#last things

[victusinveritas]

Ascent of the Blessed - Hieronymous Bosch, c.1504.

[icannotbejondenden47]

Looking to the Future

Ligonier Ministries, founded by R.C. Sproul, exists to proclaim, teach, and defend the holiness of God in all its fullness to as many people

Some things in life are certain. Death and taxes are two of them. In Central Florida in the summer, there is another certainty. At 2 p.m., it rains. It happens every day. You can set your clock by the thundershowers. Yet in spite of this punctual certainty, the weatherman says every day that there is a fifty percent chance of afternoon showers. Maybe the weatherman is employed by the chamber of commerce. Maybe he is just chicken. One doesn’t need a degree in meteorology to know it will surely rain in the afternoon in Florida in the summer.

[spotsandsocks]

Ask Away - last edition

I’m bored so I’m sending an ask game out into the world to see what happens… if anyone want to distract me with random asks anon or not send me an emoji and I’ll tell you about it. Feel free to reblog and tag your beloved mutuals 💕

🏨Last thing you broke

🛍️ Last thing you bought you didn’t really need

😍Last time you said I love you

🖥️Last thing you googled

🍕Last thing you ate you didn’t have to cook yourself

🍿Last film you saw in the cinema/theatre

📺 Last tv series you binged

😴Last time you overslept

🍹Last time you got drunk

💋Last time you kissed someone

🌊 last time you saw the sea

✈️ last vacation you took

📱last conversation you had on the phone

💬 last text message you sent

📧 last email you sent

🥳 last social event you went to

😭last time you cried

🤬last time you swore in anger

🧐last time had an interview

💟 last time you shared a bed

🎁 last gift you bought

💝Last gift you were given

🐲 last tattoo

🍄last time you got high

⛄️last time it snowed where you live

🥪last sandwich you ate

☕️last coffee order

⚽️ last time you played sport

🥇last time you won something

🎨like thing you created

🚲last time you rode a bike

🎢last thrill ride you went on

💰last thing you bought

⚔️last fight you had

🦠last time you were sick

🧸 last soft plushie your hugged

💇🏽last hair cut

✍️last thing you wrote with a pen

🔐last secret you broke

💔last heart you broke

🩸last time you hurt yourself

🧯last brave thing you did

🎮last game you played

🌅last time you stayed up all night

[lyralu91]

Last things game

Thanks to @capnmachete for the tag! 🥰

Last song: Familiar - Nils Frahm

Favorite color: Army green

Last book: Lamp black, wolf grey by Paula Brackston (currently reading The silk house by Kayte Nunn).

Last movie: Hostiles (SUCH a beautiful film! ❤️)

Last tv show: What we do in the shadows

Sweet/spicy/savory: Totally varies - but today, savory.

Relationship status: Married

Last thing i googled: "heather uses history ritual"

Current obsession: Good kindling for when to start a fire (it's just soo satisfying to get up in the morning and light a good fire!) 😂

No pressure tags: @bruneambre @fevervisions @one-lengthiness36 @tom-hardy-love

[inexplicablepeas]

Thanks for the tag @desertfangs ! <3

Last song: Hidden Place by Björk

Favourite colour: I love a green

Last book: Reading Blackwood Farm by guess who Anne Rice!

Last movie: Nosferatu!

Last show: started watching the new season of Squid Game, intrigued with what they're doing with it so far!

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: Sweet. Savory. No sweet. Savoryyy. I literally need savory to live but I also really like dessert idk.

Last thing I searched: City Center Theater New York images (fic research lol).

Current obsession: Vampire Chronicles and Taskmaster remain my enduring obsessions!

Looking forward to: Berlin next month!

Tagging: (I'm lost on who has or hasn't been tagged, sorry if you already did it!) @carolinedhavernas @radishbaby @bunster @tulinokkaelain @uncivilcivilservice @eventideintrigue

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[momentsbeforemass]

The end times?

This time of year, the Mass readings focus on the four last things – death, judgment, heaven, and hell.

Including stuff about the end times from the Gospels, from Revelation, and even some of the Old Testament readings. Which means that people are understandably going to ask the question,

“Are we living in the end times?”

The answer? Of course we are.

Because time is divided into two parts – before Christ and after Christ. Even if you don’t use the traditional labels (BC – Before Christ, AD – “Anno Domini,” The Year of Our Lord), the event that starts CE (Common Era) is the birth of Christ.

And we are living in the back half, which will come to an end.

The important part of living in the end times isn’t knowing when it will end. Countless people waste their time trying to figure that out. None of them ever get it right. None of them ever will.

As Jesus tells us, “about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” If God’s own Son doesn’t know, the odds of a human being figuring it out are, well, you know.

The important part of living in the end times is knowing what to do with the time we have.

Because the end times are the days of grace, the aftermath of Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

When God’s mercy and compassion are overflowing for all His children. When God’s call to use the time we have is a call to have a heart for Him and for all His children. As one translation puts it, to

“Overflow with mercy and compassion for others, just as your heavenly Father overflows with mercy and compassion for all.” – Luke 6:36.

Today’s Readings