#st joseph

[wolfythewitch]

And heaven and nature sing

[tomicscomics]

03/13/2026

Why not both?

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JOKE-OGRAPHY:

In John 9:1-7, Jesus heals a man who was born blind. He does this by spitting on the ground to turn some dirt into clay, then He rubs the clay on the man's face and tells him to wash. When the man washes, he can see.

In Genesis 2:7, God takes some dirt and molds it into the first man, then breathes the breath of life into his nostrils to make man a living being. It's a beautiful marriage of humility and dignity where mankind is made of the same basic particles as the rest of creation while also being elevated over the rest of it by a touch of the Divine.

In this cartoon, the narrator, Boethius Clunderwink (a storied stage name) wonders if Jesus meant to harken back to one of His fathers in the action of using dirt to heal to blind man. In a way, Jesus was giving new life to the blind man, and as with all His signs on earth, this act was a way of ushering in a new creation, so it makes sense to refer to Genesis 2:7 as a potential parallel. On the other much more mundane hand, a popular pastime of earthly parents upon seeing their child get not-too-badly-scraped is to tell them to "rub some dirt on it." This might not be sound medical advice per se, but the idea is to encourage children get up and handle minor pain so they can continue having fun. It's possible that old St. Joseph encouraged young Jesus in the same age-old way when He was young.

Of course, this cartoon also outs Boethius Clunderwink as a potential logical and religious heretic, because the binary question he's posed falls into a logical fallacy called the False Dichotomy IN ADDITION to falling into the classic heresy of Nestorianism. You see, Jesus wasn't imitating God OR man. He was both fully imitating God AND fully imitating man.

[devout-daughter]

The Blessed Virgin who said yes to God’s call

The Righteous Man who protected and served

The Lamb of God who came to came to save us all

The Holy Family

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St. Joseph the Carpenter, Georges de La Tour (1642)

[bieshu]

please keep all queer couples of any kinds in your prayers in the next few weeks.

the us supreme court announced recently that they have a date set to consider voting on gay marriage, and if they do decide to vote on it later this year, that would mean marriage equality would most likely get left up to the states.

keep all queer couples in your prayers today. it’s a scary reality that our marriage rights could be up for debate again.

pray for queer couples in conservative states that would most likely deny same-sex marriage if given the chance.

pray for couples planning marriages and engagements now that are uncertain what may happen for them

pray for gay couples who have legal, medical, and financial situations in question if they are officially married as partners

pray for the queer community as a whole because this feels like it could be a very scary step backwards if it is to be voted to be left up to states.

and finally, pray for the supreme court that they may understand that this would be a major infringement of human and constitutional rights. they those on the court who wish to bring this subject to a vote may have their hearts changed, and if they do decide to bring it to a vote, that they will be moved to keep marriage equality for lgbtq couples.

mother mary, our lady of perpetual help, mother of good counsel, pray for us

st thomas more, pratron saint of statesmen and politicians, pray for us

saints felicity and perpetua, pray for us

st joseph, patron of marriages, pray for us

[inspiredbyjesuslove]

[queers4christ]

yet another daily devotion post lol. Wednesdays are dedicated to saint Joseph! may we honor our holiest Joseph and treat him as a father figure just as Christ did <3

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