bright basilica

I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the evil of this time gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out.

[queerofthedagger]

sometimes you just gotta go "man i actually don't give a shit" and keep scrolling. online survival skill 101

[apeirophobia]

[beguines]

But nothing shows the presence of the spirit in human life as well as love does. In love we seek to fuse our being with the "other." It is an act of unconditional self-giving that somehow resembles death, as it merges the identity of the "I" and the "thou." When love is expressed as compassion, the spirit enables us to come out of ourselves, put ourselves in the other's place, bend over the person fallen by the wayside. In forgiveness we transcend ourselves, so that the past does not have the last word and cannot close off the present and the future.

Leonardo Boff, Come, Holy Spirit: Inner Fire, Giver of Life, Comforter of the Poor

[periwinkledragons-deactivated20]

Radical empathy and love is incredibly hard and I will fail over and over again but I also think it's the most important thing you can do

[rustmarty]

average night in your mid 20s:

[thanksbrunette]

[beguines]

God does not hang back as a mere spectator when power is utilized to oppress the weak and crush the poor. God does not keep sovereign distance in the face of human crimes. God's angry voice echoes through the centuries: "Cain, where is your brother?"

Leonardo Boff, Way of the Cross--Way of Justice

[reanimatedjuniper]

girl who's died a thousand times and soon will die a thousand more: I think I'm starting to feel a bit better actually

[brightbasilica]

- God made this world, but he didn't make it to suit everybody, did he? - I don't believe he much had me in mind.

Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy

[multi-muse-transect]

Out of context It: Welcome To Derry spoiler.

[hallowed-bones]

Adorned with wild untamed hair

Cracked nails picked raw

[brightbasilica]

Had the crucifix on his neck not been worn thin from rubbing at it, not in piety, but in doubt?

[glass-unicorns-4-sorority-girls]

[brightbasilica]

[They] will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 8:12

[vampirexlover13]

[brightbasilica]

fumbled my entire roster. one had a girlfriend the entire time, one had borderline and decided i was the enemy, one enlisted in the army and cut me off after i said i didn't want to get married so he could live out of the barracks and one went to visit his parents in michigan and was never heard from again

[cornbelt]

went on an early morning drive