
Feminine Genius
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Discerning truth from a feminine perspective. New Feminism, Bibliophile, Mystics, Prayer, Folklore, History lover, Healing, Nutrition, Beauty, Lay Dominican
Joined February 2012
Came across the most amazing sentence in a book on folklore I was reading last night: “Satan rarely ventures into Sussex because, knowing that good Sussex cooks will make puddings out of pretty well anything, he is afraid of being made a pudding of.”
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"Francis, the man of God, left his home behind, abandoned his inheritance and became poor and penniless, but the Lord raised him up." - Introit for the feast of St Francis (4 Oct). https://t.co/Q3pAkPquWt An early icon of St Francis, dating to c.1235-40, in the Louvre Museum,
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"The Saviour of the world, who loves and wishes none of them to perish, has ceaselessly applied various remedies through different ministers in each generation to repair the human race after its primal fall. In these last days, which without any doubt we believe to be the end of
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Si te alegras de un asesinato no me cuentes milongas humanitarias. La vida es sagrada. Toda vida. Desde su inicio hasta el último aliento. No concibo como hay gente que aplaude unos asesinatos mientras condena otros. Todos son infames.
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Vision of St. Dominic and Meeting of St. Francis and St. Dominic, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1452. In the Dominican Tradition, as well as Saint Augustine, both men are titled "Our Holy Father". Our Holy Fathers Ss. Dominic & Francis, pray for us and all Brothers of the Mendicant Orders!
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The Little Office of Our Holy Father St. Dominic is both an excellent introduction into the Dominican Spirituality and the Divine Office. If you wish to unite yourself with the Dominican Order, but struggle to discern how, this is a great first step. https://t.co/9TlJ4GsmZJ
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Pope Leo XIV has confirmed that St John Henry Newman will become a Doctor of the Church.
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JUST IN: St John Henry Newman is to be declared a Doctor of the Church. Pope Leo XIV made the decision today, @HolySeePress says. Title to be officially "conferred shortly"
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Six newly ordained priests of the Institute for Holy Mother Church will walk this earth as dispensers of the mysteries of God and the sacraments of salvation. Deo gratias! Our new canons are from the following countries: France 🇫🇷, Poland 🇵🇱, Poland/Canada 🇵🇱/🇨🇦, the United
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DID YOU KNOW??? The term “Hail Mary” in football came to be after Roger Staubach threw a game winning touchdown to Drew Pearson in 1975. He said “I closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary” the term for almost 50 years has been part of the football vernacular ever since.
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Cardinal Pizzaballa offered himself in exchange for the hostages
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Jun 15 - “Sacred Heart” © icon by Joan Cole. #sacredheart #trinitystores Get your Saint of the Day - LIKE our FB Page - https://t.co/E6Hk8PgvL4
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Looking forward to meeting you there today, stop by if you’ll be there! 👇
Anyone here going to Family Fest in St. Augustine at the National Shrine of Our Lady of la Leche next week? BARITUS will be there with a pop-up shop and offering some brand new St. Augustine and Our Lady of la Leche items! So if you're attending, please stop by and say "hi", I'd
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The liver transplant team from the University of Kentucky called me today to begin "conversations" with me. Pray.
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In your kindness, please pray for my grandfather. Harold Trombley, Jr. Feb 27, 1937 – May 30, 2025 Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei.
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Porn is a disease, and serious wide-ranging measures should be taken to remedy it. If it can not be completely gotten rid of, it must be contained, and those who profit off of it should be known and shamed.
If ever you wonder why "things have gotten so weird" in the last ~15 years, this is why. Modern porn is basically a complex form of sex abuse that usually begins in the preteen years for 90%+ of young boys. It is legitimately traumatizing, and consequently, we are the most
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I keep peeking over the shoulder of my young assistant to admire her gold leafing for a painting of St. Anne. This is her first time doing metal leaf and she did a beautiful job. Every artist should keep a homeschooler or two on hand for jobs like this.
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