[alongingforgod]

“Better heresy of doctrine than heresy of heart.”

— John Whittier (1807–1892), American Quaker poet and abolitionist  (via theinwardlight)

[sacredheart-stigmata]

Jesus Christ, the Great Physician, have Mercy upon us (icons by Andrei Bodko)

[stigmatam4rtyr]

Saint Catherine of Siena Holding Christ (17th century, oil on canvas) | Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti

[magdaleneanthony]

[nobrashfestivity]

Diane Arbus Shrine of the Black Madonna, Detroit, Michigan 1970 gelatin silver print stamped 'a diane arbus print', signed, numbered 'c.(47) #13-XX-OU-1620' by Doon Arbus, Administrator, in ink and Estate copyright credit

[leatherhaikuplasticvenus]

joan of arc filet lace pattern, 1913

[eesirachs]

reading the old testament/hebrew bible/tanakh for the first time?

read it in nrsv(ue) with a commentary, like this one ed. coogan, or online on biblegateway

read it with an introductory textbook, like this one by collins

rely on hebrew lexicons, like sefaria or the bdb

or, teach yourself hebrew with books like those by seow or lambdin

use critical theory resources, like these recs

keep a timeline, like this tumblr one, by you

here is more on languages, software like accordance, or oxford handbpoks

[buggie-hagen]

So this [second] commandment leads us outward and directs the lips and tongue into a right relationship with God. For the first things that burst forth and emerge from the heart are words. ~Large Catechism 1:50

[nobrashfestivity]

Jay DeFeo The Rose 1958-1966 Oil on canvas

[iscariotapologist]

As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.

Julian of Norwich, trans. Fr. John-Julian, OJN

[magdaleneanthony]

Our soul is so specially loved of Him that is highest that it overpasseth the knowing of all creatures. That is to say, there is no creature that is made that may know how greatly, and how sweetly, and how tenderly our Maker loveth us.

Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

[omnia-mors-aequat-nstrwa]

Flags of the funeral procession "Memento Mori" (19th-20th centuries)

[peoplematchingartworks]

[germanpostwarmodern]

Church St Gertrud (1963-65) in Cologne, Germany, by Gottfried Böhm. Photo by Theresa Dietel.

[inatherps]

Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)

Observed by dnoell, CC BY-NC

[windowpainblues]

[oneiro1996]

x-ray photo of shells by george green