#prayers

[dailyeffectiveprayer]

God if my lips don't know what to ask for in prayer please hear my heart. Amen.

[storyweavingspider]

In my own name, may the yakubian devilry be expelled from your body, mind, and soul as you read this. May you reclaim your identity of who you and your ancestors were before you were white but not lose sight of the privileges granted by your whiteness now and your responsibility to betray and dismantle white supremacy. May you no longer commit cracker shit but if you do, apologize, atone, and reparate for your honky-ass behavior to those harmed. Asé.

[su0l]

i hope you find what your soul really needs.

[queerprayers]

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2025, Nik Jovčić-Sas (nikjovcicsas)

Honoured to speak at the beautiful St Michael Within today as we remembered the trans lives lost to violence this year. At least 350 deaths reported globally—though we know the true number is far higher. It was heartbreaking to learn that the youngest trans person to lose their life in the UK this year was just 13. May their memory be eternal.

In the Orthodox Church, the Christian tradition I belong to, on Easter we sing: "Christ has risen from the dead trampling down death by death and upon those in the tombs bestowing life." I pray to Christ: As you bring life and your love upon the tombs, bring it to us here as we remember our trans siblings we have lost. Bring that life and love to every trans person where it is needed. Christ, bring your love to every queer craft club, every poetry night, and every gay bar. Sit with us in every drag queen dressing room, every gender clinic, and every counselor's office. Walk with every trans woman making her way home at night and hold the hand of every trans man laying awake and lonely at 3:00 AM. God, give your protection to every sex worker and to every non-binary person exhausted from explaining who they are to those who refuse to listen. Jesus, bring your love to every trans person living in fear of racist discrimination or deportation and to all who walk under the shadow of occupying forces in the lands you once called home. For as you harrowed hell and went among the tombs, there is no place we cannot find your love. And that in the end, no death, no hate, and no transphobia will ever defeat us. Amen.

[austerity-audacity-asceticism]

from Canticle – Daniel 3:57-88, 56

2017 solar eclipse // ring-shaped clouds around the nebula RCW 120 // nature photography form various artists // women from the Huerto brotherhood wait inside a church to take part in a procession during Holy Week in Ronda, Spain // members of the "Los Estudiantes" brotherhood burn incense during a Palm Sunday procession in Madrid, Spain // statue bearers carry a statue depicting the Crucifixion during a Holy Week procession in Ghaxaq, Malta // Samuel van Hoogstraten - Resurrection of Christ - 1969.110 - Art Institute of Chicago

[sacredheart-stigmata]

The Stations of the Cross is a Christian devotion practiced during the liturgical season of Lent, especially in Catholic communities. In this devotion, someone (usually either as a group using physical representations of the stations or as an individual using the related station chaplet) meditates on images or representations of 14 'stations' that depict snapshots of the progression to Calvary during the Passion of Jesus Christ. Originally intended to allow Christians to practice an 'at home' Holy Week pilgrimage when away from Jerusalem, the practice became cemented into Lenten tradition during the medieval era, becoming a staple of the Church by the 16th century. The participant(s) moves from station to station, reflecting on the piece of the Passion story represented by each one. Out of the 14 steps, only 8 have biblical basis, while the remaining stations are based in cultural history. This led to the creation of the official scriptural stations of the cross in 1991 which includes 14 stations that are all explicitly supported by biblical texts. The stations are primarily observed on Fridays in Lent and all of Holy Week, especially Good Friday.

Station 1: Jesus is condemned to Death (Mark 15:1-5, 15) || Ecce Homo by Giovanni Baglione

Station 2: Jesus is given his Cross (John 19:6, 15-17) || Christ Carrying the Cross by Titian

Station 3: Jesus falls the first time || Christ Falls on the Way to Calvary by Giandomenico Tiepolo

Station 4: Jesus meets his Mother || Christ Meeting His Mother on the Way to Calvary by William Bouguereau

Station 5: Simon of Cyrene carries the Cross (Mark 15:21) || Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross by Philipp Schumacher

Station 6: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus || Saint Veronica Wiping the Face of Christ by Unknown Artist, likely a 17th cen. student at the Venetian school.

Station 7: Jesus falls a second time || Jesus Falls the Second Time by Theophile Lybaert

Station 8: Jesus meets the daughters of Jerusalem (Luke 23:27-31) || Jesus Meets The Women Of Jerusalem by Nikolay Koshelev

Station 9: Jesus falls the third time || Jesus Falls the Third Time by Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne

Station 10: Jesus is stripped of his garments (John 19:23-24) || For My Vestments They Did Cast Lots by Hardie Charles Martin

Station 11: Jesus is nailed to the Cross (Luke 23:33-34) || Isenheim Altarpiece's crucifixion panel by Matthias Grunewald

Station 12: Jesus dies on the Cross (Luke 23:44-46) || Jerusalem by Jean-Leon Gerome

Station 13: Jesus' body is removed from the Cross || The Descent from the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens

Station 14: Jesus is laid in the tomb (Matthew 27: 57-60) || The Entombment by Peter Paul Rubens

[artsymumof5]