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(A chaplet of surrender and trust in Jesus Christ, King of the Universe) 1. On the Crucifix Anima Christi Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. O good Jesus, hear me. Within Your wounds hide me. Permit me not to be separated from You. 2. On the Big Bead Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven… 3. On the 10 Small Beads (alternate each bead) Bead 1 Jesus, Ki

God, You are my king, And my father,  And the deepest essence of my existence. Amen.

Catholics be like 👆 St Ambrose, hold me in your loving arms St Hildegard, hold me in your loving arms St Philip Neri, hold me in your loving arms St Margret Bosco, hold me in your loving arms St John Basco, hold me in your loving arms St Bernadette, hold me in your loving arms St John 23rd, hold me in your loving arms St Padre Pio, hold me in your loving arms All the saints in Heaven, hold me in your loving arms Guardian Angel, hold me in your loving arms St Michael, hold me

We Pray for All In Purgatory Mary, Queen of Heaven, hold them in your loving heart. Jesus, king of the universe, hold them in your loving heart. We Pray for All the Living Mary, Queen of Heaven, hold them in your loving heart. Jesus, king of the universe, hold them in your loving heart. Saints St Padre Pio, pray for us. St Ambrose, pray for us. St Bernadette, pray for us. St John the 23rd, pray for us. St Hildegard, pray for us. St Margret Basco, pray for us. St John Basco, p

The saints below are historically and popularly known for joy. Joy was not a side note in their lives — it was their most visible and remembered characteristic. People experienced them as happy, cheerful, warm, and life-giving. Their joy was obvious enough that it became part of how they are remembered by the Church. What follows looks simply at the joyful things they did, the ordinary human actions through which their joy was shared. Joy in Action: What These Saints Did St.

At first glance, Howl’s Moving Castle seems to wear its themes openly. Love. Family. Demons. War. Good and evil. But beneath the obvious symbols is something quieter and far more Christian—so quiet it is easy to miss. The key is self-giving love. Sophie’s love is not romantic. It is not driven by desire, admiration, or infatuation. It is a love already poured out before the story even begins. She has given her life to keep alive a hat shop her dead father loved. She works wit

Many people today feel overwhelmed not because life lacks meaning, but because it feels scattered. We juggle faith, family, work, responsibility, and rest, often carrying a quiet sense that we are failing somewhere. Even good things can start to feel heavy. From the beginning, God did not give us a complicated system to manage. He gave us a simple way of life — an order that brings peace when we live inside it. When life feels confusing or too full, returning to this order he

This chaplet is a prayer of surrender. Its meaning is simple: the one praying steps out of the center and places himself entirely in the care of Jesus Christ, with Mary beside Him. The chaplet expresses a single movement—decrease of the self and trustful abandonment into divine love. It is not a prayer for insight, instruction, or achievement. It is a prayer of consent: consent to be small, consent to be loved, consent to belong. The chaplet unites three elements: the faith o

Who is the Holy Spirit? St. Basil taught that the Holy Spirit is not a thing  and not just “God’s power.” 👉 The Holy Spirit is God. Just like the Father is God and Jesus is God. ⸻ How did Basil know the Holy Spirit is God? Basil noticed how Christians pray . We say: “Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit .” Basil said: • We only worship God • We worship the Holy Spirit • So the Holy Spirit must be God That’s it. Simple and strong. ⸻ What does the Hol

There is a quiet lie that creeps into serious spiritual lives. It tells us that holiness lives somewhere else—in prayer alone, in silence alone, in ascetic effort alone. It whispers that ordinary life is, at best, neutral, and at worst, a distraction. Over time, this lie trains the conscience to look suspiciously at joy, rest, laughter, and ease. Eventually, even something as simple as sitting on the couch watching The Muppets with children can begin to feel vaguely wrong—lik

Saint Padre Pio, thank you for loving me. Saint Ambrose, thank you for loving me. Saint Bernadette, thank you for loving me. Saint John XXIII, thank you for loving me. Saint Hildegard, thank you for loving me. (Replace above saints with your family or favorite saints—as many as you’d like) All Saints in heaven, thank you for loving me. Guardian Angel, thank you for loving me. St Michael the Archangel, thank you for loving me. All angels and Archangels watching over me, thank

If I could only explain to you How the world glows with Gods love How nothing can really hurt you Except for you own sin

Brainstorming this. What do you think? 1. Banking & Finance – Command of capital, credit, and debt; the invisible engine of control. 2. Law & Politics – Authority to govern, legislate, and legitimize; power through structure and permission. 3. Military & Force – Monopoly on violence, defense, and intelligence; power through coercion and fear. 4. Information Systems & Technology – Mastery of infrastructure, data, and algorithms; power through connection and control of flow

Brainstorming this. What do you think? 1. 1200s: Unified Catholic cosmos 2. 1300–1500: Scholastic tension + reintroduction of Aristotelian naturalism 3. 1500–1650: Protestant fracture → collapse of unified Christian worldview 4. 1650–1800: Enlightenment deism → secular public order 5. 1800–1900: Darwin/Marx/Freud → destruction of human nature 6. 1914–1945: World wars → destruction of old society + rise of mass manipulation 7. 1945–present: Technocracy → psychological governan

(For private devotion) A chaplet prayed on the rosary, invoking the Holy Spirit and yielding all things to God This chaplet is prayed on a standard rosary, following the normal structure of the daily mysteries. The mysteries are announced and contemplated as usual. What changes are the prayers prayed on the beads. The chaplet is marked by a movement of surrender: first to the Holy Spirit, then to the Father, then to Jesus the King, then to the Trinity as eternal love, and fin

(For private devotion) A simple chaplet prayed on the rosary, centered on Christ the King This chaplet is prayed on a standard rosary, in place of the usual prayers, while still praying the daily mysteries. The structure of the rosary remains intact. What changes are the words used to give voice to praise, surrender, and Christ’s kingship. How to Pray the Chaplet 1. On the Crucifix Begin on the crucifix. Pray once: On the cross Jesus, be my salvation. Then proceed as you woul

The Passion is not “tragedy first, kingship later.” It unfolds as a complete coronation—with every required stage: public recognition, sacred claim, examination, investiture, enthronement, judgment, death, burial, vindication, gifts, and admission into the Kingdom. 1. Royal Entry Into the City What happens in the Bible Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey. Cloaks and branches are laid down. He is hailed with messianic language. (Matt 21; Mark 11; Luke 19; John 12) How it relate

Kingship Revealed Through Humility The Passion of Jesus Christ is often approached as a sequence of sufferings that tragically precede the Resurrection. In devotional reading, we linger over the cruelty, the injustice, and the love that endures to the end. All of this is right and good. Yet something essential is often missed when the Passion is read only as suffering endured rather than as a deliberate and coherent revelation of kingship. The Gospels do not present Christ as

They love to debate— so many arguments, so many clever words. But have they ever sat in silence for hours before our Eucharistic Lord? Have they prayed to the Queen of Heaven so fervently, so faithfully, that she reveals herself as Mother? Have they seen the veil part— even for a moment— and glimpsed the Eternal Exchange of Love: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit? Have they contemplated the unfathomable love poured out in Christ’s Passion and crucifixion? Have they hea

We don’t talk about it much, but something strange has happened in the modern world: people no longer dance just to be alive. Not as a ritual of joy, not in the living room, not in the backyard, not because a song comes on that makes the heart lift. Dancing used to be ordinary. Now it’s rare, awkward, or hidden behind screens. This isn’t nostalgia. It’s a symptom of something deeper happening beneath our social life and our cosmology. When a culture loses its innocence and it