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reblog if you're a Christian and you stand with Palestine. ✝ 🇵🇸
this may seem like an engagement farming scheme but i genuinely just wanna see how many there are.
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i just pointed out in my judaism class that it’s interesting to me that when asked God’s name, God did respond with the ineffable name (the tetragrammaton) but put a much greater emphasis on who they are the God OF (I’m the God of Abraham, the God of Moses, etc.).
and my teacher said she feels a kinship with that because she remembers the joy that came with the first time she was called “(son’s name)’s mom”, and how beautiful it feels be named for who you love. and i almost burst into tears
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I look at the ocean and see God.
I look at the ocean and see infinity, water everywhere. No beginning, no ending.
I look at the ocean and feel God.
I look at the ocean and feel peace inside. Belonging and love.
I look at the ocean and hear God.
I look at the ocean and hear birds and waves. Nature that He created.
I look at the ocean and want to stay forever
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I implore you gently to read your Bible today. If you’ve never read the Bible before, you can start with the first four books of the New Testament. These are called the gospels. They teach you about who Jesus was, what He did, and what He said. I think you will be pleasantly surprised and how much you agree with Him. God is not what you’ve been told He is! He is on your side and loves you deeply.
You can also read the Psalms. These are songs written primarily to or about God by David, an ancient king. They’re quick and easy and really useful when you’re feeling strong emotions. David is often depressed, despairing, and angry in these songs. But you get to see the journey through David’s relationship with God between each psalm. I think you will find these relatable. There are so many of them that have comforted me while I was in a terrible mental state. There are many joyful ones too.
If you need some help, message me. God bless you. 🩷
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i understand why the 'jesus was a radical socialist who hung out with women, preached wealth redistribution, and fought religious authorities' is a popular trope, especially as a response to the insane conservatism of american christianity, and i don't think factually it's wrong. but i have a few reservations abt the way it gets thrown around
main one is that it tends to become a thought-terminating cliche. if 'jesus was a socialist' is meant to be a clickbait summary of who Jesus was that encourages people to go back to the gospels and read with fresh eyes untinged by right-wing stupidity, great.
But I feel like it often gets used as a substitute for the text - and so rather than, say, going back to actually radical things Jesus said, people appeal to the popular construct of radical socialist feminist Jesus in a very vibes-based way. Jesus becomes defined as 'guy who shares all my exact political beliefs and can be invoked against hypocritical Christians'.
and i think that then means people don't seriously think about stuff he says that might actually be controversial. Is Jesus' hard-line anti-divorce stance harmful? Is 'turn the other cheek' endorsing silently submitting to abuse? Is his claim that looking on a woman with lust is just the same as adultery purity culture? Is 'carry your cross' romanticising suffering? Is the way the Gospel authors frame the Pharisees as corrupt religious authorities actually anti-Semitic and historically unfair? Is his relative silence about Roman colonisation problematic?
Obviously, these texts have historical context and are open to interpretation etc (as are the Old Testament and Paul, which get the opposite extreme from Jesus of being flanderised into consistently nasty). But I think the ideal socialist Jesus figure de-historicises him in a distorting way (for example, projecting anti-capitalism on someone who existed before capitalism did).
And lest it seem like I'm picking on Socialist Jesus, I think this is true of all the soundbite Jesuses. Meek and mild storybook Jesus, conservative 'love the sinner hate the sin' Jesus, unrecognisably mangled American Jesus, generic spiritual Jesus erased of his Jewish heritage. Some of these are outright wrong (American Jesus), some of these are entirely true but incomplete (storybook Jesus, who, in fairness, is aimed at literal children); I would say Socialist Jesus is by far one of the best.
But I think it's still a very static, flanderised way to understand someone who is a real, living person, who calls people into a relationship with him. and so i understand it from general secular society; I don't have strong opinions on the Buddha and so i generally stick to 'he seemed like a decent guy with weird ideas', so I understand people not having deep-dive opinions on Jesus either. but i think for Christians especially, we do have a bit of an obligation to go beyond just reducing Jesus to soundbites, even when they are true.
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April 22nd 2024
Entry #031
Solidarity
I've noticed a surgence of people making blogs to journal their faith journey, like me. I don't know if it's simply that Tumblr's algorythm shows me more of them as related topics to my blog or if there's really a surgence lately, but in either case... Oh, how it warms my heart!
I love seeing people love God. I love reading people's inner thoughts as they open their hearts to fellow Christians. I love pondering alongside my siblings in faith regarding Christianity questions. I love deepening my faith hand-in-hand with the community. I love people who love too.
