Miseremini Me

[symeonae]

The Hunger Artists, Maud Ellmann

[hikaruaroace]

Ive read eunuchs for the kingdom of Heaven

But it's still difficult to figure how the Vatican insists the consumable Host is God's flesh, inherently sexual of course, meanwhile historically holding extremely pessimistic views about human sexuality - anything other than just the sinful labor specifically required for procreation

[aelfthryth-mus]

With respect, Ellmann’s argument is highly speculative, depends on psychoanalytic assumptions that are not generally accepted as sound empirical psychology today, and is quoted here without the context necessary to evaluate what she is actually claiming. Treating the passage as proof that eating is “inherently sexual” simply assumes the conclusion and overextends her actual claim in the book. It also imposes an external psychoanalytic framework on Catholic theology while ignoring the distinctions Catholicism itself makes among embodiment, sexuality, marriage, celibacy, and sacramental communion.

A rereading of Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven, Matthew 19, Theology of the Body, and the relevant sections of the Catechism would considerably complicate this interpretation.

[lamignonette]

[aelfthryth-mus]

On the minus side, today was my worst polling place experience since the 2020 primary when I was in front of three Bernie supporters who kept loudly laughing about COVID killing off Biden supporters so that Bernie might win.

On the plus side, I got to report for electioneering the transplants from Arizona, Oklahoma, and Indiana who loudly engaged in illegal discussions of candidates and ballot initiatives and said Saint Louis natives are all rude.

[aelfthryth-mus]

And on the plus plus side, Wesley Bell won strongly enough that AP called the race with only 26% reporting, and my goal of preventing Cori Bush from ever being eligible for a congressional pension is accomplished for another two years at least. One small bright spot in an otherwise personally grim week, but more importantly evidence that my district isn’t simply going to roll over for antisemitism in service of a do-nothing congresswoman who voted with the GOP on important legislation and missed hundreds of votes in her two terms in office — nearly 11% of her roll call votes compared to an average of around 2%.

Antisemitism and absenteeism are not how we roll in MO-1.

[become-mop]

I've got some work coming up that I'm a little nervous about. Please pray for me?

[cheerfullycatholic]

Please pray for a family friend who died and for everyone mourning her

[aelfthryth-mus]

On the minus side, today was my worst polling place experience since the 2020 primary when I was in front of three Bernie supporters who kept loudly laughing about COVID killing off Biden supporters so that Bernie might win.

On the plus side, I got to report for electioneering the transplants from Arizona, Oklahoma, and Indiana who loudly engaged in illegal discussions of candidates and ballot initiatives and said Saint Louis natives are all rude.

[templevirgin]

[ps1]

Waterfall Gullfoss, Iceland

[intothewaters]

[aelfthryth-mus]

Reading "The Society of St. Pius X shows itself out the door" (NCR, July 6, 2026) alongside your Global Sisters Report piece "For migrant children facing deportation alone in court, a Catholic nun shows up" gave me a jarring, clarifying moment of contrast (GSR, July 6, 2026).

In one story, we have new bishops of the SSPX, vested in lace and white shoes, consecrated outside the Church's unity, asserting their own vision of what Catholicism should look like. In the other, we have Sr. Rose Kuhn, IHM, quietly sitting beside migrant children in McAllen, Texas, who have no one else to stand with them in court.

One group has put on ceremonial finery. The other has put on the Gospel.

I don't say this to be glib. Vestments and tradition have their place. But when I see these two stories side by side, I see one community absorbed in questions of legitimacy, lineage, and liturgical purity, and another simply doing what Christ asked: welcoming the stranger, defending the defenseless, showing up for the child no one else will sit beside.

The Society of St. Pius X seems, to me, to be living out a fantasy of what the Church should be. Sister Kuhn is living out the Church's actual mission.

I know where I stand. I'm with Kuhn -- not because her habit is simpler, but because her witness is undeniably clear. If the Gospel means anything, it means showing up. She showed up.

