Sunbeam on a Cloudy Day

🌻 "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." ~John 1:5

[loveselfishlove]

im jesus

[loveselfishlove]

judas no

[sosuperawesome]

Chris Austin on Instagram

[starspaces]

@foolmorg

[funnypeopletwitter]

This is spot on lol

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[ordinarytalk]

Hey, so we all remember this lady, yeah?

She’s cospaying the Resident Evil tall vampire lady now.

She’s also a bronze medal-winning Olympian with the Russian basketball team. Maybe go visit her instagram?

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@nye-eclipsion

[zanda-rl]

 That’s quite the career path

[sunbeam-onacloudyday]

Wholesome

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

I think one of my favorite literary scenes ever is in tale of two cities when Darnay is like “hey man, thanks for saving my life today—really, I can’t thank you enough and I don’t know how I can repay you” and Sydney Carton looks him dead in the eyes and goes “do you think I particularly like you?”

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

   "I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss, and, in their struggles to be truly free, in their triumphs and defeats, through long years to come, I see the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out…   It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.“ - Charles Dickens (died: 9 June 1870)

[vincelok]

““Before I go,” he said, and paused—"I may kiss her?“ It was remembered afterwards that when he bent down and touched her face with his lips, he murmured some words. The child, who was nearest to him, told them afterwards, and told her grandchildren when she was a handsome old lady, that she heard him say, “A life you love.””

— A Tale of Two Cities The chapter, “Dusk”

[rafikecoyote]

* Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

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[yesterdaysprint]

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1903

[flowerytale]

Charles Dickens ― Great Expectations

[incidentalcomics]

Morning Light

I have a couple new books coming out this Spring! You can pre-order signed copies of WHAT SOUND IS MORNING? and I WILL JUDGE YOU BY YOUR BOOKSHELF here: https://www.watermarkbooks.com/grant-snider-signed-copies

[bob-belcher]

Happy International Women’s Day!

[thoughts-in-shower]

You know you are an adult when you get excited to just go home.

[by-grace-of-god]

The teen who dedicated his life to eucharistic miracles - Catholic Herald

Carlo Acutis inspired an exhibition of eucharistic miracles from around the world

CARLO ACUTIS – Although his parents were not particularly devout, he began to experience a deep attraction towards the Blessed Sacrament. Aged eleven he became a catechist and learnt about the famous Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano in 750 AD. Determined to make this and other similar Eucharistic miracles more widely known, Carlo was convinced that if people properly understood that Christ is present in the tabernacle, they would be transformed and churches would be full. He researched and collated all the authenticated Eucharistic miracles by himself and put them on-line, doing the programming for the website. It is available at Eucharistic Miracles of the World. 

Announced today: Carlo Acutis to be beatified

“The Vatican announced Saturday the approval of a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager and computer programmer, who died in 2006.

The miracle involved the healing of a Brazilian child suffering from a rare congenital anatomic anomaly of the pancreas in 2013. The Medical Council of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes gave a positive opinion of the miracle last November.

The beatification is expected to take place in Assisi. Acutis is currently buried in Assisi’s Church of St. Mary Major.

Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of 15, offered his suffering for the pope and for the Church….He was a pious child, attending daily Mass, frequently praying the rosary, and making weekly confessions.“

[by-grace-of-god]

From Meg Hunter-Kilmer, fellow lover of saints!

“Ven. Carlo Acutis had a PlayStation. He made ridiculous videos of his dogs where he pretended to talk for them. He played soccer. If he were alive today, he’d be 28. And he’s going to be beatified soon.

Carlo’s mom doesn’t know how he knew Jesus. His family never went to church, but as a preschooler Carlo began to beg to stop in and visit Jesus. So they did. And as Carlo grew in holiness, he dragged his mother with him. “He was like a little savior to me,” she said.

After Carlo made his first communion, he never missed a day of Mass again. His parents didn’t go, but he did, an 8-year-old boy walking through the streets of Milan alone to go visit Jesus.

As he got older, Carlo began to realize how few people went to Mass. He knew that if they understood that Jesus was really present in the Eucharist, they wouldn’t be able to stay away. So Carlo began to research Eucharistic miracles. He’d started reading college computer programming textbooks when he was 9 or 10, so he built a website to share what he’d learned with the world.

Carlo was an ordinary kid. He had to figure out how to use the internet for good. He had to balance screen time with real life (he allowed himself an hour of video games a week–his rule, not his parents’). He lived in the same world we live in–he’s younger than many of us–and he figured out how to become a Saint.

I visited his grave in Assisi last year and was just so overwhelmed by the absolute invitation I saw in the dates listed there. 1991. He was born in 1991. There’s just no excuse–I’ve got to be a Saint.

But there was no judgment, just a feeling of excitement. I’ve got a friend who survived the same fashion trends and alternative music and early internet awkwardness that I did. I’ve got an intercessor for using the internet in a way that gives glory to God. And y'all, dive down the rabbit hole of Carlo on YouTube–it is CRAZY that we’ve got awkward middle school videos of a Saint!

I may have screamed last night when I saw that his miracle was approved and he was going to be beatified soon. He’s so ordinary and so incredible and I love him so much. Ven. Carlo Acutis, pray for us!”

[saint-ambrosef]

patron saint of gamers and programmers! patron saint of gamers and programmers!

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[bella-alva-lovat]

I reblog this anytime it pops on my dash

[romanticnihilists]

Fall in love with someone you can be vulnerable with. 💓