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@walkingtowardsjesus
Lamentations 3:25 NIV
[25] The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him
Enjoy a moment with God, every day.
“I note, too, that Christ puts no limits on who we should be serving. We are not asked to visit those imprisoned unjustly, but anyone imprisoned; to feed only those who are hungry by no fault of their own, but anyone who hungers; to welcome just those who have their papers in order, but any stranger in our land. We are asked to love without limits, so we might grasp that God’s love for us is limitless.”
— Michelle Francl-Donnay (Not By Bread Alone 2020: Daily Reflections for Lent, March 2nd)
man some of the seven deadly sins aren’t even that bad. sorry I’m angry n wanna fuck? Sorry I ate a lot? shut up
Wrath is beating someone up because they exist in a way that you don’t like. Wrath is not being angry because someone hurt you.
Lust is not wanting to have sex with other people. Lust is using sex to hurt other people or hurting another person in a sexual way.
Gluttony is not eating lots of food (your own stomach will tell you when enough is enough). Gluttony is when you have enough resources to yourself that you could house and feed the rest of the population of your city but you keep it to yourself because you do not want to give up the power associated with it.
Greed is not wanting to improve the state of your material life because it would improve your quality of life. Greed is taking opportunities and resources away from already marginalized people. (And if someone tells you that a service you benefited from and it actively improved your life was not meant for you specifically, then there needs to be more of that resource).
Envy is not looking at someone who has a higher quality of life and wanting to improve it. Envy is when you are looking to take away from someone who is in the same situation as you. The example the Bible (or catholic school) uses is a man looking at another man’s wife when his own wife loves him very much and is equal to the other woman in every way that is important.
Sloth (aka laziness) isn’t when you’re exhausted or hurting and being too tired to do anything else. Sloth is when one contributed nothing to the work and yet reaps the rewards of the work.
Pride is when you think of yourself of greater than your peers and your fellow humans. Pride is also when you think of yourself greater than God. Pride is not being proud of yourself or others for accomplishing something that was difficult. You are allowed to be proud of your hard work and your accomplishments.
Yesterday was Pentecost, today is the first day of Pride Month, and my country is on fire.
In the wake of yet more police brutality, particularly the murder of George Floyd, the embers of fury and grief that simmer nonstop in the hearts of Black folk ignited into full flame, sending them and those who stand with them into the streets to demand justice.
Others take to the holy work of sifting through the lies spread about these protests and broadcasting the truth; to the holy work of paying bail and taking cases pro-bono; to the holy work of supplying protestors with water and masks; to the holy work of educating ourselves and others.
Often have I thought this past week of Jeremiah’s cry, when he is tired of the backlash he faces for speaking a Word of God that no one wants to hear:
“I say, ‘I will not mention God or speak in Their name anymore!’ But then God’s message becomes like a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones. I exhaust myself trying to hold it in and cannot.”
God, thank you for this terrible burning, though it hurts. Thank you for your Disruptive Spirit, whirling across the world as a violent wind and as illuminating, cleansing flame.
And thank you, thank you that when the burning finally slows, your violent wind will grow gentle - you help us sweep up the debris and breathe comfort and courage into the wronged. You enfold Black persons in rest and love when they just can’t bear it anymore. You breathe life back into damaged earth and battered spirits and agonized communities. …But in the meantime:
When those of us who are white in particular grow tired of chanting and hearing “BLACK LIVES MATTER,” haunt us and hound us till we “SAY THEIR NAMES.”
When we are deceived into believing those in power over those who are oppressed, do not let us sleep soundly till we listen to the protestors, and pay attention to who is actually starting most of the violence, who is actually doing most of the looting and destruction.
When we say that rioting is an overblown response to murder after murder, to centuries of humiliation and exclusion and poverty, hail us with images of your prophets proclaiming that “violence and destruction are coming!” (Jer 20:8) and “Doom to you who turn justice into poison, and throw righteousness to the ground!” (Amos 5:7). Make Jesus’ words ring in our ears: “I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning!“ (Luke 12:49).
As we enter Pride Month, may those of us who are white recall that THE FIRST PRIDE WAS A RIOT against police brutality, that trans women of color led it, that we owe everything to queer BIPOC. Great and terrible Breath of God, breathe new life into our LGBT/queer community; stir it up so that we honor and protect our members of color, and concede our platforms to their voices.
May we remember that our liberations are tied up in each other: there can be no great Queer Liberation without Black Liberation, Indigenous Liberation, Immigrant Liberation - liberation for all peoples.
Amen.
i’m legit gonna queue this so it posts every day of Lent
SIKE!!
We’re posting this for all the lily-white Catholics who don’t wanna fight against injustice and the violent, unlawful, imMORAL use of police force because it makes them uNcOmFy
@quiis-ut-deus how dare you hide these amazing and appropriate tags
@ religious parents who kick their lgbt children out of their homes
that’s a sin