#lost causes

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It's time for action

[ladynorinauthor]

✨ Lost Causes – Part I

Dramione | Post-war | Angst + Slow Burn + Redemption Arc + Enemy to lovers

“She was assigned to supervise him.

Not forgive him.

Not understand him.

Definitely not… trust him.”

After the war, Hermione Granger has one goal: rebuild, restore, move forward.

But the Ministry has other plans.

As part of a controversial new programme, she is appointed as personal supervisor to a former Death Eater under close surveillance.

Not just any Death Eater — Draco Malfoy.

They share a house.

They share long silences.

They share nothing else.

He’s quiet, sharp, unreadable.

She’s professional, guarded, resolute.

But grief leaves cracks.

And so does guilt.

And sometimes, understanding begins where hatred was supposed to end.

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📖 Lost Causes – Part I

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🕰️ Ongoing fanfiction | Current chapter: [Chapter 5 out]

[cruger2984]

THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT RITA OF CASCIA The Patron Saint of the Impossible and Lost Causes Feast Day: May 22

"Since we offend our sweet Jesus, every day, in thought, word, deed and the omission of good works, we should pray every day, and every hour of the day, and weep for our offenses against so kind and loving a Father, Master and Spouse."

The patron of the impossible, abused wives and widows, was born into a noble family at Roccaporena, Perugia, Umbria, Italy in 1381. At 12, despite her desire to enter the convent, she was asked by her parents - Antonio and Amata Ferri Lotti, to marry to Paolo Mancini, who was quick-tempered and immoral. With humility endured insults, physical abuses and infidelities for many years.

Eventually, the husband was stabbed to death during a family feud, and their two sons planned for revenge. Unable to restrain their vengeful desires, Rita requested the Lord to take them to himself rather than allowing them to commit a crime and lose their souls. Accordingly, they died of natural death a year later.

Afterwards, Rita desired to enter the Augustinian monastery in Cascia, but was turned away, for fear that the nuns might get involved in the family feud. Because of her insistence, the nuns requested as condition for acceptance the difficult task of reconciling her family with that of her husband's murderers.

By the grace of God, she succeeded, and at the age of 36, was able to enter the monastery. One day, as she was praying before the crucifix, a thorn from the crown of Jesus penetrated her forehead, and the stigmata remained till her death. At the end of her life, while bedridden at the convent, Rita requested her cousin from a rose from the garden of her old house. Despite the fact it was January, and no flower could survive the winter weather, a single blooming rose was found, and brought to her.

She breathed her last. Rita's final words to the sisters who gathered around her were: 'Remain in the holy love of Jesus. Remain in obedience to the holy Roman Church. Remain in peace and fraternal charity.'

Rita died peacefully on May 22, 1457 in Cascia, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, and she had acquired the reputation as a saint of impossible cases. The bells of the convent immediately began to ring, untouched by human hands, calling the people of Cascia to the doors of the convent, and to announce the triumphant completion of a life faithfully lived.

After her canonization as a saint by Pope Leo XIII on May 24, 1900, her incorrupted body is venerated in her shrine in Cascia.

[electronicsquid]

May Day at Union Square

(Ralph Morse. 1953)

[pattern-recognition]

Anat was a Sabra The daughter of a Sephardic Kibbutznik nurse and a Yekke lawyer from Bonn She fell in love with Khais Born in a PLO refugee camp in southern Lebanon And they married in Cyprus He almost got arrested living with her family in Ramat Gan So she tried wrapping her hair and serving coffee with his family in Hebron But that didn't work either Then they thought about leaving to live with her cousin David in Brooklyn But he and his boyfriend Patrick wanted to get married And were maybe moving to Berlin So she went to the Jaffa beach and stared at the sea And thought about how someday all of this would pass If only she could find someone to help Khais pass

Should she make an inner emigration? Tell me what you think she should decide Considering the couple's situation She'd be better off as someone else's bride She and he comprise a kind of nation The kind we build inside when we're alone But if they just make inner emigrations Then they'll only have a home when they're at home

[catholic-saint-tournament]

Hi! Can you add St Jude, patron saint of lost causes? Thanks!! I love this tournament idea btw

ST JUDE!!!! He's in my mother's top five saint list. He's a boss and yes, being added to the list!

The tournament was inspired by @catholic-character-tournament and @christian-denominations-poll

With how many saints we're getting I might have to make a pre medieval and post medieval distinction!

[razreads]

You’re doing so much better than you think you are. Believe me, as an expert on lost causes, you’re not. You might be in the thick of it now, but that doesn’t mean it will always be like this. […] You’re going to come out the other side. Maybe not today. But you will.

Mackenzi Lee, The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

[luisjuanmilton]

I know you guys have seen the post about how we put Lewis on a pedestal and wrongfully insult Macs and I just want to say that if it wasn’t a fact that all his fans have worms for brains before it is fully confirmed now.

How can you see a white man regularly use slurs, say racist insults, make sexist “jokes”, start international incidents because of the shit he says, ignore the UN and Amnesty International when they ask him to use his platform for good, support a right wing party and generally be a dangerous driver and say “oh golly gee why would anyone ever hate on our sweet baby Maxie? you guys are just meanies 🥺”.