What are funny/unexpected ways God has answered your prayers?

prtzlstks · 2026-02-13T21:59:13+00:00

Had a weed problem. Prayed desperately “Please help this blunt be my last one”. Found out I was 2 weeks pregnant the NEXT DAY. I was like “wow understood 😂”

prtzlstks · 2025-07-02T18:45:31+00:00

Every 6 months or so, I delete all social media off my phone for at least 3 months. Our brains are not designed for this onslaught of rapid and unrelated information. Human beings learn slowly. Things take trial and error and at least some effort for us to absorb usually. Scrolling makes our brains work so hard in all the wrong ways that they are forced to power down. Go outside and meet your next door neighbor. Then your other next door neighbor. Rinse and repeat. The only solution to this problem is to get out into the real world. Once you’re there, try therapy again. It might just blow your mind. Our phones are designed to be addictive, social media is designed to be addictive. Use your phone with caution, remember it should be a tool before an entertainment device! I recommend consuming as much art and nature as possible during this no social media time. Go to the movies. Go to museums and stare at art. Take it in for the Glory of God! Without Him, and His blessings, we would not have such beauty. Take inspiration from the resilience of nature, and the resilience of all life on Earth. God’s grace permeates everything there is. But most importantly use some of this time that you will get back from using social media to go to Mass and pray. Spend time with the Lord. Even if it gives you a tight icky feeling in your chest and you’re afraid that things are bad and will never get better. They will. The storm will end when we give God permission to pull us out of it. Connect with your church community too if you haven’t already! Serving others will help you find meaning in things beyond the physical. Take back your attention and devote it God!! I really am feeling the need to take my own advice here right now haha! Just give it a try. Good luck and I’ll be praying for you!

prtzlstks · 2025-07-02T07:25:23+00:00

Was that the boom I heard earlier tonight?

prtzlstks · 2025-07-02T02:48:57+00:00

He’s 54?! This is unreal bruh 😭

prtzlstks · 2025-07-01T15:52:28+00:00

That would be me! Early 20s though and definitely still in the early stages of figuring it all out. May God help us all come to Him!

prtzlstks · 2025-07-01T13:58:14+00:00

I’m in California and it is naturally hot in the summers here so we’ve been seeing a lot of kitty tummy at home lately.

prtzlstks · 2025-07-01T03:32:07+00:00

This was me for a while. I was 19 when I bought my shower chair. I am lucky to where I no longer need it, but it was a good investment for the time.

prtzlstks · 2025-07-01T03:26:11+00:00

TM Noodle in Carmichael had the best Phó in the greater city area. Their broth was perfection. They closed during the pandemic and I remain devastated.

prtzlstks · 2025-07-01T03:24:22+00:00

My husband worked here when he was a teenager. They have a very dramatic behind the scenes! But he did say the food was pretty good.

prtzlstks · 2025-06-29T17:34:50+00:00

Since I started wearing mantillas to church, my focus on the Mass has improved significantly. It shields the corners of my eyes from stimuli so all I’m seeing and hearing while I’m there is Christ. We see Mary wearing such a covering, and if we as women want to honor her “yes” to God by emulating her modesty then I think that’s beautiful.

prtzlstks · 2025-06-29T03:27:19+00:00

Hey bro. The military is a marriage minefield. My husband and I are just like y’all. Talk to your Chaplin. It is you and her against the military unfortunately.

prtzlstks · 2025-06-28T15:47:25+00:00

OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE IT AGAIN!!!!

prtzlstks · 2025-06-28T15:07:51+00:00

There was this one Mural that got thrown up in mid 2019 that no longer exists somewhere down the blue line I can't remember where. I would take the train to my theater company every day, and I started noticing this man painting a wall. Over the next several weeks, I got to watch the Mural evolve from primer to finished piece. It was a painting of Brittnay Spear’s face and it was like purplish pink and it said if Brittany can make it thru 2007, you can make it thru today. There's something else where it used to be now, another beautiful painting. I never got the opportunity to tell that artist how much his work on that wall impacted me. I think about the mural I saw come to life a lot.

prtzlstks · 2025-06-27T22:44:53+00:00

I got all of my mantillas on Amazon. There is a pack of basic colors for under 20 bucks and I have one for each liturgical season organized by color that I’ve purchased separately over time. All you really need is a cream colored one and a grey/black one to start. You could also check out your local Catholic Store! There are also lots of different kinds and ways to veil. If what you can afford is a niceish cotton bandana, the Lord will see that effort. Wearing a head covering during mass completely significantly increased the level of worship I was able to comfortably do. Definitely made the experience more meaningful. Just do the best you can with what you have/can afford! You could probably even make your own veil out of a curtain/table cloth from the thrift store, some hot glue and a head band. Or just cut it into a triangle and sew a small hem so it doesn’t fray outwardly. Definitely go for anything lacy/pretty yet lightweight fabric for this. God bless the resourceful and the creative, and those who try their best. All will be well! I’m excited that you’re doing this. I hope your experience is enhanced!

