Fluff Piece

Livin and lovin life! I like to blog nature, innovation, design, vintage, romance, positivity, femininity, and writing. My style is part Parisian, part mountaineer, and I'm a big fan of the color blue and puns. My favorite mood is when everything is suddenly, quietly beautiful. have fun browsing :)

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“Here are some examples of how eight different groups of human beings, historical and current, have been dehumanized using the same categories of words… By using dehumanizing language, we negatively shape the way we view groups of people. We may begin to view them as “less-than” or “subhuman”. When we view someone as less than us, it creates a psychological separation, which makes it easier to allow or commit violence against them. Every human being has inherent dignity by the virtue of our shared humanity and the rational nature that comes with it. No matter our age, innocence, size, race, nationality, or ability, we are all equally human; our language and actions should reflect that fact.”

- Rehumanizeintl.org

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“The devil is very happy about those who criticize the Pope, the President, the Bishops, or whatever as long as they don’t pray for them and they waste lots of time fretting about what they say or do - especially on social media. I suspect he is ecstatic when they can get others to join in on the wrangling and argue with one another about it. I can hear the laughter. Can you?”

- Dan Burke

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“The love of Christ knows no limits. It never ends. It does not shrink from ugliness and filth.”

- St. Edith Stein

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Go out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself.

Sylvia Plath (via wordsnquotes)

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Dear Sister,

By the time you read this, I’ll be dead. This is how I think it’s gonna happen: Dave will shoot me, then I’ll shoot Dave, then Eric will enter and get shot by Dave. Then, you’ll come in and get shot by Eric, Dave, and I multiple times.

Love, your brother Keith.

P.S. Then two cops will read this letter and shoot each other

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Always reblog when I see this video

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and people say the baroque times weren’t fun. it was lit af back then. bach was turnt

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This gives me life

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Former Manchester United midfielder ordained a Roman Catholic priest

Philip Mulryne, a former Manchester United and Northern Ireland star has been ordained a Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order. The one time Premier League footballer - who would have earned around £600,000 a year at one point has been ordained into the priesthood, and taken a vow of poverty.

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i just want to say 

i really love being Catholic

i really, really love being Catholic

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'Wonder Woman' Might Be the Most Accurate On-Screen Depiction of Biblical Womanhood, And Here's Why

I recently watched Wonder Woman (starring Gal Gadot from the Fast and the Furious franchise), and it has haunted me ever since...

I will never forget a talk by my Cru colleague, Suzy Silk, founder of the Hope Gathering, who has completed her MA in “Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages” from Jewish Theological Seminary. In her short, ten-minute speech during a conference, she highlighted how military language was consistently used for key biblical passages describing the identity of women: first, in Genesis 2, and then later in Proverbs 31.  

In Genesis 2:18, God said “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (emphasis mine). The Hebrew words used for “helper suitable” are “ezer kenegdo.” The word “ezer” is a military term used 21 times in the Old Testament, twice to describe Eve, and three times to describe Israel in her alliances with other nations. The remaining sixteen times that the word appears in the Old Testament, God uses the word “ezer” to describe himself. (For all my fellow bible nerds, here are all the verse references where you can find the word “ezer.”  

God describes himself as “ezer” during the times in war when Israel is about to lose. The Psalmist refers to God as “ezer” when he says, “I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth” (Psalm 120:1-2, emphasis mine).

Did you catch that? God names Eve “ezer” and then He consistently applies the same name to Himself. God is the aid, the strong help in desperate situations, and we women were created to follow suit.

The same theme is picked up in Proverbs 31, which describes a “noble woman”. This passage is the only time in the Old Testament in which the Hebrew word “chayil” is translated “noble” because it refers to a woman. Every other time that the word appears, it has to do with soldiers, and is closer to the word “valiant.” David’s mighty men? They were “men of valor.”  

As Suzy points out, military language permeates Proverbs 31: ”The word for the ‘buying’ means ‘she hunts out prey and she brings it back’. It’s a hunting term. And when it says that ‘she puts on clothes’, it’s actually ‘she girds her loins with strength’. There’s so much military language in that passage.” Say it with me everyone, #MINDBLOWN.