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Longing to bring more prayer into your home? You do not need perfection, only a small and faithful beginning.

Discover how a simple home altar can gently invite grace into your daily life.

“For personal prayer, this can be a 'prayer corner' with the Sacred Scriptures and icons, in order to be there, in secret, before our Father.” — Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2691

#Catholic #HomeAltar

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[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Happy Father’s Day

Age 5 – Dad knows everything!
Age 7 – Dad knows a lot.
Age 10 – Maybe Dad doesn’t know everything?
Age 12 – Dad doesn’t know anything.
Age 14 – Dad lost his mind!
Age 16 – I can’t take Dad seriously.
Age 18 – What does Dad even know?
Age 22 – Dad talks nonsense!
Age 24 – I know more than Dad!
Age 26 – Turns out, Dad actually knows a few things.
Age 30 – I should probably ask Dad about this…
Age 40 – How did Dad make it through all of that?!
Age 45 – Dad was always right.
Age 50 – If only Dad were here… I’d have so much to learn.

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🖼️ Sacred Heart of Jesus (1767), Pompeo Batoni
📍 Church of the Gesù, Rome

May this sacred image deepen your trust in Our Lord and draw you closer to the Heart that loves without measure.

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@DSDOConnor Ave Maria, ora pro nobis 🙏📿

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Mary is the Mother of the whole Church. Everyone can turn to her with filial confidence, certain of being heard, protected, and loved. #GeneralAudience

[EWTN News @EWTNews]

Thousands of pilgrims are gathering in the Shrine of Fatima tonight to commemorate 109 years since the apparitions of Our Lady. This is how the shrine looks on the eve of her feast day, which is May 13th. In this place, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in 1917.

[Patrick Coffin @CoffinMedia]

St. Monica prayed for her son for 17 years while he lived in sin, sired a child out of wedlock, and chased every new age philosophy under the sun. Nothing changed. Until it did: St. Augustine became a bishop & doctor of the Church. Never underestimate a mother's prayers.

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Beautiful cathedral in Toledo, Ohio. ❤️

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

Your brain says Europe, but it's actually Ohio.

This is the Church of Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo.

[The Ways of A Gentleman @Gentleman_Ways]

What a beautiful way to kick off your Saturday!

This is J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, performed by Yo-Yo Ma at the reopening of Notre Dame, 2024.

[Deacon Richard @CatholicDeacon]

Catholics dedicate May to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Not because Mary is God.

Not because Mary replaces Jesus.

Not because Catholics “invented” Marian devotion.

But because the woman who said YES to God gave birth to Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.

That is why the Church calls her Mother of God.

This title is not emotional Catholic poetry. It is ancient Christian doctrine.

Elizabeth said it first:

“And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?”~ Luke 1:43

The Council of Ephesus in 431 defended Mary as Theotokos, God-bearer, because denying her this title threatened the truth about Jesus Christ Himself.

St. Cyril’s anathema was clear: if anyone does not confess that Emmanuel is truly God, and that the Holy Virgin is therefore Theotokos, “let him be anathema.”

The Catechism teaches the same:

Mary is truly “Mother of God” because the one she conceived by the Holy Spirit was truly the eternal Son of the Father made man.

So here is the undeniable truth:

If Jesus is God,
and Mary is His mother according to the flesh,
then the ancient Church rightly calls her Mother of God.

May belongs to Mary because Mary always leads us to Christ.

This was already debated and settled by the councils and the early Church.

Hail, Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. 

Amen.

[Western Opus @WesternOpus]

POV: You decided to check the Basilica di San Pietro from afar...

...And the bells went off.

[La Sagrada Família @sagradafamilia]

¡Hoy es el día de San Marcos Evangelista! 🦁 Marcos nos presenta a Jesús adulto en el momento solemne del bautismo y como después vivirá en el desierto entre los animales salvajes. Es por este motivo que se le asigna el símbolo del león; una representación de fuerza, coraje y realeza.

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

Today the Eternal City celebrates its 2,779th birthday

"Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her." ― G. K. Chesterton

[Museo del Prado @museodelprado]

Desde cualquier lugar del mundo puedes pasear por el Museo del Prado y detenerte en los detalles de obras como "El jardín de las delicias" del Bosco en alta calidad a través de la visita virtual https://t.co/f5tdrSRxCX #NextGenerationEU #PlandeRecuperación

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@museodelprado Wonderful news!

[Catholic Quotes @CatholicQuote12]

There is something unique and powerful about hearing nearly 70,000 People singing together the ancient language of the Church.

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If a work of art still stirs hearts after centuries, that means something.

Beauty is not random.

It reflects a deeper order woven into creation itself.

That is why sacred masterpieces still matter.

#CatholicFaith #SeekingBeauty

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Is beauty really just personal taste?

The Christian tradition says no. Beauty is not something we invent, it is something we discover.

What is truly beautiful draws the soul beyond itself, toward God.

“Behold the beauty of the Lord.” Psalm 27:4

Let sacred art reawaken your sense of wonder.

[ℭ𝔞𝔯𝔞 @SeraphimPrints]

O how deeply hast Thou lowered Thyself, in order to visit the dark prison-house of my heart!
O Thou Supreme Godhead, whom the seraphim and cherubim serve, and before whom every knee bows in heaven, on earth, and under the earth!
How shall I thank Thee for so great grace and favor!
Were all the blessed in heaven and all the just on earth to unite with me in praising and thanking Thee, it would still be little, still quite insufficient in acknowledgment of the benefit Thou hast so lovingly conferred upon me.
I offer Thee, therefore, that praise which Thy sacred, incarnate Heart presented Thee upon earth and which It will give to Thee for all eternity.
I unite thereto all the honor, love, admiration, praise, glorification, thanksgiving and adoration that, for all eternity, will be offered to Thee by the angels and saints of heaven.

Amen.

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