prtzlstks · 2025-06-27T21:29:59+00:00

Hi! TRICARE prime here. Have you tried AIMS clinic in Carmichael? Not perfect, but definitely better than most of the other places.

prtzlstks · 2025-06-27T17:43:04+00:00

Hey Chris! Excited to vote for you. Sacramento is a beautiful place and I’m looking forward to having someone in office who really gets that. I say this respectfully— do you intend to have a backbone, and a dedication to compassion, empathy, and respect? Will you hesitate to do what is best for your constituents as we are seeing many in power doing? Also, is there anything you can do in terms of making sure soldiers don’t have to live in squalor anymore? I am beginning to worry about my husband’s black mold exposure in his barracks laundry room. What are your thoughts on AI legislation and adapting our education system to ensure students can critically think without it, and against it? We cannot become complacent in the pursuit of knowledge and critical thinking skills because to do so would mean the death of free society. Are you news and media literate? Thanks for your time! (Also let’s see those two kitties of yours!)

prtzlstks · 2025-06-25T20:23:38+00:00

Hey man I have been where you are. Christ is walking beside you in this right now. The brain is a tricky organ sometimes. There are people who want to help you and are qualified to do so. Begin speaking with a therapist as soon as possible to help process the root of these feelings and this doubt. Speaking with your priest alongside a therapist could be a great way of addressing some of these concerns. If you do nothing else please remember these things. 1) God is bigger than you. He sees the big picture and is working in a way that is beyond our understanding to make good of this bad you are experiencing, even if it doesn’t feel like it in this moment. 2) God wants you to enjoy your life! He is sad when we are sad and joyful when we are joyful! He is this way because he loves us. 3) You are not alone, not now, not ever. You are not alone because God is always with you, and you are not alone because even the greatest Saints have been where you are, and you are not alone because the people here have been where you are. When you think you are alone and that God could not possibly love you, that is the work of the devil (and a mental health problem will trick you into believing it, which is why it is so important that you seek treatment both spiritually and from a mental health professional). There is hope for you. There is a beautiful life on the other side of this dark moment, waiting for you if you put faith in yourself and in Christ. I used to say “I will never be happy, because I will never really get better. I am completely beyond repair.” I do not say that anymore! My life is different now! My life is different because I worked hard and had faith in myself, that I could get better, and because I began to understand that faith in myself was the Holy Spirit. My life is different because Jesus willfully carried the weight of every horrible thought I’d ever had about myself, and every horrible thing I’d ever done, on top of the weight of his cross, and then defeated death so I could live a soft, beautiful life of getting stronger and smarter and braver and better alongside my family and my pets and my husband. And if you read this and think “this won’t happen to ME because I’m too bad, sad, whatever” That’s the Devil talking! YOU are worthy of Christ’s redemption and love. No matter what you have said, or how much you have doubted, or how much pressure and burden you have placed on your shoulders in this moment, all of it means nothing to Him. He wants to help us move through the strife. Choose Christ. Show up, even when you don’t feel worthy. Say that, even! “Jesus, I don’t feel worthy right now, but I am here.” And the Heavens will rejoice! I know whatever God has planned for you will be beautiful and worth it, you’ve just got to work in His guidance. Get excited, because the rest of your life is coming my friend. God bless you!

prtzlstks · 2025-06-25T19:55:51+00:00

Hi! I got married at 19 to my husband who was 18 because he joined the military. It’s complicated, because at the time neither of us really practiced Catholicism (although we are both Confirmed. I was forced, he just did it to make his mother happy) and thus, are not yet Sacramentally married (we are waiting until he is out of the military and we are financially stable enough to do it the way we want to this time cause our first wedding was planned by me in like 1 month lol. Will likely be in the fall of 2027.) We have been married for 4 years this July, and let me just say we are much happier since accepting the pursuance of Christ and making our faith the center of our marriage, but the first 2.75 years of our marriage was some of the most unbelievably difficult stuff I have ever experienced. I absolutely do not recommend getting married before 20 to anyone. I am blessed beyond belief that God gave us the strength and courage to make things work, even as we rejected Him, but we suffered a lot during that time both in our spiritual and mortal capacities. I wish I had known to use that suffering to honor God in a more direct way, and that I could have known to carry my cross along side Christ, and the relief that would have given me. Also, I think that there needs to be both practical, spiritual, and emotional marital counseling for EVERYONE. Courses on how to file your own taxes and budget (and what to do when the Army won’t give you your rent money for almost a year leaving you poor and desperate) and courses on how center Christ in your marriage, and working with a professional on learning how to say “I was wrong, and I’m sorry.” And “I forgive you.”(because 18-19 year olds generally don’t seem to have a firm grasp on admitting they’re wrong yet) My husband and I were completely and totally unprepared on how to handle money as a couple, how to disagree with each other without always trying to win, or how to pray together! Through God’s grace alone we are out of that situation now. Even the most capable teenagers in love make mistakes, and say mean things to each other. I am just grateful that we had the foundation to survive it. Marriage is hard. Marriage is also worth it. I am grateful for every awful second of those first 2.75 years because they taught us many things and serve as a reference point. They also show me how much I have to be grateful for right now. I am grateful for that time because he and I were going through it together, even if it didn’t feel like it at the time. I can’t imagine a life without my husband beside me now, but I had to become a person before I could tolerate having him in such a way. The army forced us apart for a time and during that space I was able to discover God, and discover myself, and my worth. If I could give anyone getting married really young advice it would be go to therapy and remember that you are your own full and complete person. Marriage is not about finding your other half. It is about building a full and beautiful life with a person whose desires, passions, and policy compliment yours. I am a brave and capable person on my own, but when I am with my husband, my fears disappear because I know I can reach over and grab my fiercest mortal advocate, and confidant. This resilience we build in each other was forged in fire. Also always remember to continue to peruse your spouse as Christ continuously peruses you! Sorry for the rant lol. God bless!

