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Warning: Unpopular Opinion (maybe)
I am so saddened by the state of American politics. My very-conservative parents encouraged the demonization of Democrats ever since I was a young age and now with each party trying to twist each situation to blame the other side, like... Can they not? Can they just present the simple, unbiased facts along with their opinion and let the public decide? Can we actually help educate the public on important issues so we can make an informed decision (similar to medical informed consent)? Can they work together to make sure our country keeps progressing without the drama, the pointing fingers, and the in-fighting?
Thank God that he has given us pastors that receive our confessions and pronounce absolution! Thank God that he treats us with such grace and mercy!
My prayer is that when I die, all of hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.
C.S. Lewis (via tailorrows)
PSA: Emotional Abuse
I don't know if many of you know this, but a few years ago my older sister and I (primarily myself) were the victims of emotional abuse, perpetrated by our mother, for a period of about two years. Although I do not definitively know what caused my mom to behave in such a manner, it was during a period of change for our family. While any stressful feelings my mom may have had at the time do not absolve her of her actions, I have forgiven her and have been in a happier relationship for some time now. However, the effects of her actions have impacted me deeply and I still struggle with an anxiety disorder that arose during that time of abuse.
That being said, I would recommend to anyone that thinks they may be in an abusive situation that you seek help immediately, whether it be from a therapist, or a pastor, or some other trusted person in your life. Even if you are not in a position to leave the abusive atmosphere, you do not have to go through this alone. The link here has some information on emotional abuse from parents.
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IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WITH A CHRONIC, INVISIBLE ILLNESS
DO NOT BE A DICK WHEN THEY HAVE TO MISS THINGS BECAUSE OF THEIR ILLNESS, EVEN IF THESE ARE COMMITMENTS
DO NOT BE EVEN MORE OF A DICK WHEN THEY DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEMSELVES DESPITE THE ILLNESS
DO NOT BE A DICK ABOUT IT
DO NOT SAY ~WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SICK~
YOU FUCKING KNOW WHY
IT’S BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CHRONIC, INCURABLE ILLNESS
Hear the bells ringing! They’re singing that you can be born again! Hear the bells ringing! They’re singing, “Christ is risen from the dead!”
It’s not a REAL Easter for me until I’ve listened to some version of this classic at least five times in a row. (And/or enthusiastically pounded it out on piano with everyone singing along at the top of their lungs.) ;)
He is Risen!
Hell rejoices as heaven counts to three.
Betraying someone who has been so good to us–who has loved us–is the most inexplicable sin, and yet it is one of the most common. How horrible it is. How low. And the way we turn against God in the other sins that we commit–God, who has given us so many gifts, so many blessings, starting with our very existence–surely is monstrous and surely makes us deserve to be in that frozen lake and worse. We all betray Christ, and for far less than 30 pieces of silver. And yet, Jesus died for the disciples who denied and abandoned Him–then and now. Judas despaired and embraced death. But Peter was restored. And so are we. “This is my body given for you.” “This is my blood poured out for the remission of sins.”
On the night when he was betrayed (via frauluther)
The God Who made you without your cooperation will not save you without your cooperation.
St. Augustine
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V. The Lord give you peace; R. Peace and good will. O Lord Jesus Christ, Who didst say to Thy Apostles, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you,” look not upon my sins, but upon the faith of Thy Church, and vouchsafe to her that peace and unity which is agreeable to Thy will, Who livest and reignest, God forever and ever. R. Amen. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Jesus hear us. Jesus, graciously hear us. By the hymn of the Angels at Thy birth, Grant us peace. By Thy salutation to the Apostles, Grant us peace. By Thy voice to the waves of Galilee, etc. By Thy blessing to the sinner, By Thy prayers for unity among Thy disciples, By the love that was to mark Thy followers, By the great peace offering of the Cross, By Thy parting promise, “My peace I leave you,” From the ambition of empire, Deliver us, O Lord. From the greed for territory, Deliver us, O Lord. From the blindness that is injustice, etc. From the selfishness that is theft, From the liberty which is license, From the love of money which is idolatry, From the hate that is murder, From the hardness that will not pardon, From the pride that will not ask pardon, By the helpless cry of orphans, We beseech Thee, hear us. By the anguished tears of widows, We beseech Thee, hear us. By the groans of the dying, etc. By the dead in unblessed graves, That Thou wouldst make all nations to dwell as one, That the hearts of rulers may be as wax in Thy hands, That having learned in affliction, we may turn to Thee, That wars may cease from the earth, By Thy title, “Prince of Peace,” Lord God of Armies, Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Grant us peace. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Grant us peace. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Grant us peace. V. I am the Salvation of the people, saith the Lord; R. In whatever tribulation they shall cry to Me, I will hear them. Let Us Pray. Jesus, meek and humble of heart, teach us, who have sinned against Heaven and before Thee, the saving grace of a true humility, that we and all the peoples of this world may acknowledge and bewail that spirit of materialism and self-seeking and lust for power and vengeance which has plunged the family of nations into war, until in Thy just wrath the world suffers that punishment which, by turning from Thee, it has brought upon itself. In humility and penance, may we lessen the guilt and hasten true peace, without victory, save the victory of union with Thee. R. Amen.
The body of this litany to the Lamb of God was written about 1915 by or under the auspices of Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922) during World War I. (via acatholicvibe)
I’m proud of this one. :D
