A beautiful prayer (from Jesuit Prayer) adapted by John Veltri SJ (from St Ignatius) 🧵 Teach me to listen, O God, to those nearest me, my family, my friends, my co-workers. Help me to be aware that no matter what words I hear, the message is, “Accept the person I am. Listen to me.” 1/3

Reflecting on passages of the Bible that so well reflect today’s morality corrupted world, is a must for every Christian person. Thank you Fr O’Higgins for continuing to help us be more human

These are wonderful principles that are worth it fighting for. These are principles for Christians and non-Christians… they are truths inherent to the human condition. Gaudium et Spes was and is a monumentally important document

“Churches are full of bodies but empty of spirit” A true summary

“Tête-a-tête” (more “side to side”) conversation under the inspiration of Pastéis de Nata. Óbidos, Portugal #photography #streetphotography

Books, wine, fruit and vegetables… all in the same shop. Óbidos, Portugal #photography #streetPhotography

Jungyeon 'Commencement' (Nobeoka, 2015) -- Jersey City, NJ #BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #Photography #Portraiture #Monochrome #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

Almost certainly, not one person scoffing all that extravagant food at the Windsor banquet ever experienced a single day of hunger. But many children (& adults) in Gaza, Sudan & elsewhere never experience a single day *WITHOUT* hunger. Lord have mercy on a very troubled, unjust, sin-filled world.✝️

Brilliant ! Absolutely true ! Want happened was a show of repugnant an undignified behaviour… Sorry to say: king included

Subservience, tacit approval and consent! Makes me feel sick. Royals and not royals… all cowards

Just great! And for a few moments we can believe in the purity of the spul

This is vile, despicable, evil. According to Google, Kilmeade is yet another prominent U.S. 'Catholic' whose words & deeds leave me shaking my head in disbelief! Someone should inform Kilmeade that promoting mass murder is gravely sinful. #5thCommandment www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

We need to be courageous to let spirituality wake us up…

In these troubled times it’s worth it and *needed* to reflect on “freedom”. “freedom is not the ability to do whatever we want with no restrictions. Rather, it is the ability to live within the truth so as to know the good, to love the good, and to choose the good” — Fr Ryan Adorjan

Remember: this is from a “fully assumed” Catholic! Seems he forgot to read the New Testament, most of the prophets, all of the psalms, … A “pious” man that went to meet Pope Francis (who wanted salvation for everyone, everyone, everyone!) Disgusting little scum I pray he one day finds reason

Amidst the so busy times we have, it feels good to know what to do… that awake state is not easy to reach. A beautiful prayer “May it please the supreme and divine Goodness to give us all abundant grace ever to know his most holy will and perfectly to fulfill it.” —St. Ignatius of Loyola

#photography Autumn starts spicy.

'Coastal Sentinels' (2025) -- It's Been a Relatively Short Summer, With Very Few Hot Days & Rather Low Humidity... Now We Begin the Long Beautiful Trek into Autumn, Golden Bay, Penang, Malaysia #Scape you #Scape me! ✨ #Photography #Landscape #Monochrome #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

Over the hillside, Glen Coe rainbow #Scotland #GlenCoe #Lochaber www.damianshields.com

Peace starts and ends inside one’s heart and soul We may gazillions of laws, conventions and international organizations… Some even say peace through “power” (read : violence) - all is vanity. “I shall put my laws within them and write them on their hearts” — Jer 31:33

When are we going to understand that we have to respect the environment we live on …😔 Greed, “more” , efficiency… That’s not what matters, mainly when we contribute to the downfall of the place that sustains us in this life

Enjoying the last days of sun before the winter (Germany) #photography #cityscape

The signs of times …. Surrounded by a beautiful landscape (Allgäu, Germany) these 2 young guys can’t let the phone have a Holliday #photography #socialLife

