendant born in the U.S. to achieve Sainthood. Though there is some controversy surrounding her using owned/freed 1 enslaved Woman named, Betsy (the circumstances surrounding this are a mystery) & her being Creole Octoroon, thus questioning her "Blackness" as she self-identified as "Non-White".

We pour libations & give Venerable Henriette Delille her 💐 for her fierce perseverance & commitment to the selfless service. Her patronage is that of racial, gender, healthcare, education, & social equality.

Offering suggestions: a Catholic Bible (in the French tradition), recite her prayers, & red wine.

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[justana0kguy]

2023 OCTOBER 03 Tuesday

"Whoever is God's worker, all his tasks may seem to fail, the work that encompasses these tasks does not fail, because it is the work of God: no failure is possible for God. Nothing can assure us that we are living well, because we are weighing with the weights of this world. A hundred times, it will seem to us to have failed, collapsed, and to have passed by everything that other men call youth, or maturity. But when eternal life will open large for us, when we die, before seeing God, we will not be sure of our righteousness, but rather of the mercy of God."

~ Venerable Madeleine Delbrêl, From 'The Joy of Believing' chapter A vocation for God among men

[opelman]

Fitter Farewell by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: Polish Su-22 8309 departs from Fairford following the 2023 Royal International Air Tattoo. With these venerable Cold War-era machines coming to the end of their opertaional life, it is uncertain whether we will see one again in the UK. Aircraft: Polish Air Force Sukhoi Su-22M4 8309 (NATO codename "Fitter") from 40th Tactical Squadron. Location: RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

[netsu-typical]

A Dark Mind

The boy stood outside gazing at the stars.

His eyes fill with desperation, asking himself if this chapter ends here.

He hates her more than anything.

Loves her like she is still everything.

His eyes fill with hatred but his heart with love and his mind with memories.

Is he a fool?

Is he stupid?

Others will believe so, but he knew that he wanted this to work out.

He gave and gave until there was nothing.

He knew the risk; from the beginning he knew if this doesn’t work out he will be a complete mess.

He was too broken to give the perfect love.

She left and found something worth living for.

He can’t blame her, but he hates her for leaving him.

Some parts of him think he deserve it, he got greedy and that cost him.

 He’s living a nightmare since that day.

He begs.

He cries.

He humiliates himself.

He hates himself more than he hates her.

That fateful day has his world crumbling down

He knows he isn’t living he’s just surviving.

Sleep became a nightmare.

 Day became a struggle.

 Dark circle around his eyes.

 And a body that turned fragile.

But why can’t he finish the chapter? He asked himself.

when was it?

When was the last time he had hope?

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

[scrapnames]

Sebastian, male, Greek in origin. Means "venerable" or "revered." It was my chosen name for a long time until I decided against for personal reasons, and I think donating it to someone else will help me get closure for it. It's a lovely name and it fits nearly everyone, so do with it what ye will :)

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[wordgoods]

Bhante

Bhante is a respectful title used to address Buddhist monks, nuns, and superiors, especially in the Theravada tradition. It is often translated as "Venerable" in English.

[pronunciation.]

[thesynaxarium]

Today we celebrate the Venerable Nun Martyr Eudocia the Samaritan. Saint Eudocia was a pagan who led a sinful life of all earthly pleasures and debauchery. She one day, however, heard a monk in the house next door to hers reading from the scriptures about the coming Judgment and Christ's love and forgiveness of all who repent. These words pierced her soul and she approached the monk and asked him to instruct her more in the Christian life. She soon sold all her possessions and joined a convent as a nun. One day, one of her former lovers came to the monastery, begging her to return to her former life, but she reproved him and he was struck down dead by an invisible force. Out of pity, she prayed to the Lord to resurrect the man and he returned to life. During her life there was a great persecution of Christians, of which Eudocia suffered greatly and was eventually beheaded. May she intercede for us always + #saint #eudocia #eudokia #evdokia #nun #nunmartyr #martyr #venerable #holy #judgment #christ #repentance #jesus #jesuschrist #prayer #monastery #convent #repent #martyrdom #persecution #christian #christians #orthodox #saintoftheday (at Baalbek, Lebanon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpN2AMzoOPy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[3rdeyeblaque]

In April 1st, we venerate Elevated Ancestor Venerable Father Augustus Tolton on his 169th birthday🎉

An extraordinary man of faith & pioneering perseverance who is herald an American hero, Father Augustus is forever honored as the first Afrikan Descendant priest ordained in the U.S history.