Let's give our thanks to the Lord for gathering us together and thus helping each other strengthen our faith!
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i hope you succeed. i hope we both succeed. i hope god has wonderful things in store for us together
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is it just me?
like yeah, i know God loves me and He died for me, but like... He's actually with me 24/7? He cares if i eat a good breakfast? He is sitting by me when i'm sleeping? He helps me with studying? i don't know if i am making all that up at this point 😭 like am i THIS important?? there is 8 billion people and He has time for ME? i don't think i am worthy all of this.. please tell me i'm not the only one TT
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When I asked...
When I asked adults what they thought of Jesus, I got mixed answers.
When I asked adults what they thought of Jesus, they told me about suffering, sin. about dying.
When I asked adults what they thought of Jesus, they also told me about hope.
When I asked adults what they thought of Jesus, they told me about questioning and being unsure in their faith.
When I asked adults what they thought of Jesus, they told me about abusive parents and older adults who forced their religion on them.
When I asked adults what they thought of Jesus, they told me about more negative things than positive ones.
When I asked children what they thought of Jesus, they told me that His favorite animal was a donkey because that's how He came to Jerusalem.
When I asked children what they thought of Jesus, they started fighting over whether his favorite animal was a dove. Because had it been a donkey, He would have made the holy spirit to be a donkey.
When I asked children what they thought of Jesus, they told me about fish and bread. They told me about finding eggs on easter and how beautiful it is to see the christmas tree with all it's candles, all bright and shining.
When I asked children what they thought of Jesus, they told me things we all seem to forget over time. They told me about joy.
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how many syllables does the word bread have?
normal people: one
latin students: two
catholics on the third sunday of easter: thirty-seven
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i had a dream some time back about going to a protestant church and someone there gifting me a weirdly specific bible. I don't know what's up with that, but should i take it as a sign to visit some protestant churches in my area and go buy that bible i saw in my dream?
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Sloth
Get up. Get up. Get up.
I repeated the words over and over in my head, but my body didn’t move. I kept aimlessly scrolling through reels, but he was on the back of my mind.
Get up. Please, just get up.
Another 30 minutes pass. Then an hour. Then two.
Get up! Move! You’re running out of time!
But I didn’t. I laid there, ignoring him. I could feel him calling me. I could nearly hear his voice, his gentle, sweet voice. I loved his voice. I loved him. So why did it feel like a chore?
Another hour passed. Then another. And another until it was late. Very late.
I finally turned off my phone and put it down, staring at the ceiling.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered.
I hated days like this. It’s not like I just ignored him, I ignored all my responsibilities, my friends, my family, my health.
“I messed up again,” I mumbled, looking out the window. The moon was up. My eyes filled with tears of regret as I stared at it, imagining how beautiful it must’ve been when he created it compared to its beauty now.
“I’m sorry,” I whimpered again.
“I said I forgive you, sweetheart.”
The voice made me jump a little, but after the initial shock I felt so much relief. “There you are,” I sighed.
He said he forgave me, but it didn’t change the guilt that consumed me. The time that was wasted. The time I could’ve spent with him.
He laughed softly from my reaction. “Hey, I never left” he whispered as he took my face in his hands. “I didn’t die on the cross so you could feel ashamed. I’m here, I forgive you. Let’s keep moving forward, yeah?” he beamed.
His smile was precious. I nearly forgot he was my father because he looked like an innocent kid when he smiled.
“Thank you,” I whispered, a tear running down my cheek.
His thumb immediately brushed it away and he pulled me close, his lips planting a comforting kiss on my forehead.
“Come on, baby. We have a lot to catch up on!” he said as he pulled away. His eyes gazed back into mine, those gentle eyes of his. “Oh and one more thing, sweetie…”
I leaned in, awaiting to hear his sweet, melodic voice.
“I missed you.”
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Saint Gemma Galgani
1878-1903
Feast day: April 11
Patronage: students, pharmacists, tuberculosis patients, love, hope, spinal injury
Throughout her life, Gemma was to be favored with many mystical experiences and special graces. She wished to become a nun, but her poor health prevented her from being accepted. On June 8, 1899, Gemma received the stigmata. Gemma often saw her guardian angel, with whom she was on familiar terms and sent on errands. In January of 1903, Gemma was diagnosed as having tuberculosis. She died quietly in the company of the parish priest, on April 11 at age twenty-five.
Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)
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