Then I looked

And heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were saying “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”

[antonio-m]

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, c.1876. Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (1833-1922). oil on canvas

[woundthatswallows]

super traditional religious ppl being like finding God will fix everything in your life.. i found God but now im fucking insane

[ohholydyke]

This but make it mad liberation

I found God and now I’m fucking insane and that fixed me

[ohholydyke]

@sacredheart-stigmata this one’s for u

[sacredheart-stigmata]

🙏🙏🙏

[many-sparrows]

Once my friend told me that he felt Christian imposter syndrome sometimes because he had never had a big, life altering encounter with God. But we encounter God everywhere. It's in the way you let me sit on your couch and ramble about a breakup when we barely knew each other. It's in sunshine. Laughter. The faces of my friends who have never set foot in a church. It's in all the people who have shown me grace and mercy when I wholly didn't deserve it. It's the ache you've been trying to explain. It's the way that birds just know when to push their babies out of the nest. The way that I have found myself back in church even though no one would blame me if I hadn't. The way that we, creatures from a miniscule part of the universe, not only wanted to, but taught ourselves how to look into deep space. The sound of water flowing along a creek. It's the rhythm of the ocean, beating since before our species existed. You can go your whole life without having a big, come-to-jesus, altar call moment when you were "saved," and that's ok. Your faith doesn't have to run on adrenaline highs and intensity. God's in the still small voice. All the little miracles around you.

[sacredlitany]

Pray for those who are suffering with psychosis.

Saint Dymphna, pray for us!

[sacredlitany]

An icon I saw today (:

Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me - a sinner.

[beguines]

Kateryna Kuziv, How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place, O Lord / Crucifixion

[kiss-my-piss]

Resources for Male Victims of Abuse

How to Recognize Abuse

**Emotional Abuse of Men

**Sexual Assault of Men and Boys

**Men Can Be Victims of Abuse, Too

**Domestic Violence Against Men - Know the Signs

**Information for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse

**Help for Battered Men

**Battered Men, Battered Husbands

**For Male Survivors of Rape and Sexual Abuse

**Male Survivors of Incest and Sexual Child Abuse

**Help for Men Who Are Being Abused

Help Lines (Phone and Text Chat)

National Domestic Violence Hotline: [phone] (or 1-800-787-3224 for TTY)

National Dating Abuse Hotline: [phone]

National Sexual Assault Hotline: [phone]

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: [phone]

Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men: 1-888-743-5754 (US and Canada)

Hopeline Suicide Prevention Hotline: [phone]

National Hotline for Victims of Crimes: 1-855-484-2846

National Human Trafficking Hotline: [phone]

Polaris Human Trafficking Text Line: Text “BEFREE” to 233733

**1in6/RAINN Chat for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Support Groups

**1in6 Support Groups

Male Survivor Support Groups

Pandora’s Aquarium - Chat (includes chats specifically for men)

Pandora’s Aquarium - Forums (includes forums specifically for men)

How to Find a Shelter

Domestic Shelters Search (shelter locator with filters to find shelters specifically for male survivors)

SAFE (located in Austin, TX, but states they can help people find resources/shelters in their area)

How to Find a Therapist

**Male Survivor Therapist Directory

Mental Health Services Locator

Resources for and About the Abuse of Kids/Teens

Love is Respect Hotline: [phone] (Hotline for teens)

Darkness to Light Helpline (Sexual Abuse): 1-866-367-5444

Darkness to Light Text Line: Text “LIGHT” to 741741

ChildHelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline: [phone]

Children of the Night Hotline (Children in Prostitution): 1-800-551-1300

National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929

Covenant House Nineline (Homeless Youth): 1-800-999-9999

Stop it Now Hotline: [phone] (for adults concerned about the welfare of a child)

Jennifer Ann’s Group (for teens experiencing dating violence)

Other Resource Lists 

(While I tried to include the most helpful resources I could here (i.e., resources that lend themselves to one-on-one communication, individual reading, etc.), there are plenty of other great resources, including regional resources, listed in these links. Some of the resources are specific to men and others aren’t, but they are all helpful for male survivors.)

**Male Survivor (regional, international, and online resources)

**Husband Battering: Men and Domestic Violence

**Help for Battered Men: Online Resources

**Help for Battered Men: National and International Resources

**Help for Guys: Help for Victims (some resources for men, many general resources)

[dyke-for-christ]

Mary Magdalene

Not to be confused with Mary of Bethany (sister of Martha) or the "sinful woman" who anointed Jesus' feet. During the Middle Ages, Mary Magdalene, for some reason, was thought to have been a prostitute until she converted and became a disciple of Jesus, though this has never been attested to in the Gospels or by the Patristic Fathers. The first mention of her as a prostitute comes from Pope Gregory I's Easter sermon in the late 6th century (thanks a lot). The Ancient Greek philosopher Celsus wrote a treatise called "The True Word," an anti-Christian work, in which he called Mary Magdalene "a hysterical female... who either dreamt in a certain state of mind and through wishful thinking had a hallucination due to some mistaken notion (an experience which has happened to thousands), or, which is more likely, wanted to impress others by telling this fantastic tale, and so by this cock-and-bull story to provide a chance for other beggars." Because you know, women can't be trusted and if she has a religious experience, she must either be insane, stupid, or trying to impress men (sarcasm).

