Inktober | Day 16

🖊 Inktober Artist Tag – Day #16

Welcome to Day 16 of my Inktober challenge! Each day, I’m drawing a different prompt with a simple Catholic twist. Today’s theme is “Blunder”, and I chose to reflect on Saint Augustine.

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Today’s Drawing Prompt: “Blunder”

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✟ Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine didn't exactly live a holy life to begin with. He eventually converted through his mother's, Saint Monica, prayers and became Bishop of Hippo. That's why I chose to draw Saint Augustine for the prompt, blunder.

"Shortly before Augustine's death, the Vandals, a Germanic tribe that had converted to Arianism, invaded Roman Africa. The Vandals besieged Hippo in the spring of 430 when Augustine entered his final illness. According to Possidius, one of the few miracles attributed to Augustine, the healing of an ill man, took place during the siege. Augustine has been cited to have excommunicated himself upon the approach of his death in an act of public penance and solidarity with sinners. Spending his final days in prayer and repentance, he requested the penitential Psalms of David be hung on his walls so he could read them and upon which led him to "[weep] freely and constantly" according to Possidius' biography. He directed the library of the church in Hippo and all the books therein should be carefully preserved. He died on 28 August 430. Shortly after his death, the Vandals lifted the siege of Hippo, but they returned soon after and burned the city. They destroyed all but Augustine's cathedral and library, which they left untouched.

Augustine was canonized by popular acclaim, and later recognized as a Doctor of the Church in 1298 by Pope Boniface VIII. His feast day is 28 August. He is considered the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and a number of cities and dioceses. He is invoked against sore eyes."

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🗣 Questions for the Readers

• Favorite book by Saint Augustine?
• Favorite Doctor of the Church?

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Inktober | Day 15

🖊 Inktober Artist Tag – Day #15

Welcome to Day 15 of my Inktober challenge! Each day, I’m drawing a different prompt with a simple Catholic twist. Today’s theme is “Ragged”, and I chose to reflect on The Prodigal Son.

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Today’s Drawing Prompt: “Ragged”

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😁 The Prodigal Son

And he said: A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance. And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously. And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want. And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him.  And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger? I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And rising up he came to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and running to him fell upon his neck, and kissed him.

And the son said to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, I am not now worthy to be called thy son. And the father said to his servants: Bring forth quickly the first robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat and make merry: Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing:

And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said to him: Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe. And he was angry, and would not go in. His father therefore coming out began to entreat him. And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee, and I have never transgressed thy commandment, and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me, and all I have is thine. But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.

Luke 15:11-32

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🗣 Questions the Readers

• Have you ever found something you lost after a long time?

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Inktober | Day 14

🖊 Inktober Artist Tag – Day #14

Welcome to Day 14 of my Inktober challenge! Each day, I’m drawing a different prompt with a simple Catholic twist. Today’s theme is “Trunk”, and I chose to reflect on The Ark of the Covenant.

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Today’s Drawing Prompt: “Trunk”

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And they shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell in the midst of them:  9 According to all the likeness of the tabernacle which I will shew thee, and of all the vessels for the service thereof: and thus you shall make it: Frame an ark of setim wood, the length whereof shall be of two cubits and a half: the breadth, a cubit and a half: the height, likewise, a cubit and a half.

And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold within and without: and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about: And four golden rings, which thou shall put at the four corners of the ark: let two rings be on the one side, and two on the other. Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold. And thou shalt put them in through the rings that are in the sides of the ark, that it may be carried on them. And they shall be always in the rings, neither shall they at any time be drawn out of them.

And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee. Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.  18 Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.  19 Let one cherub be on the one side, and the other on the other. Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.

In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee. Thence will I give orders, and will speak to thee over the propitiatory, and from the midst of the two cherubims, which shall be upon the ark of the testimony, all things which I will command the children of Israel by thee. Thou shalt make a table also of setim wood, of two cubits in length, and a cubit in breadth, and a cubit and half in height. And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold: and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge round about. And to the ledge itself a polished crown, four inches high: and over the same another little golden crown.

Thou shalt prepare also four golden rings, and shalt put them in the four corners of the same table over each foot. Under the crown shall the golden rings be, that the bars may be put through them, and the table may be carried. The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold to bear up the table. Thou shalt prepare also dishes, and bowls, censers, and cups, wherein the libations are to be offered of the purest gold. And thou shalt set upon the table loaves of proposition in my sight always.

Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it. Six branches shall come out of the sides, three out of the one side, and three out of the other. Three cups as it were nuts to every branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily; and three cups, likewise of the fashion of nuts in the other branch, and a bowl withal, and a lily. Such shall be the work of the six branches, that are to come out from the shaft: And in the candlestick itself shall be four cups in the manner of a nut, and at every one, bowls and lilies. Bowls under two branches in three places, which together make six coming forth out of one shaft.

Exodus 25:8-35

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🗣 Questions for the Readers

• Have you ever built anything with confusing instructions?
• After reading this scripture verse, could you build the Ark of the Covenant?
• Have you built anything without instructions?

