Have a Blessed Feast of St. Joseph the Worker!
This vintage French holy card depicts the Holy Family in the workshop at Nazareth where Saint Joseph saws wood, the Christ child assists, and the Virgin Mary spins wool.
This holy card emphasizes the humility, labor, and redemptive suffering of Jesus from His hidden life in Nazareth to His crucifixion on Calvary.
"To work and to suffer was the whole life of Jesus. He began His sacrifice in Nazareth, and completed it on Calvary."
— R. P. Surin
The more I read the Bible, the more Catholic I become.
The more I research on Christianity, the more Catholic I become.
The more I love our Lady, it is even making me to love Jesus even more.
The more I love Jesus, the more i want to go to Mass.
The more I go to Mass, the more I want to receive Jesus in the Eucharist.
The more i receive Jesus in the Eucharist, the more I hunger for him and want to receive Him every hour of my life.
And when I disappoint Jesus by committing sin, I want to go to confess my sins to a priest immediately so I can get absolved of my sins so that I can receive Jesus in the Eucharist.
Viva Christo Rey!
The Catholic Church is one and true.
"Saint Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect, and enlighten families." - Pope John Paul II
The authority of the Catholic Church, founded by Jesus Christ, rests upon three inseparable pillars: Sacred Scripture, Sacred (Apostolic) Tradition, and the Magisterium. Together they form a single deposit of faith entrusted by Christ to His Church, ensuring that the fullness of divine revelation remains intact and faithfully transmitted until the end of time.
Sacred Scripture is the inspired Word of God, written under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking through the sacred authors. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible records God’s saving deeds, culminating in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Yet Scripture does not stand alone; it was produced within the Church and is rightly understood only within her living faith.
Sacred Tradition (from the Latin traditio, “handing on”) is the oral and liturgical transmission of the same apostolic teaching. St. Paul commands the faithful to “stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter” (2 Thess 2:15). This includes the ancient Creeds, the prayers and rites of the liturgy, the writings of the Church Fathers, and the lived faith of the saints across the centuries. Tradition is not opposed to Scripture; it is the context in which Scripture is received and interpreted.
The Magisterium (from magister, “teacher”) is the living teaching office of the Church, exercised by the Pope and the bishops in communion with him. Guided by the Holy Spirit, the Magisterium has the divine authority to authentically interpret both Scripture and Tradition. It does not invent new revelation, but guards and explains the Sacred Deposit of Faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 1:3). When the Pope speaks ex cathedra or an ecumenical council defines doctrine, the Church is protected from error.
These three pillars are not three separate sources but one unified source of divine revelation. Scripture and Tradition are the remote rule of faith; the Magisterium is the proximate rule, the living voice that interprets them. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches (§82), “It is clear therefore that, in the supremely wise arrangement of God, Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and the Magisterium of the Church are so connected and associated that one of them cannot stand without the others.”
This beautiful triad is what the Church means when she professes in the Creed: “I believe in one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church.” Upon these three pillars — Scripture, Tradition, and Magisterium — the Church stands firm, founded on the rock of Peter, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail.
In 1531, the Mother of Jesus reportedly apoeared to the Aztec catechist Juan Diego, calling for the building of a church, and, with a miraculous display of Castilian roses in winter, left her miraculous image on a tilma of cactus fiber, a wondrous relic that is incorruptible today.
Her words and image converted the native peoples to Christ, as she appeared as an Aztec princess. She spoke such comforting words:
My son, I love you. I desire you to know who I am. I am the ever-Virgin Mary; mother of the true God who gives life and maintains its existence. He created all things. He is in all places. He is Lord of Heaven and Earth and I desire a church in this place where your people may experience my compassion. All those who sincerely ask for my help in their work and in their sorrows will know their mother’s near in this place. Here I will see their fears and I will console men and they will be at peace.
Know for certain that I am the perfect and ever Virgin Mary, Mother of the True God. … Here I will show and offer all my love, my compassion, my help and protection. I am your merciful Mother, the Mother of all who love me, of those who cry to me, of those who have confidence in me. I will hear their weeping and their sorrows … their necessities and misfortunes. ... Listen, and let it penetrate your heart. ... Do not fear any illness or vexation, anguish or pain. Am I not here who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not your fountain of life? Are you not in the folds of my mantle? In the crossing of my arms? Is there anything else you need?
In Fatima & Kibeho, Our Lady confirmed the existence of Purgatory. A place where souls go who are not ready yet due to sin, to enter heaven.
Our Lady has said Our prayers help those in purgatory. Message from Nov. 1986:
"Dear children! Today I wish to call you to pray daily for🧵
Cats have their own heavenly patron — Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, a 7th-century Belgian nun.
She is venerated as the protector of cats and the guardian of home comfort. It is believed that Saint Gertrude protects homes from misfortune and brings peace to those who live alongside these mysterious and sensitive creatures. Cats always sense subtle worlds — perhaps that is why they are so close to the saint, whose life was dedicated to silence, prayer, and care.
May every home where a cat purrs be filled with warmth, protection, and light.
The 15 promises of the Rosary.
1. Those who faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell. It will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. The recitation of the Rosary will cause virtue and good works to flourish. It will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God. It will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.
6. Those who recite my Rosary devoutly, applying themselves to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered by misfortune. In His justice, God will not chastise them; nor shall they perish by an unprovided death, i.e., be unprepared for heaven. Sinners shall convert. The just shall persevere in grace and become worthy of eternal life.
7. Those who have a true devotion to the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who faithfully recite the Rosary shall have, during their life and at their death, the light of God and the plenitude of His graces. At the moment of death, they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.
11. By the recitation of the Rosary, you shall obtain all that you ask of me.
12. Those who propagate the holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of their death.
14. All who recite the Rosary are my beloved children and the brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion for my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
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The Eucharist is Jesus himself.
You are in the wrong "church" if you don't celebrate Mass there.
The Eucharist is not a symbol. It is Jesus in his full and entire form...Body, Blood, Soul and Divinty.
Count yourself blessed and lucky that as a Catholic, you get to partake in this great spiritual feast.
Jesus himself made it clear that this is His Body.
Not his symbol. But His Body!
Let that sink in!
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