Visio_Beatifica

Prayers + musings on solitude, mystical union & orthopraxy.

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

“You greatly delude yourself and err, if you think that one thing is demanded from the layman and another from the monk.” - St. John Chrysostom

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

I’ve felt drawn to the Catholic Church the past 10 years.

At seminary, I studied the evidence; the barriers fell away 1-by-1. I completed 2/3 of catechism before I had to put it on hold.

I’m very happy to learn today that this sincere desire already unites me to the Church❤️‍🔥

[Ojike Uzoma @Xtopher_Uzo]

This young priest wonderfully explains the dogmatic declaration - "outside the Catholic church, there's no salvation." "Extra Eclessie Nulla Salus".

What do you think?

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

To see and experience reality through the radical middle is hyper-sobriety. That is what I strive for daily.

[Amy @amytheartist]

"True Christianity will seem socialist to neo-conservatives, fascist to neo-liberals, feminist to red pill guys, and misogynistic to feminists.

The balance and perfect law and order of Christ is something that will be interpretted as too much by those who are in disharmony witih existence."

[Benjamin Michael @RealBenMichael]

As we enter Great Lent, we must remember the purpose of Fasting is not pharisaical:

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

Those who strive to “succeed” as Christians often become the worst kind, yet ironically, those who have tried and failed miserably often become the best.

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

We all want to see and experience God, but we also need to learn to be incredibly patient. Perhaps that’s the part we need to work on more.

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

Worship is an act of rebellion against the empty promises and meaninglessness of the world.

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

Embrace the reality of the desert. The only way that leads to the promise land is through the desert.

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

Oh God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

@Thewarning9 I’m willing but why must it be this way Lord. Ouch.

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

@Thewarning9 Kyrie Eleison 🤲

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

The most powerful force in the world is not God, but the human will. If I’m not willing to surrender/humble myself, not even God can save me.

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

Loving God 100% sounds nice and all, but arriving at that point involves an excruciatingly painful process of severing ties with addictions and false idols - radical amputation no less.

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“You must ask for God’s help. ... After each failure, ask forgiveness, pick yourself up, and try again.” - C.S. Lewis

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

My work is my worship unto you my King 👑

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

"All will come of its own accord in good time and with abundant fullness, so long as one does not attempt to hoard or cling ... Do not hoard, do not cling — not even to life itself." Rohr

[Visio_Beatifica @Visio_B]

“The persecution of religion by science has relatively, perhaps, only begun; but it is already at work, in we know not how many obscure cases of pedantry and cruelty. The mystics are very likely to become the martyrs when the psychologists become the kings” GK Chesterton