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Sorry I saw one more post so unfortunately I have to get up on my Catholic Soapbox

When Our Lord (and Lady, but she isn't talked about much in this context) is depicted in European Sacred Art, as a European man, it is not the same as "whitewashing" Him. The difference is that Jesus happens to be God- He is all things for all men. He is for every culture, every time and place and ethnicity. Biologically, is He of Middle-Eastern descent? Yes. Does He have Middle-Eastern genetics? Yes. But He did not come to save just Middle-Eastern people, He came to save everyone: Blacks, Whites, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific Islanders- everyone.

And there have been numerous occasions of Apparitions of Our Lord where He appeared as a white man (Sacred Heart, Divine Mercy, Knock, Fatima, et cetera) so I actually do not think He cares- He wants to appear to His beloved in a way accessible to them, because, again, as God He is not confined to one specific culture or ethnicity because He came to save everyone.

(and- additionally- these same people never seem to care when He is depicted as any ethnicity other than middle-eastern or white. if you're going to be picky about this at least be consistent.)

If I don't sound insane when talking about my religion please let me know so I can remedy the situation as soon as possible.

sgfhasdifhsdi;fh i forgot the most important part:

the whole point is to help show what it means to be on God's side. To be on His side is not unlike cutting off a foot for Him, or plucking and eye to follow His Will

so yea

Catholicism, yay!!

today's readings are kinda funny if i'm honest

first you have Moses absolutely befuzzled as to why they think prophesying is bad thing, but then you also have Jesus being like, "listen, if they're not doing bad, then they're for us, mkay?"

(St. James' letter is a lot more poetic and reflective though)

turns out I wasn't terribly wrong with that summary

Father's intro to the homily was a quote about Abraham Lincoln, in which, when asked to lead a prayer for God to be on the Union's side, he said (paraphrased), "Rather, we should pray for us to be on God's side"

basically, the premise of the First Reading and the Gospel are times when people of God made mistakes in their assumption of who is on God's side

Joshua and his buddies told Moses of their fears of the elders prophesying, but how is that bad?

and the Apostles attempted to stop someone who is directly preaching in Jesus' name (but not in the company of His almost-church), only to be told off by Jesus (politely, cuz Jesus is chill like that) for condemning someone who is for them, and hence, not against them

it's a rather nice set of readings, and I think it could certainly be taken to heart, especially in the striving of a Christian for universal love for others, as it illustrates well the errors we may make, and what their fixes are

today's readings are kinda funny if i'm honest

first you have Moses absolutely befuzzled as to why they think prophesying is bad thing, but then you also have Jesus being like, "listen, if they're not doing bad, then they're for us, mkay?"

(St. James' letter is a lot more poetic and reflective though)

today's readings are kinda funny if i'm honest

first you have Moses absolutely befuzzled as to why they think prophesying is bad thing, but then you also have Jesus being like, "listen, if they're not doing bad, then they're for us, mkay?"

(St. James' letter is a lot more poetic and reflective though)

its miserable having online friends i would help you clean and paint your room and fold your laundry and move furniture and cook mostly edible food for you and generally do tasks for you and drink with you and smoke with you and go on walks with you and see you smile when i make you laugh. but the distance

Doing this to all of you

@ all of my mutuals and followers: you’re really important and pretty. go drink some water ily

No, I didn't "like" your post, I made you hot chocolate and sat down with you and draped a blanket over your shoulders

petition to make this ^ be the hugging emoji. you are not just a person standing behind me. You are my friend.

🫂

reblog to sign the petition

do the rest of y’all have online friends u would actually kill to know irl or are u sane

pov: that one mutual woke up

reblog if u <3 ur moots

there should be a hug button where you can tell your mutuals its going to be okay instead of liking their vent post and hoping they realize ur not agreeing that they should die

i just got this AWESOME philosophy anthology book of Ockham's writings

anD IT'S IN LATIN AND ENGLISH THIS IS SO PERFECT IM SO EXCITED

reblog to interact with prev

"would you like to add tags-"

NO!!! IF SOMEONE SEES IT, IT'S THEIR DESTINY!!!

I’m proud of you btw

To be able to say you fought your own battles and won? I’m proud. And to be able to say you lost your battles and survived? God that’s just as amazing

Losing firefox-official is like burning the Library of Alexandria but for a specific subset of antisocial freaks

and me, charming socialite

Me wanting to text and talk to my mutuals:

My social anxiety:

"You can't make friends onli-" I would defend any of my Tumblr mutuals to the death with only a pocket knife and random rock, you heathen.

reblog if it's okay for your mutuals to message you and create an actual friendship, not just interactions

if youre my mutual you have to stay alive and stay safe and take care of yourself. no exceptions idc

well now that its gone the truth is the blog was killed at just over 98,300 followers