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say what you want about praying to saints but saint expeditus never misses 😤
literally got full points on an essay that i started a week before it was due even though i had all semester to do it. not to mention that he has helped me so many times before when i needed to make a lot of progress before a deadline.
so if you're terrible with time management and wait until the last minute to do everything like me, then saint expeditus is your guy! he can really help you gain motivation and power through whatever you're working on 🙏🏼
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon. Her mother was an Algonquin, who was captured by the Mohawks and who took a Mohawk chief for her husband.
She contracted smallpox as a four-year-old child which scarred her skin. The scars were a source of humiliation in her youth. She was commonly seen wearing a blanket to hide her face. Worse, her entire family died during the outbreak. Kateri Tekakwitha was subsequently raised by her uncle, who was the chief of a Mohawk clan.
Kateri was known as a skilled worker, who was diligent and patient. However, she refused to marry. When her adoptive parents proposed a suitor to her, she refused to entertain the proposal. They punished her by giving her more work to do, but she did not give in. Instead, she remained quiet and diligent. Eventually they were forced to relent and accept that she had no interest in marriage.
At age 19, Kateri Tekakwitha converted to Catholicism, taking a vow of chastity and pledging to marry only Jesus Christ. Her decision was very unpopular with her adoptive parents and their neighbors. Some of her neighbors started rumors of sorcery. To avoid persecution, she traveled to a Christian native community south of Montreal.
According to legend, Kateri was very devout and would put thorns on her sleeping mat. She often prayed for the conversion of her fellow Mohawks. According to the Jesuit missionaries that served the community where Kateri lived, she often fasted and when she would eat, she would taint her food to diminish its flavor. On at least one occasion, she burned herself. Such self-mortification was common among the Mohawk.
Kateri was very devout and was known for her steadfast devotion. She was also very sickly. Her practices of self-mortification and denial may not have helped her health. Sadly, just five years after her conversion to Catholicism, she became ill and passed away at age 24, on April 17, 1680.
Her name, Kateri, is the Mohawk form of Catherine, which she took from St. Catherine of Siena.
St. Kateri Tekakwitha was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 21, 2012. She is the patroness of ecology and the environment, people in exile and Native Americans.
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Sleeping Saint Joseph
Saint Joseph was known to receive messages from God (through an Angel) in his dreams. As such, he has a devotion known as “The Sleeping Saint Joseph”. And here is how you can incorporate this devotion into your spiritual/witchcraft/folk practices.
Write your petition on paper, fold it away from you if you are petitioning something out of your life, fold it towards you if you are petitioning something to come into your life. Place it under the sleeping Saint Joseph & pray that he takes care of your need as he dreams, allowing you to sleep in peace - Knowing Saint Joseph is working it all out!
Dress the paper with olive oil/oils of choice & burn corresponding incense for extra oomph. To add in some candle magic - Dress a candle & pray over it. Hold the paper and wave it around the lit candle (carefully) 3 times clockwise to bring in. To banish something out of your life wave it 3 or 9 times counterclockwise around the candle. Visualize and/or feel what it would feel like if your petition were already true. Pray to Saint Joseph (I posted one of the prayers below). Then place it under your sleeping Saint Joseph.
If you don’t have a statue, a candle with his image, a printed picture of the sleeping Saint Joseph or prayer card or even your own drawing/painting are all great options!
Saint Joseph, pray for us! <3
Patron Saints for World Mental Health Day
Today is reserved for, among many other things, World Mental Health Day. Raising mental health awareness is vital to helping to understand and accept the challenges we face internally.
Here are four patron saints I've picked to share that represent common mental health challenges that you can pursue intercession with!
✧ St. Dymphna, patron saint of mental health (nervous and mental afflictions), who experienced intense trauma herself in her lifetime
✧ St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, patron saint of stress relief
✧ St. Jude Thaddeus, patron saint of lost causes and desperate situations
✧ St. Christina the Astonishing, patron saint of mental illness who experienced a profound return from death after experiencing a seizure
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Folk Magic with Saint Peter
“ I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:19)
Who is Saint Peter?:
Saint Peter is one of the Holy Apostles alongside Jesus. He is attributed to two books of the New Testament, along with being the Holy founder and first Pope of the Holy Catholic Church.
What can he Help with?:
Saint Peter, holding the keys to heaven, is an intercessor that holds the power given by Our Lord himself to bring spirits to and from the veil.
Thus, we can call upon Saint Peter when we need communicate with our ancestors, or any other spirit. With this key imagery, he can unlock many roads in one’s path, and reveal what’s beyond the veil.
Along with this, we can appreciate his role as leader and teacher. Known as, “the rock” Saint Peter established the church and lead the teachings of the Lord after his Holy death.
We can call upon him in times of instability, wisdom, and strength with The Lord. Even in his agony of denying The Lord thrice, he was given the chance to atone for his actions and bring the Catholic Church into fruition.
To connect:
Pray his Novena
Use orange or white candles
Place Keys by his image
Utilize crossroads and crossroads magic to symbolise the veil
Read his works in the Bible