What we are confident in knowing about her is entirely in the Christian Bible. According to Luke, Mary Magdalene, along with other women, provided resources (presumably money and supplies) to Jesus and the Twelve as they preached from town to town (Luke 8:1-3). Jesus delivered her from seven devils (Luke 8:2).

The Greek Church states that she retired in Ephesus with the Mother Mary (of Jesus) while French tradition says she and some companions of hers landed and preached in Marseilles, France. She is called Equal to the Apostles by the Orthodox Church and Apostle to the Apostles in the Catholic Church because of her role in the witnessing the Resurrected Christ on the first Easter Sunday.

Patronage: against sexual temptation, apothecaries, contemplative life, converts, druggists, glove makers, hair dressers, penitent women, penitent sinners, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumers, reformed prostitutes, tanners, women

[randomgothgirl]

Hello, Tumblr!!! This is a Saint Mary Magdalene I made for Lent and forgot to post here. 💜

[randomgothgirl]

I'm glad people here like my Magdalene. I have more on my Instagram 🥹

[dyke-for-christ]

Depictions of Mary Magdalene have historically, in modern parlance, done her real dirty. In paintings, the "Magdalene" figure is portrayed partially or completely nude with her long hair covering her, but you can still see a lot of her skin and her breasts. She is portrayed much more salaciously than she probably was in real life. Everything about her being a repentant prostitute is extra-biblical. There is nothing in the Christian bible to suggest she was a sex worker.

The reason I can guess this happened is that certain people (men) needed a woman of ill-repute to make the Mother of Jesus look even better. The Madonna-Whore complex was born. It wasn't enough that Mary of Magdala was a disciple of Jesus, who cast demons out of her, and spent the remainder of her life following His teachings. No, no. She had to made into something scandalous and impure for Jesus to save her. Never mind that no other woman in the Gospels get the same treatment as Mary of Magdala does. Don't pay attention to the fact that she probably was the second closest female follower of Jesus after His mother and one of the few disciples who had to courage to hike to Mount Calvary, the place of His execution.

Certain religious folks can't stand the idea that a woman could just be normal. You have to be peerless, unblemished or you're a dirty girl who needs to repent. There's no in between. In all likelihood, Mary of Magdala was a woman who happened to have literal demons and was delivered from them. She began following Jesus because He performed a miracle for her and took His teaching and message to heart. She likely was well-off and unmarried, which would explain how she was able to help support Jesus and the Twelve as they preached from town to town. She was possibly a widow or hadn't married yet, which might explain how she could support a bunch of traveling preachers and not explain things to her husband. But as we know, some people don't like the idea of an independently wealthy woman. The blank spaces in her biography made it easy to paint her as a temptress and sex worker, because we all know women can't become independently wealthy on her own without a husband unless she's a sex worker, right (sarcasm)?

In reality, Mary of Magdala was a boring person compared to what folklore and art literally paint her as in the centuries that followed her death in the 1st century. She was relatively a normal person who became one of the central female figures in Christianity but whose reputation was relegated to that of a repentant sinner instead of her honored title as Apostle to the Apostles.

[deathandmysticism]

Christ in the Wine Press, 16th century

[ahopefulbromantic]

Everymoot in Christ LOOK AT THIS THIS IS SO COOOOL!!!

[fromtheheather]

Magdalene with the Smoking Flame (c. 1640) - Georges de La Tour

[mariam-en-christo]

Rejoice on this day for Saint Mary Magdalene, the faithful apostle to the apostles who wept at the feet of the crucified Christ with the Most-holy Theotokos, and who proclaimed to the Roman Emperor, "Christ is risen!"

[random-words-here]

St. Francis Kissing the Feet of Christ

[ex0skeletal-undead]

The Penitent Magdalene by Domenico Tintoreeto, c1600

[psalms-and-spells]

“But heaven! But what about heaven? Heaven! Heaven! Heaven!”

Lock in. The home of the angels doesn’t/shouldn’t concern you as much as the well being of earth.

If you believe in Christ you should follow him even with no promise of the afterlife, why? Because you should believe that his teaching put more good in the world! And if you are basing your Christian faith on whether or not you think you will get to heaven and NOT using your money to feed the poor, sick, and widowed. Then I will state that you were never a strong believer in the first place.

[sacredradical]

god is in a jail cell, a baby or it’s poor single mother, a rapist or murderer, a pack of cigarettes, a queer person, and in you as much as he is in the pope, the cross or crucifix you wear, and in heaven.

you are not too far from him, you aren’t restricted. he’s in your soul and heart. find those and you have him