To remain is to love and to love is to remain. Despite and in spite of everything, the heart still loves for it is what the heart was made for. ❤️always Forever
If weakness would mean You my Lord becomes my strength, then let this be endured. Is it not that sky darkens and soon enough would break down as rain to quench, to nourish, and to purify the dried-up land, giving life again?
A true friend never abandons you, even when you make mistakes. They correct you, perhaps scold you, but they forgive you and do not leave you. In the #GospelOfTheDay (Jn 15:9-17), Jesus tells us that this is exactly what we are to Him: friends.
It has been spoken several times, -and several times must be equated to always, and always must mean timeless, eternal, -for these words are truth that it is easier to give comments when you are alien to the facts, when you have no idea.People really are presumptuous & entitled
IT IS good for us to have trials and troubles at times, for they often remind us that we are on probation and ought not to hope in any worldly thing. It is good for us sometimes to suffer contradiction, to be misjudged by men even though we do well and mean well.
The Blood Christ Lost During His Passion: Exact Amount Revealed to 3 Saints
Have you ever wondered how much blood Jesus lost during his Passion?
Christ revealed details of his Passion in his “True Letter of Our Savior Jesus Christ,” including exactly how much blood he lost.
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Bridget, and Saint Matilda all wanted to know more about Jesus’ Passion, so they fervently prayed for a revelation from Christ.
Answering their prayers, Jesus revealed details regarding His Passion, including the loss of 28,430 drops of blood.
Jesus’ spoken words were transformed into a letter form. The letter is said to be preserved in a silver box at the Holy Sepulchre of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem.
Pope Leo XIII approved this letter and its promises in 1890.
Here's the text of Jesus' Letter:
"Be it known that the number of armed soldiers were 150; those who trailed me while I was bound were 23. The executioners of justice were 83; the blows received on my head were 150; those on my stomach, 108; kicks on my shoulders, 80. I was led, bound with cords by the hair, 24 times; spits in the face were 180; I was beaten on the body 6666 times; beaten on the head 110 times; I was roughly pushed, and at 12 o'clock I was lifted up by the hair; pricked with thorns and pulled by the beard 23 times; received 20 wounds on the head; thorns of marine junks, 72; pricks of thorns in the head, 110; mortal thorns in the forehead, 3. I was afterwards flogged and dressed as a mocked king; wounds in the body, 1000. The soldiers who led Me to the Calvary were 608; those who watched Me were 3, and those who mocked Me were 1008; the drops of blood which I lost were 28,430." - (Pieta Prayer Book)
Jesus made five promises to those who honor these drops of blood by praying two Our Fathers, two Hail Marys, and two Glory Bes.
An individual must recite these prayers every day for three years.
If the individual dies before completing the three years’ devotion, Jesus will keep these promises as if the individual finished them. However, this is not meant to replace the sacrament of confession.
Here are the five promises to those who honor Jesus’ drops of blood with the prayers above:
1) The plenary indulgence and remittance of your sins.
2) You will be free from the pains of Purgatory.
3) If you should die before completing the said three years, for you it will be the same as if you had completed them.
4) It will be upon your death the same as if you had shed all your blood for the Holy Faith.
5) I will descend from Heaven to take your soul and that of your relatives, until the fourth generation.
The Church also provides additional approved devotional prayers to the Precious Blood of Jesus.
One may recite the prayer, “Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, save us and the whole world!” multiple times per day.
The Litany of the Most Precious Blood, the Chaplet of the Precious Blood of Jesus, or the Divine Mercy Chaplet are also good options for this devotion.
“Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, save us and the whole world!”
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We ought to have charity for all men but familiarity with all is not expedient. Sometimes it happens that a person enjoys a good reputation among those who do not know him, but at the same time is held in slight regard by those who do.
Especially the playfulness and comedic side of #Sokka and Gen. #Iroh. Especially Iroh, everything seems to be light whenever he is around. And his hearty wisdom makes him one of my favorite characters.
#Azula is good in portrayal of evil but she should be more evil from the smirk, and especially in the eyes even when she’s doing nothing. #TyLee lacks playfulness from the animated Ty Lee. #Mai lacks the poker face and bitchiness of the original.
#onlymyopinion
#AvatarTheLastAirbender of #Netflix is better than fine. Surely it is well crafted. I don’t know how much it is faithful to the original. maybe in the storytelling it is given their own flavor. But the series is good and is binge-worthy.
Aside from that, original characters from original animated series, especially when the series is so good and well-beloved, possesses charm that only anime can execute well that’s why they’re so loved. Another aspect is the nostalgia it gives.
Of course there’s a huge difference between live action and cartoons and anime. And live action cannot beat the original animated series. I cannot and don’t blame live action, they are difficult to produce especially costumes, setting and special effects
The difference between the grace of God and the grace of man, is that the latter does not cause but presupposes goodness in him who is graced, whereas the grace of God causes goodness in the man who is graced, bc the good-will of God is the cause of all created good (ST 3.86.2).
Christ came to destroy the works of the devil, not by acting powerfully, but rather by his and his members' suffering, so as to conquer the devil not by power, but by righteousness (ST 3.41.1ad2).