"As long as Faith gives me strength I will always be joyful..Sadness should banished from Catholic souls..the purpose for which we have been created shows us the path; even if strewn with many thorns, it is not a sad path. It is joyful even in the face of sorrow."-Bl P Frassati
Sometimes, depression is God telling you to stop thinking about yourself so much
Get out of your head by saying yes to an invitation, going to a recovery meeting, volunteering at a food bank or visiting a nursing home
We’re the most depressed people in history because we’re the most self-obsessed people in history
Go love on some people. It’s the best antidepressant there is
Upon reading history, my intellect was converted to Catholicism.
It was only until I started praying the rosary that my heart was converted.
The Blessed Mothers intercession made me love Jesus more than I ever could have without Her.
Ave Maria.
“This is where true hope lies: not in trying to avoid pain, but in believing that, even in the heart of the most unjust suffering, the seed of new life is hidden.”
- Pope Leo XIV, meditating on Jesus’ willingness to be captured and killed.
If you’re brave enough to pray for humility, then make you sure you take advantage of the humiliations that will surely come.
Be grateful for them and grow from them.
In your charity, please pray for Laura Horn (wife of Trent Horn) that she may be healed of brain cancer through the intercession of Venerable Aloysius Schwartz.
@acloudofsaints “Do I live as if my baptism still defines me?” That is a deep question I’ll be thinking about for a while. I’ve never once thought of myself as being defined by my baptism but once you think of it that way it puts a new perspective on everything.
All you holy sons and daughters of Saint Augustine, pray for Pope Leo XIV that he may be a faithful servant of the Holy Gospel.
Saint Monica, pray for him.
Saints Alypius and Possidius, pray for him.
Saint Fulgentius, pray for him.
Saint Nicolas of Tolentino, pray for him.
All you blessed Victorines of Paris, pray for him.
Blessed Angela of Foligno, pray for him.
That's the best I can do off the top of my head but there are many more 'Augustinian' saints!
The celebration of the Passion of the Lord is dramatic. It is the climax of all sacrifice. The curtain is torn. The temple is destroyed. On this day, when “Christ our passover was sacrificed,” Christians fall prostrate in grief and sorrow, into a great silence.🧵