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"The convert is profoundly affected by the fact that, even when he did not see the reason, he lived to see that it was reasonable." -- GK Chesterton, The Catholic Church and Conversion [Other blog: pursuingchastity.tumblr.com]

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Don’t bother too much about your feelings. When they are humble, loving, brave, give thanks for them; when they are conceited, selfish, cowardly, ask to have them altered. In neither case are they you, but only a thing that happens to you. What matters is your intentions and your behavior

C.S. Lewis (via makingplansdrawingmaps)

But, unless we have Jesus, we cannot give Him; that is why we need the Eucharist. Spend as much time as possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament and He will fill you with His strength and His power.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (via burning-lampstand)

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 Prayer of Adoration 
(adapted from Blessed James Alberione)


Jesus, today’s adoration is the meeting of my
soul and all of my being with you.
I am the creature meeting the Creator;
the disciple before the Divine master;
the patient with the Doctor of souls;
the poor one appealing to the Rich One;
the thirsty one drinking at the Font;
the weak before the Almighty;
the tempted seeking a sure Refuge;
the blind person searching for the Light;
the friend who goes to the True Friend;
the lost sheep sought by the Divine Shepherd;
the wayward heart who finds the Way;
the unenlightened one who finds Wisdom;
the bride who finds the Spouse of the soul;
the “nothing” who finds the All;
the afflicted who finds the Consoler;
the seeker who finds life’s meaning.

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Oh my Jesus, honor and glory to You for these trials of love! Great and incomprehensible is your mercy. All that You intended for my soul, O Lord, is steeped in Your mercy.

Saint Faustina’s Diary, #116

by-grace-of-god:

by-grace-of-god:

Pope Francis stops the motorcade to bless Michael, a boy with cerebral palsy

“I didn’t know what I could say for what the pope had given us.”

“There are two things Kristin Keating will never forget about this weekend — the look in Pope Francis’ eye as he stopped the motorcade and jumped out to kiss her severely disabled son, and the huge smile that lit up the 10-year-old’s face afterward. 

Keating’s husband, Chuck shared: “I think raising any child has its challenges. I think Michael has been a blessing to our family, he’s brought us all closer together…what Michael has given us has far outweighed the challenges.”

(video interview with parents)

“…And as the Pope warmly looked at the boy and his mother, it was as if he knew. He knew. And his eyes seemed to reassure, “Your life and your son’s were forever changed with his disability. But you loved. You loved without end. And God knows it. And He loves you endlessly through your sufferings, your doubt, your worry. You are loved. You are loved.” As he walked back to the car, it was like all his fatigue had vanished. He had seen Christ in the “least of these” and it had given him new strength.” 

From this article that references the above incident: Joy Is On Tour - How Pope Francis Stunned Me & America

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Oneness in Christ by Ariel Agemian, 1958

Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries! Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud! You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure, you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

Saint James (via the-last-crusade)

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

G. K. Chesterton, “Orthodoxy” (via superminisan)

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