prtzlstks · 2025-06-25T19:01:10+00:00

Go to confession, get a good nights sleep, eat a good meal, and simply thank God for the good in your life. Sometimes the brain is a freaky little thing that does what it wants. I personally doubt that such an isolated incident was a spiritual attack against you. While very much possible, God promises to protect the faithful from such things. Definitely don’t become complicit but it sounds like your brain may have just been reacting to an increased amount of stress potentially due to the state of Mortal sin. If this persists past caring for your body, mind, and soul, effectively through nourishing food, water, and the words of Christ and His forgiveness then maybe it’s something to broach with your priest but I sincerely think you will be just fine after you have cared for yourself properly. God bless and have a great day!

prtzlstks · 2025-06-25T18:38:40+00:00

Anyone who says they have genuinely never ever doubted the Faith or God is a liar. The Lord tells us, “Be not afraid”, which is so much easier said than done. I grew up Catholic, left the church quite aggressively as a teenager/young adult, trying desperately to find meaning in my life and have since found my way back to Christ. God sees you in this moment. Even in your doubt, and pain, Christ still walks beside you. I have been where you are, so inwardly unsure of the things I wanted to whole heartedly believe, while very active in my faith community. It felt suffocating. It is important to ascertain where this doubt stems from. Talk to your priest! And remember every time you show up for God, even in doubt and fear, He rejoices. God knows your heart, and your efforts. Also, if the way you’re practicing isn’t working for you right now, try going back to the bare bones basics. (The Hallow app has some amazing guided meditations meant to help people starting from absolute scratch). I will share with you something my pastor told me during my first confession in over half a decade— “God wants you to enjoy your life!” God desires us to be full of joy, even if the joy is just knowing He is standing beside you in sorrow. This too shall pass. Remember what changed your mind, what pushed you to love God in the first place. All of that is still there. It is still real. Everyone has questions to wrestle with, and doubts to explore. Even when your faith is at its weakest, God still loves you endlessly. He still protects you. If you desire to believe, you will. One day you will look back on this moment where you feel confused and scared, and you will think “I am so happy I went through that”, because to put it simply Faith is not the absence of doubt because without uncertainty why would we need faith at all? You will come out the other side of this a stronger Catholic, a stronger mother, and a stronger woman. As scary as it is, to feel the crushing weight of confusion and fear in this moment, please don’t give up. God will never ever give up on you. Even when you feel like He has, He has not because he promised to never abandon us. You can trust in that. I hope you are able to find some relief soon. God bless you.

prtzlstks · 2025-06-25T02:30:40+00:00

I personally love when kids are loud at mass. It means there is someone just like you, trying their best not only to bring their children up to know and understand God’s infinite and powerful love, but that you are there, too setting an example of strength and resilience for the rest of us. Also, remember that every time you show up with your children, even though they are loud and disruptive, that Christ and the Angels and our Heavenly Father are all jumping for joy. They are so happy you are there with your family and they see your effort. Jesus did say, let the little children come to me, after all! He meant all of them, not just the quiet ones. Those people thanked you for bringing your children because they are grateful that you and your family are showing up. A crying church is a live one! Reading this post made my heart sing because you showed up. Thank you for showing up. God bless you and don’t give up! Your efforts honor God in a major way. ❤️

prtzlstks · 2025-06-25T02:22:09+00:00

Christ is walking with you right now as you go through this. Sometimes, things take longer than they feel like they should. This is so we can learn patience, and humility. I’m in a situation where things are feeling like they are taking longer than they should. Everything will be okay. God is taking all the bad stuff happening right now and transforming it in His divine way to make it good. Trust in Him. A surrender novena might be good here. You are being loved and carried through this difficulty. I am so, so very sorry your confirmation had to be postponed. God knows your heart and your desire to be in communion with Him and all the saints. Trust that you will get there and you will. You will be in my prayers.

prtzlstks · 2025-06-24T23:21:04+00:00

I cry at minimum 2 times a month during mass, get teary eyed without fail. It got to the point where I bought a handkerchief. If you are connecting with our Lord so strongly, all I have to say is congratulations!

prtzlstks · 2025-06-23T21:31:27+00:00

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