JRS film on Ukrainian refugees wins "Best Video – Social Justice Issues" from Catholic Media Association! A powerful documentary that highlights the challenges faced by the displaced and the compassionate work of JRS. youtu.be/dXU3OKUS29w

Black and White photography from Yosemite. #art #landscapephoto #naturelovers #artlovers #yosemite #photography #travel #vacation #hawaii #homedecor #wallart #art4sale Please refer to link for info and pricing buff.ly/4cRRFGY

I do not stand on the pinnacle of achievement, I languish rather in the depths of my weakness. And yet the creator … of mankind can give me the grace to see life whole and power to speak … of it. It is for love of him that I do not spare myself in preaching him. — St Gregory, Office of Readings

Dominican Shores and Stores (March 2025). #DominicanRepublic #Dominicus #Photography

Twiglet the Robin on my balcony rail a few weeks ago 🪶 #birds #DDOR

These words give me hope … God didn’t say: “Let us come to the aid of these men and assist them quickly because they are living a good life. No, our life was displeasing to him. He will, therefore, condemn what we have done but he will save what he himself has done in us.” — St Augustine

What a great reading today ~ Saint John Chrysostom, bishop (Office of Readings) In our language today: “stop being an hypocrite and be a Christian if you say you’re one” Hard and direct words on ostentatious behaviour, pseudo-charity, show off… Some quotes below…

Indeed a shame for us Catholics that even with such a powerful, humble and reassuring guidance, some “princes” of the church prefer earthly glory and have shameful behaviour. May God have the mercy and understanding that I don’t have and feel

This moment still jars. In spite of Jan 6, & appalling denigration of migrants, & support for the genocide in Gaza, & cuts to USAid ... & so much more. In spite of all that, a U.S. Catholic bishop applauded when Trump was hailed as "truly the greatest champion of faith we've ever had". Shameful!

😉 pragmatism coming from old “history” - On the serious side: how many times did I silenced someone because the truth was too uncomfortable for me to hear it?

—St Augustine “You were with me, but I was not with you. You called, shouted, broke through my deafness; you flared, blazed, banished my blindness; you lavished your fragrance, I gasped; … I tasted you, and now I hunger and thirst; you touched me, and I burned for your peace. “

Message to Trump and Vance? “There is no separation in the personality of a public figure: there is not on one side the politician, on the other the Christian “

“we continue to advocate for laws that keep weapons out of the hands of those intent on harm” NO!!!! - it should be: “FORBID GUNS - normal people don’t need them”

It’s a message … but why not a clear one: “We need to forbid guns” That a politician doesn’t say it is a given because they’re cowards. That the church doesn’t say it… why the eufemism?

Why is the US church so quiet and silent? Such hypocrisy… But hey… what matters is the Latin Mass… And ofc - now that Francis isn’t bothering their conscience and (unfortunately) Leo is returning to the “grandeur” of the popes (palace, image of power, …) all seems justified

How sad indeed that the hard parts of Jesus’s teachings are so quickly forgotten- How can anyone be a Christian and maga believer? There isn’t any possible way - other than hypocrisy

There are eras when evil is particularly active among us - a shame for the human race and our capacity to choose. “They are not in trouble as other men are;they are not stricken like other men. Therefore pride is their necklace;violence covers them as a garment.” —Psalm 73:5-6 #criminals

The road less traveled #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #BackRoads #MorningLight #Fog #Nature

Determination, today’s blossom 🖤 #shotoniphone #mobilephotography #natureinspired

Brilliant! Just brilliant “Even if Trump doesn’t have God’s personal cellphone number, I’m sure he can ask his friends at the FBI to find it.” #brillianjournalism

A better view point? Rothenburg ob der Tauber #photography #architecture

The sun is setting and a rain shower streaks the sky in the distance. 💙 #stunday #nature #sunset #landscape #rain #evening #photography

An ignominious behaviour…

Faithful companion - peaceful life too Dublin - #photography #streetphotography #ireland

Guardians of the night? Valencia, Spain #photography #cityscape