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[MrCasey @MrCasey62]

“Every day I say to myself, ‘Today I will begin.’”

~ St. Anthony the Abbot

[𝕮𝖔𝖉𝖞 ✟ @SecludedCody]

@Banjaxed_Art How do you get that armor?

[Pascal @KnowsPascal]

You loose us from the chains we ourselves have forged.

-St. Augustine

[𝕮𝖔𝖉𝖞 ✟ @SecludedCody]

@RyanLEllis @jtsot1 There’s a sede seminary near Owensboro already.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

St. Romuald, hermit monk and founder of the Camaldolese congregations, pray for us!

[𝕮𝖔𝖉𝖞 ✟ @SecludedCody]

@umbratilem Me too, I love St. Bruno. A big reason why I tried discerning with the Carthusians was because of him too.

[Father V @father_rmv]

Blessed Marie-Joseph Cassant was a French Trappist monk and priest whose brief life of quiet perseverance and deep Eucharistic devotion led to his beatification in 2004. Born Pierre-Joseph Cassant on March 6, 1878, in the small village of Casseneuil in southwestern France, he grew up in a family of orchard-keepers. From an early age he showed a simple faith and a desire for religious life, though academic struggles marked his youth. He had difficulty with studies and memory work, finding himself in classes with much younger boys and even facing rejection from a minor seminary. These challenges fostered in him a profound humility and reliance on God rather than on his own abilities.

At sixteen he entered the Cistercian Abbey of Sainte-Marie du Désert near Toulouse on December 5, 1894, after a priest recognized his vocation to silence, prayer, and the strict observance of the Trappists. There he received the religious name Marie-Joseph. Life in the monastery suited his contemplative nature, yet studies for the priesthood tested him severely. He battled discouragement and insecurity, often feeling overwhelmed by the demands of learning. A wise spiritual director, Father André, guided him toward trust in the Sacred Heart of Jesus, teaching him to live each moment with patience and love instead of self-reproach. Marie-Joseph adopted the motto Everything for Jesus, everything through Mary, and clung to it through his trials.

On Ascension Thursday in 1900 he made his solemn profession. Two years later, on October 12, 1902, he was ordained a priest after managing, with determination and grace, to pass the necessary examinations. His love for the Mass and the Eucharist burned brightly; nothing equaled the moment when he could celebrate the sacred mysteries. Yet his priesthood lasted only nine months. Tuberculosis, already advancing, soon confined him to the infirmary. He endured physical suffering with remarkable patience, supported by prayer and the community. On the morning of June 17, 1903, at the age of twenty-five, he received Holy Communion and quietly passed into eternal life.

The ordinariness of his existence stands out. Sixteen years in a rural village followed by nine in monastic enclosure were spent in the simplest round of prayer, study, and manual labor. He left no great writings or dramatic deeds, only a witness to fidelity amid weakness. Pope John Paul II beatified him on October 3, 2004, presenting him as an example for those who feel limited by their frailties. In Blessed Marie-Joseph Cassant the Church honors a soul who discovered that holiness lies not in extraordinary talent but in confident abandonment to the Heart of Jesus, especially in the hidden, the difficult, and the everyday. His memorial on June 17 invites believers to find strength where they feel most inadequate and to love the Eucharist with the same quiet intensity that filled his short, luminous life.

[HolySoulsVocation @HolySouls3]

Let's say three Hail Marys for the souls who have no-one to pray for them.

[Fr Matthew P. Schneider, LC🇻🇦 @FrMatthewLC]

Please pray for a presentation I have today about autistic vocations in religious life.

[Dud 🇻🇦✝️ @DudLatitat]

Please pray Please pray

[Uche is a girl 🇻🇦 @UcheMaryOkoli]

"The sin you struggle with the most is most likely the virtue He wants you to perfect."
- Msgr Moseretti

[KolbeProlifeMama 🇻🇦🩸 @kolbeprolife]

Catholic X family, please pray for my father-in-law. He is in the hospital and my brother-in-law called to say this may be the end. Any and all Ave Marias are deeply appreciated. Thank you and God bless you.

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

Two tier policing is well documented now

[dawda @stronga091]

Please don’t scroll past this 🙏🏽 I’m going through a very difficult health and financial situation and I truly need prayers, support, or even just a repost. May God bless everyone who helps me.

[🕯 Ser Smeeth 🕯 @AgentSmeeth]

For all those touched by the fact that in a fictional seeting an immortal god-king mourns the sufferings of his subjects.

Have I got news for you.

[Katie Prejean McGrady @KatiePMcGrady]

Rose: "Holy Father, can I tell you a joke?"

Pope Leo: "Is it short? Lots of people want to meet me. Yes yes, okay. What's your joke?"

Rose: "What do you give an Italian ghost for dinner?"

Pope Leo: "I don't know...what do you give an Italian ghost for dinner?"

Rose: "Spookghetti!"

Pope Leo: "Oooooohhhhhoooo..." *cue laughter*

[idogafCalmer✝️🇻🇦 @idogafagainig]

Pray please, friends