AveMaria

Catholic wife and mother.
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new, late have I loved you.

[ESPYS @ESPYS]

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@CaitlinClark22

[Kaitlyn 📊🏀 @zulueditsae]

Since #that page wants to spread misinformation…. Let’s spread truth!
PRA per game for these players in 2025
Caitlin Clark — 30.3
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Kelsey Plum — 28.3
Allisha Gray — 27.2
Rhyne Howard — 26.6
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[AveMaria @amymbower]

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[AveMaria @amymbower]

@cc22ball me

[Sr. Mary Joseph Calore, SSCJ @sscjusa]

Very good insight just shared online.

[Eve & Grace †🌿🕊️ @ConservativeEve]

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[Patrick Dexter @patrickdextervc]

The Wexford Carol, one of the oldest surviving Christmas carols. Thought to have been written in Ireland in the 12th century but the melody may be much older, originally sung to celebrate the winter solstice. Happy solstice from the west of Ireland

[Catholic Frequency @CatholicFQ]

The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome

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[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

"Behind every priest is a demon fighting for his downfall. If we have a tongue to criticize them... , we need to have double to pray for them."

~ Saint Teresa of Avila

Oh Jesus I pray for your priests,
for your faithful and fiery priests,
For your unfaithful and weak priests,
For your priests working at home and abroad in remote mission camps,
for you priests in temptation,
for your lonely and abandoned priests,
for your young priests, for your sick priests, for your dead priests,
for you retired priests.

For the souls of your priests in Purgatory.
For the Pope, the bishops and all the clergy.

But most of all I pray for my dearest priests.
The priest who baptized me,
Priests who listened to my confessions,
The priest who first gave me your body and your blood,
Priests who taught and instructed me in the faith,
Priests whose services I attended and whose sermons touched my soul,
Priests that visited me, when I was down and lifeless.
Priests that gave the ultimate obedience to my loved ones in death,
Priests who came to me in hospital, jail, foreign countries, etc.
And for all the priests I owe in anyway.

Oh Jesus, hold them close to Your Heart and bless them abundantly through time and eternity".

We must all pray for our Priests and the world will change.🇻🇦🕊️

[Catholic Arena @CatholicArena]

On this day in 1879, one of the most unique and powerful Marian and Eucharistic miracles took place in the West of Ireland.

Our Lady of Knock is the story of famine, faith, war, hope and mystery.

It also highlights Catholicism's unique role in Irish history and vice versa
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[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Thousands of Catholics sing Ave Maria in Lourdes, France, marking the Feast of the Assumption of Mary

Video: Lourdes Sanctuary

[Chris Trott @ChrisTrott]

This morning, the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore commemorated its dedication. And celebrated the miracle of 5 August snow with rose petals.

[Father V @father_rmv]

Little Things

1. Very few people are destined to great things by Almighty God. Most of us must offer ourselves in the relatively unimportant walks of life in which we have been placed by Providence. Only some of the Saints were endowed with exceptional virtues and miraculous powers which attracted the attention and admiration of the world. In the normal course of events Christian perfection must be acquired little by little through the practice of ordinary virtues and unspectacular good actions. There is always scope for these. An upsurge of anger can be suppressed from the motive of the love of God and of our neighbour. We can behave courteously towards people who are unsympathetic towards us or who offend us by their unmannerly conduct. We can combat pride by acts of humility and egoism by acts of charity. We can mortify ourselves in speech, in behaviour, and at table, and we can give alms to the poor, good advice to the ignorant, and comfort to the afflicted.

All these virtuous actions are insignificant in the eyes of men, but they are great in the sight of God. The blades of grass and the flowers in the meadow are tiny things, but joined together they constitute the pasture which provides nourishment for the herds and flocks. Let us perform these small actions every day and so cultivate the ordinary virtues. We shall attract the attention and favour of God, Who will help us to advance step by step towards the peak of Christian perfection.

2. Just as there are very ordinary acts of virtue, so there are very ordinary sins. But it would be rash to regard acts of deception, vanity and impatience as insignificant. Every deliberate sin is an offence against God, our highest good and our Redeemer.

How can God be indifferent to these ungrateful violations of His law? After all, even as He has assured us that a cup of cold water given in His name to a thirsty man will have its reward (Cf. Mt. 10:42), so He has assured us that not even the slightest trace of sin can enter into eternal glory. We shall not be condemned to Hell for venial sins alone, but we shall suffer a decline in grace and shall be obliged to expiate our sins either in this life or in Purgatory.

3. Our eternal salvation will probably be determined by these ordinary acts of virtue and these ordinary sins. Jesus compared the kingdom of Heaven to a mustard-seed which grows into a tree. Similarly, many Saints began their spiritual ascent by following up one simple inspiration, and many souls, perhaps, have found themselves condemned as a result of having neglected the commonplace virtues and inspirations.

Ordinary virtue may develop into heroic virtue, but if a man has neglected to train himself to act well in small matters, how will he behave in a time of great spiritual trial? Experience also teaches us that smaller vices can develop into great vices. “He who wastes the little he has will be stripped bare.” (Ecclus. 19:1) A man who is not faithful to God in little things will not be faithful in greater things. We are either going up or down in the way of perfection; it is almost impossible to stand still. If we sincerely wish to make progress, let us resolve to avoid the least suggestion of sin and to enrich ourselves daily by tiny acts of virtue.

[Fr. Joseph Krupp @Joeinblack]

Let’s start your week off with truth:
God created you on purpose.
You are not the sum of your past wounds or a random biochemical reaction.
You are intended by God.
There are things that are harder for you than for most.
There are things that are easier for you than they are for many.
In those areas of your life where you struggle, God is strengthening your ability to endure. He’s helping you become more humble, less judgmental.
In those elements of your life where things are easier, God is using you as a light to those who get discouraged, a means by which others can hope.
You simply must know and believe that you are here on purpose, you are loved and because of that you are beautiful.

#talkedtotheboss

[Colm Flynn @colmflynnire]

The stunning fireworks display over Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome last night for the feast of St. Peter and Paul.

[Casey B. Head @CaseyBHead]

My retirement plan is to find important work, that goes undone because you cannot earn a living at it. The best sort of person you can be is someone who helps others.

[Brian Burgess @Burgess7281975]

We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee, because by Thy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi, quia per Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

Amen

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[The Catholic Gentleman @catholicgent]

"There are no times so bad that a good man cannot live in them." - St. Thomas More

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[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

13. St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

"From the dome of St. Peter’s one can see every notable object in Rome… He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to the eye, and more illustrious in history than any other in Europe." Mark Twain

[Memento Mori @TempusFugit4016]

"And if He gave His life for us, then it should not be difficult to bear whatever hardships arise for His sake. If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross." - St. Thomas Aquinas