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Our Lady, Queen of the Universe 🌟
We have seen what America really thinks about “traditional biblical teachings” and “Christian values” based on the response to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde speaking truthfully, biblically, and faithfully about the love and mercy of God.
There’s a lot to unpack (politically and religiously) from the last few days. I have chosen to address two issues here: deportation and gender.
Ezekiel tells us that Sodom was destroyed due to her arrogance, gluttony, wastefulness, and being inhospitable to the stranger. [Side note: there is no mention of homosexuality as the reason for destruction.] Referencing Exodus and the story of Lot, the inhabitants of Sodom were inhospitable to two foreigners passing through their city. They were God’s angels. This was a test. They broke the “desert code of hospitality,” which is to give a stranger shelter, food, and safety when passing through your gates. This included potential enemies. Because of Sodom’s sins, God destroyed the city.
Philip was the first missionary and the first to be titled an “evangelist” in the Bible. He encountered an Ethiopian eunuch on the road to Gaza. God sent him there. [Side note: eunuchs in the Bible are neither fully male or fully female. They are outcasts in society and ostracized. Jesus speaks of them in Matthew, stating that some are born this way, some are made this way, and some choose to be this way. Meaning, some are literally born neither male nor female, some are made that way (like as punishment for a crime or because they’re showing they’re “loyal to the royals”), and some choose to be that way (like monks, priests, nuns, or celibacy, preference, health, etc.)]. The eunuch asks about scripture (reading a scroll of parts of the book of Isaiah) and what the writer means. Philip shares the good news of Jesus. The eunuch is saved. They travel the road together and come upon some water. The eunuch asks what is to keep him from being baptized right now? Philip says let’s go and baptizes the eunuch. When they come out of the water, Philip is suddenly raptured by God. The only time this occurs is when there is a higher purpose for the person or they have done so good they get a ticket to Heaven pronto (like with Elijah and his role in the End Times or Enoch because he pleased the Lord - other examples would be Paul, Jesus, etc.). Obviously, Philip did something right. [I would also like to add here that Christianity is the only monotheistic tradition that truly assigns gender to the divine. Judaism and Islam view God as genderless and regard assigning trivial human attributes like gender to God as a sin.] It’s about loving them like God does. Period. An important note here is that the eunuch changed nothing. They were authentically themselves, and they were accepted and received salvation just as any other. Philip didn’t ask questions, he didn’t judge, he didn’t take exception, he didn’t make excuses, he just said yes, you too! This is what Christianity is supposed to look like!
Bishop Budde preached and prayed from the Bible. Everything she pleaded for can be supported by scripture. If you want those verses message me. She spoke Jesus’ words to 47. If any Christian has a problem with that or doesn’t side with Christ then there seems to be a conflict between true faith and bad politics.
Additionally, for 25 years Matthew Shepard had no permanent resting place due to concerns his grave would be vandalized. Reverend Budde learned of this and invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral. She co-officiated the service which stated Matthew was now and forever home in the church where he was loved.
I’m not looking to fight. I’m stating facts and where I’m at. If this isn’t where you’re at, either get there with me or see yourself off my page! I’m so exhausted by the hate and the justification of it. There’s no place for it here!
Will you care when it’s me they’re after?
Interesting how the narrative changes
When you don’t get your way
All the love that made us
Now not even proclaimed
I used to know who you were
But you went by a different name
Today it’s not the same
I should have said
In my vows,
“I take you and all the psychological abuse
The way you treat me and use
My pain and twist it
To hurt me, shame me, scold me
The name calling to control me
I take your family’s mental illness,
Drama, manipulation, and dysfunction
In return I give you infertility
Possibly dementia and miscarriage
Definitely devotion
When the joy runs dry
And my body fails
I will become the coffin
You will be the nails
I take your words like razors
Rake them across my skin
Willing to suffer
Just to let you win
Attacking my confidence
And my self-esteem
Walking on eggshells
Combating the next attack
Love like a bloodhound
Sniffing out prey
Flip the switch and it’s all over
Taking everything
Who am I
Just a pawn
In your calculated game
The target of your anger
The product of your shame”
I should have said
In my vows,
“I take your cruelty
And all the hurtful things
I take on the names you give me
The ones I’ve never been called
It will take me years
To unhear it all
I take all the blame
For things that weren’t my fault
I take all the good times
I take all the bad
I take you for who I thought you were
And I’ll give all I have
I take all this mess
That we both have made
I promise to let you bury this love
In an early grave
I take all the mind games
Living in fear
I agree to ride this rollercoaster
Long after you’re not here
I agree to be your scapegoat
When all else fails
I will be the coffin
You will be the nails”
©2024
Narcissist
Setting the stage
Masked as genuine connection
Showered with attention
Intimate affection
Love bombs of manipulation
Superficial charm
Illusion of compatibility
Idealization
Mirroring gone wrong
Hooked by investing
In emotional fantasy
Exploit my empathy
Weaponize my pain
To make me feel guilty
Entitlement and grandiosity
Demanding submission
Backhanded compliments
Disguised as support
Isolation
Triangulation
Gifts that morph
Into indebtedness
Deception
Keeping score
Control
Devaluation
All self-serving
Gaslighting
Fragile self-esteem
Defensive nature
Silent treatment
Cruel and mean
Exaggerated efforts
Implies laziness in others
Deflection
Projection
Impossible standards
You’re the exception
Attempts to coerce
Destabilize me
Unpredictable moods
Fulfill all your needs
Petty, childish behavior
Name-calling and immaturity
Smear campaign
With your flying monkeys
So, the truth, no one sees
Victim mentality
Distort reality
No apologies
Discard
©2024
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Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery. - Ram Dass
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“Ultimately there is light and love and intelligence in this universe. And we are it; we carry that within us. It’s not just something out there, it is within us and this is what we are trying to re-connect with; our original light and love and intelligence, which is who we are, so do not get so distracted by all this other stuff, you know, really remember what we are here on this planet for.”
— Tenzin Palmo
“You must forgive those who hurt you, even if whatever they did to you is unforgivable in your mind. You will forgive them not because they deserve to be forgiven, but because you don’t want to suffer and hurt yourself every time you remember what they did to you. It doesn’t matter what others did to you, you are going to forgive them because you don’t want to feel sick all the time. Forgiveness is for your own mental healing. You will forgive because you feel compassion for yourself. Forgiveness is an act of self-love.”
— don Miguel Ruiz
At the end of the day, you must be there for yourself. No one else can do it for you.
Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin
“As there is water in the depths of the earth, so there is truth at the bottom of all things, false or true. In some places, one has to dig deep; in other places, only a short distance; that is the only difference. But there is no place where there is no water. One may have to dig very, very deep in order to get it; but in the depths of the earth, there is water, and in the depths of all this falsehood that is on the surface, there is truth. If we are really seeking for the truth, we shall always find it.”
— Hazrat Inayat Kahn
Religious experience is bigger than religion. That is to say, God himself is “outside the box.” While we have our doctrines and dogmas and traditions and theology, God is greater than all our explanations and there is more in heaven and earth than our neat little answers can contain.
Fr. Dwight Longenecker
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,” - Galatians 5:22
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