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francis • she/they • jesus loves communists

[doveplume]

hello it is silly and will probably not be updated very much but i made a substack to share my personal essays (mostly dressed up bits from journals, haha), poetry, whatever else. feel free to subscribe if you'd like!!!!

god loves boredom

all i have learned in the last year

[catholicsocialistwhatever]

Beauty evangelises

[gingerisaspice]

I KNOW THIS YEAR HAS BEEN AWFUL BUT DONT FALTER TO DOOMERISM. BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stvrlightt09]

little appreciation post for my favorite saint (aside from our blessed mother herself)

you literally cannot study anything medieval without coming across st. hildegard, she’s literally a jack of all trades. and she was so profoundly close to God, i admire her so much. she’s gonna be my confirmation saint one day :)

[miriam-farish]

[girlsludged]

please consider writing to Prarieland defendants Autumn Hill and Meagan Morris, they are both trans lesbians incarcerated in men's prisons for protesting an ICE facility

prosecution established affiliation by way of defendants having fucking anarchist zines, the kind of shit you see in a punk house. this is what they want and are willing to pursue for all of us who aren't willing to lay down and die, imprisonment and torture and the absolute stripping of our dignity (the govt gleefully included their deadnames in a press release yesterday; Morris' public defender has consistently deadnamed and misgendered her despite her legal name change)

there is no one who will protect us except us, and if our sisters are lost to us and forgotten as soon as they are grabbed by the prison system (ie if the system is allowed to work as intended) then we are failing, and we are woefully unprepared for a world where they start taking more of us

Autumn Hill - Support the Prairieland Defendants

Autumn is a loving wife and is interested in religious history and mythology. Write to her at FMC Fort Worth.

Meagan Morris - Support the Prairieland Defendants

Meagan Elizabeth Morris is loved by her wife housemates, and dogs. Her name was legally changed in 2007, but the federal complaint used her

[rivertheartist]

Jesus with a crow. I just love this guy

[irlbeb]

[franzis-kunst-und-krempel]

Studio of Bernardo Strozzi in Genoa.

Incredulity of St. Thomas (Detail)

ca 1605-1610. Oil

[chrysostmomhasmoved]

What grounds do we have for believing the Theotokos is quiet and “nice” and passive?

She is used as a weapon against women who question, women who complain, women who are critical. But there really is no evidence that this is appropriate in the slightest.

At the beginning of her story, we hear her directly questioning a messenger of God. “How can this be?” She doesn’t just put her head down and bat her eyelashes like Bambi, she challenges him, because what she is being told does not make logical sense.

She offers her consent which means that she assumes and understands that her consent is required and important. She doesn’t just quietly sit with her hands folded and wait to see what happens, she takes ownership of the moment.

She offers not only a song of praise but a lot of theological opinions in her Magnificat. She does not clam up and leave the heavy lifting of thoughts about God to the men and the scholars.

At Cana she pushes Christ to act even though “the hour has not yet arrived.” 

She is present at the cross. She is present with the disciples in the upper room. She’s not the little old lady who keeps to herself, she is in the middle of the birth of the church.

In the akathist, one of the most ancient sources we have about her, she is referred among many other appellations as the “woman who persuaded even the just judge.” She is described as persistent, relentless, maybe even headstrong in her advocacy for those who appeal to her for help.

She is a good mother, alright. She is tough, she is confident, she is protective, she is fearless.

I’m not getting “quiet and avoids swears” anywhere from this, at all.

[z1lyl1ly]

We have to realize that not only is God our creator, he is also our father who wants a genuine relationship with us so we should stop treating him as an unreachable deity when he is literally waiting to shower us in his love

[hammer-and-rosary]

christian zionists say they want to level Gaza and build the third temple so Jesus can return, but what do they plan to say when they look Him in the eye?

"do you like the temple we built You? we built it on the bones of children. we built it by denying food to the hungry, and medicine to the sick. we killed the healers and the truth tellers, and we killed them for You. that's how much we love You, don't you see?"

but the Lord will not see, for His eyes will be too filled with tears.

[christshands]

to live life in the service of god, in his image, you HAVE to live life in the service of yourself AND others. and the cool thing about that is, if you find the rhythym, both strengthen each other. respect and service for yourself will lay the foundation for respect and service for others, and both are inherently acts of love towards god, because he is within us. find the parts of you, the parts of others, that shine with the light of god (hint: its everything) and praise them. act in love and you are acting in worship.

[bieshu]

just a few queer christian/catholic themed brat album pics for yall to enjoy. i made all of these so if theres any mistakes lmk thats on me lol

[heavensghost]

[csny]

everymorning: i think im about to die. i think im going to die. im actually going to die. this is it. im going to die. im going to die immediately.

every single night: lock in. OK. Lock In. Change your Life. I love you. Lock in. This is going to be big. I’m going to change the world. Ready? I love you. Lock in. I have an idea. Lock in.

[reazonozaer]

People ask for signs from God all the time, but if they knew God they would have no need to ask. Every act of love, which is justice and goodness on those who need it, is God's will in action. This is why Jesus is always so incredulous at people asking for signs. The signs are all around all the time. But they expect lightning and thunder when its more like hugs, sandwiches, and liberatory struggles.