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Inktober | Day 13

🖊 Inktober Artist Tag – Day #13

Welcome to Day 13 of my Inktober challenge! Each day, I’m drawing a different prompt with a simple Catholic twist. Today’s theme is “Drink”, and I chose to reflect on Our Lord's Last Supper.

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Today’s Drawing Prompt: “Drink”

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I drew Jesus blessing the bread wine at the Last Supper. I took inspiration from a holy card I found. I should say I used the Holy card for my reference photo.

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🗣 Questions for the Readers

• If you could choose your last meal, what would you eat?
• Favorite food?
• What did you have for your last meal? (this requires a bit of thinking, doesn't it?)
• How many holy cards do you have?

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Inktober | Day 12

🖊 Inktober Artist Tag – Day #12

Welcome to Day 12 of my Inktober challenge! Each day, I’m drawing a different prompt with a simple Catholic twist. Today’s theme is “Shredded”, and I chose to reflect on The Scourging at the Pillar.

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Today’s Drawing Prompt: “Shredded”

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😭 Scourging at the Pillar

Then therefore, Pilate took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his head; and they put on him a purple garment. And they came to him, and said: Hail, king of the Jews; and they gave him blows. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith to them: Behold, I bring him forth unto you, that you may know that I find no cause in him. (Jesus therefore came forth, bearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment.) And he saith to them: Behold the Man.

John 19:1-5

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🗣 Questions for Readers

• Hardest physical activity you ever took part in?

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Inktober | Day 11

🖊 Inktober Artist Tag – Day #11

Welcome to Day 11 of my Inktober challenge! Each day, I’m drawing a different prompt with a simple Catholic twist. Today’s theme is “Sting”, and I chose to reflect on The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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Today’s Drawing Prompt: “Sting”

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💗 The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Historically, the devotion to the Sacred Heart is an outgrowth of devotion to what is believed to be Christ's sacred humanity. During the first ten centuries of Christianity, there is nothing to indicate that any worship was rendered to the wounded Heart of Jesus. The revival of religious life and the zealous activity of Bernard of Clairvaux and Francis of Assisi in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, together with the enthusiasm of the Crusaders returning from the Holy Land, gave a rise to devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ and particularly to practices in honour of the Sacred Wounds.

Devotion to the Sacred Heart developed out of the devotion to the Holy Wounds, in particular to the Sacred Wound in the side of Jesus. The first indications of devotion to the Sacred Heart are found in the eleventh and twelfth centuries in the fervent atmosphere of the Benedictine or Cistercian monasteries. It is impossible to say with certainty what were its first texts or who were its first devotees.

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The 12 Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque are as follows:

1.    I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.

2.    I will establish peace in their homes.

3.    I will comfort them in all their afflictions.

4.    I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all, in death.

5.    I will bestow abundant blessings upon all their undertakings.

6.    Sinners will find in my Heart a fountain of mercy.

7.    Tepid souls shall become fervent.

8.    Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.

9.    I will bless those places wherein the image of my Sacred Heart shall be exposed and honored.

10.    I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts.

11.    Those who propagate this devotion shall have their names written in my Heart.

12.    In the excessive mercy of my Heart, I will grant the grace of final penitence to those who have                 been devoted to my Sacred Heart.

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🗣 Questions for the Readers

• Favorite time of Day?
• Favorite place to read?

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Inktober | Day 10

🖊 Inktober Artist Tag – Day #10

Welcome to Day 10 of my Inktober challenge! Each day, I’m drawing a different prompt with a simple Catholic twist. Today’s theme is “Sweep”, and I chose to reflect on Saint Catherine of Siena. I chose Saint Catherine (because Miss K suggested it) because she was a servant and probably took on the task of cleaning or "sweeping" the floors.

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Today’s Drawing Prompt: “Sweep”

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Saint Catherine of Siena was an Italian mystic and pious laywoman who engaged in papal and Italian politics through extensive letter-writing and advocacy. Canonized in 1461, she is revered as a saint and as a Doctor of the Church due to her extensive theological authorship. She is also considered to have influenced Italian literature.

Born and raised in Siena, Catherine wanted from an early age to devote herself to God, against the will of her parents. She joined the "mantellates", a group of pious women, primarily widows, informally devoted to Dominican spirituality; later these types of urban pious groups would be formalized as the Third Order of the Dominicans, but not until after Catherine's death.[3] Her influence with Pope Gregory XI played a role in his 1376 decision to leave Avignon for Rome. The Pope then sent Catherine to negotiate peace with the Florentine Republic. After Gregory XI's death (March 1378) and the conclusion of peace (July 1378), she returned to Siena. She dictated to secretaries her set of spiritual treatises, The Dialogue of Divine Providence. The Great Schism of the West led Catherine of Siena to go to Rome with the pope. She sent numerous letters to princes and cardinals to promote obedience to Pope Urban VI and to defend what she calls the "vessel of the Church". She died on 29 April 1380, exhausted by her rigorous fasting. Urban VI celebrated her funeral and burial in the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.

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🗣 Questions for the Readers

• What is the most laborious task you have ever been assigned/done?
• Have you ever swept the floor?
• Longest letter you've ever written?

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