Born enslaved on a plantation in Brush Creek, Missouri, even as a young boy Father Augustus was devote in his faith in prayer & catholicism. In the midst of the harrowing chaos brought on by the Civil War, his father fled the plantation to take up arms beneath the Union Army. The rest of young Augustus's family escaped to the "free" state of Illinois by way of the Mississippi River. Here, they became quickly ensnared in complex racial tensions between Whites & "Free" Peoples. A young Augustus eventually found solace & opportunities for education in the welcoming arms of St. Peter's School. Here, he'd deepen his religious practice - from student, to community mentor, to altar boy - & later answered the call to priesthood at a seminary in Rome.

"I shall work & pull at it as long as God gives me life. " - Venerable Father Augustus Tolton.

As of 2019, Father Augustus Tolton entered the first level of canonization by being elevated in title to, Venerable.

We give libations & 💐 to Venerable Father Augustus Tolton today for his willful determination, unprecedented success, fierce perseverance, & faithful service to educate, support, and protect others by ensuring sanctuary for our people and all walks of life.

Offering suggestions: Catholic Bible verse, red wine, Catholic hymns

*Note: offering suggestions are just that & strictly for veneration purposes only. Never attempt to conjure up any spirit or entity without proper divination/Mediumship counsel.

[justana0kguy]

2023 OCTOBER 05 Thursday

"'Go!' This is your instruction to us at every corner of the Gospel. If we are to be headed in your direction we have to be on the move! Even when our laziness begs us to stay put. We have been given a highly precarious state of being characterized by complete insecurity, As soon as we find ourselves examining our life, It leans over and swerves. We can only stand upright if we keep moving, launching ourselves forward in an élan of love."

~ Venerable Madeleine Delbrêl, Spirituality of biking

[teatoast-n-tarot]

THE HERMIT L' HERMITE This #venerable and #mysterious figure of a #solitary #itinerant dressed in a red robe under a blue mantle, holding in his right hand a lantern alternately yellow and red and leaning on a #staff For it is the venerable and mysterious Hermit who was #master of the most intimate and most cherished dreams of my youth, as moreover he is the master of dreams for all youth in every country, who are #enamoured by the call to seek the narrow gate and the hard way to the #Divine The figure of a #wise and good father, a #spiritual father, a hermit, who has passed through the #narrow #gate and who walks the The #initiate is he who #possesses the #lamp of #Trismegistus the #mantle of #Apollonius and the staff of the #patriarchs #thehermit #thehermittarot #l'eremitá #dereremit #elermitaño #l'ermite (at Liverpool) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoWeL6ms1ai/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[deja-vu-esoterica]

A photo of a candle being lit on our recent Aphrodite Altar for Valentine's Day

[iapheth]

Venere for Playmen Italia, 1988 by Jean Pierre Bourgeois

[tinyshe]

St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cloyne, Cork

More Saints of the Day Novembre 24

 St. Andrew Dung Lac

 St. Alexander 

St. Anthony Nam-Quynh 

St. Bernard Due 

St. Bieuzy 

St. Chrysogonus 

St. Colman of Cloyne 

St. Columbanus 

St. Crescentian 

Dominican Martyrs of Vietnam

 St. Eanfleda

St. Felicissimus 

St. Firmina 

St. Flora & Mary 

St. Joachim Ho 

St. Kenan 

Bl. Lawrence PeMan 

St. Leopardinus

 Bl. Maria Anna Sala 

St. Marinus 

Martyrs of the Dominican Order in Vietnam 

Martyrs of Vietnam

 St. Peter Domoulin Bori,

Peter Khoa, and Vincent Diem 

St. Romanus of Le Mans 

St. Stephen Theodore Cuenot 

St. Stephen Vinh 

Bl. Thaddeus Lieu 

St. Theophane Venard 

St. Thephane Venard 

St. Vicente Liem de la Paz