Catholic, enjoy photography, swing dancing, juggling, and traveling. Just a place to share a few of my thoughts on God and the beauty of him in the world around me.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Sometimes when our Lord asks us to do some good work, all He really wants is our willingness to do the work, and not its accomplishment.
St. Jane de Chantal, 1634 (via shortbreadsh)
St. Catherine of Siena records our Lord as speaking to her thus: ‘I require of you that you love Me with that love wherewith I love you. This you cannot do to Me, because I have loved you without being loved…. You cannot then, render to Me the love that I require of you; and therefore I have set you in the midst of others, in order that you may do to them what you cannot to do Me; that is, love them freely and without reserve, and without expecting any return form it; and then I consider done to Me whatever you do to them.’
cited by Dorothy Day in the May 1941 Catholic Worker (via shortbreadsh)
That moment when watching Four Weddings, a competing bride complains about a Catholic Mass not following the “theme” of the wedding and taking away from the romance of the occasion.
Are you kidding me.
The Mass is a remembrance of the greatest love story ever told.
(Source: porcelainstrength)
TOP 5 REASONS MY MAMA ROCKS! Click the link and check it out!
Steve Ray’s Conversion Story
I saw nothing in the Catholic Church to make me want to be Catholic! And the Catholics I knew were the biggest argument against the Catholic Church. Neither my wife nor I have ever set foot in a Catholic Church out of principle. We had never met a Catholic priest or religious and most unfortunately, we had never met a Catholic who could explain or defend their faith.
And yet today he’s one of the most fervent and learned Catholics you’ll ever meet. Read the rest… it’s fascinating.
Happy Ash Wednesday! This will be my first time as a Catholic celebrating Lent, and I’m so blessed to have this opportunity! Praying for all those participating in this season as well!