Eric Nygren Chicago, Illinois Letter to the Editor National Catholic Reporter, July 24, 2026

[aelfthryth-mus]

I saw this comment on a post about Nolan omitting the “Nobody” bit with Polyphemus in his film of The Odyssey (haven’t seen the atrocity, cannot confirm the omission, see Emily Wilson re: my thoughts on the adaptation):

If you haven’t read and understood The Odyssey and its adjacent lore, it’s fine, you can just say that, but my goodness, maybe you should before you confuse Ajax the Lesser with Odysseus (who wanted to stone Ajax to death for desecrating Athena’s temple and violating Cassandra precisely because Odysseus wanted to avoid Athena’s divine wrath in the first place) and who had Athena’s patronage the entire way home (where Ajax was shipwrecked by Athena and then left to be drowned by Poseidon when he bragged about escaping divine wrath in the shipwreck) and whose son was protected by Athena while he was making his way home and dodging the wrath of Poseidon, who wanted to kill Odysseus for blinding his son Polyphemus and then giving his real name like a smug little shit in the episode that evidently doesn’t matter that much to the story.

[aelfthryth-mus]

I knew that perimenopause would absolutely take a hatchet to my already chronically depressed and lonely brain, but my goodness, no one prepares you for what those mood drops feel like in the moment.

The utter despair of it all.

Like walking along neutrally and suddenly finding yourself broken at the bottom of a cliff, unable to move or breathe or do anything but sob and wish to be released from your misery.

Hormones, man. Hormones and a broken brain.

[expressions-of-nature]

Villarrica Volcano, Chile by Jono Dashper

[naomisramblings]

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[naomisramblings]

this post is getting notifications again so

is prev a

novelist

sound poet

painter

film-maker

revolutionary

bohemian

alcoholic

petty criminal

lunatic

under-age girl

self-proclaimed failure

Remaining time: 2 days 3 hours

based off the truth or pure vibes, whichever is funnier

[stroopwaifey]

Please pray for my mom. She had a seizure last night

[byzantine-death-machine]

Prayer Request for the Grieving and the Innocent

Normally I don't make these kinds of posts but this one's a pretty bad shake up. My cousin and her husband had an early birth of only 23 weeks, and just lost their baby on the 28th week not too long ago.

Every moment of his life was filled with love, anticipation, and valiant struggle for everyone involved. The parents bear witness to his awareness even when he was supposed to be in the womb. They could tell he could react and respond to his surroundings, and within him there was life, love, and a willingness to live.

Even in his short time, his strength touched all of our hearts, and his loss pains our hearts all the more. The faith of the parents themselves is just as inspiring as they look to God for comfort in this painful time.

Please keep him in your prayers, for his memory to be kept alive within us, for the Lord to have mercy on his soul, that he may pray for us also, and that his parents will be able to recover and continue to honor him and God with their lives

<3

[pesttheanarchist]

Unethical Executions in August

There are 4 executions scheduled in the USA in August.

The first three are all on August 13th.

Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez in Oklahoma, Darrell Hines in Tennessee, and Jeremy Williams in Alabama.

Both Carlos and Darrell are in very poor health. Carlos experienced several major traumas growing up including physical abuse and a bus crash that left him with severe injuries. He currently suffers from dementia. Darrell Hines has recently suffered two strokes that have left him severely impaired. Prison staff will likely have to lift him from his wheelchair to the execution bed and may struggle to establish IVs in his arms, which increases the risk of a botched execution (note that tennesse has already botched an execution earlier this year). It's hard to see how either of these two could be considered dangerous and require execution in their current states.

Stop the Execution of Darrell Hines in Tennessee

Tennessee plans to lift Darrell Hines from his wheelchair to a gurney for execution on August 13, 2026 for the 1986 murder of Katherine Jenk

Stop the Execution of Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez in Oklahoma

Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez​ is scheduled for execution in Oklahoma on August 13, 2026​, for the 2003 murder of Olimpia Fisher. Please sign the

After pleading guilty, Jeremy waived his right to appeals and requested an expedited execution. You can a petition for him here if you want to sign it anyway: https://deathpenaltyaction.org/take-action/execution-petitions/

The fourth and final execution scheduled in August is William Silvia in (can you guess?) Florida. Florida has executed 12 people so far this year (out of 19 total executions in USA).

Stay the Execution of William Silvia

Governor DeSantis has signed a death warrant for William Frances Silvia, who was sentenced to death for the 2006 murder of his estranged wi

Stop the Execution of William Silvia​ in Florida

Florida has scheduled the August 18, 2026, execution of William Silvia for the 2006 murder of Patricia Silvia. Mr. Silvia is severely mental