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thesilicontribesman · 10 months

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Cathole Cave Prehistoric Site and Neolithic Mortuary, Gower Peninsula, nr. Swansea, Wales

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calabria-mediterranea · 2 months

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The village of Pazzano and the ancient Hermit of Santa Maria della Stella, Calabria, Italy

Pazzano is quaint little village situated between Monte Stella and Monte Consolino and it extends to the north to the lush green Serre mountains.

The most important thing to see in Pazzano is the Hermit of Santa Maria della Stella, an ancient byzantine hermitage sited in a natural cave on Monte Stella.

In the 11th century Byzantine monks lived in the sanctuary. Cristodulo was one of the first the Hegumen. In 1096, it became a minor monastery. In the Norman period it was converted to a Catholic monastery.

Inside the hermitage there is a 16th-century statue of Madonna in marble and Byzantine frescos representing saints.

Photos by Antonella Gentile

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smhalltheurlsaretaken · 8 months

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not me typing a whole rant about some catholics being insufferably smug about their "better looking churches" while ignoring the history behind the barebone austerity of protestant churches and then deleting it all because my seething anger isn't christ-like either

*gnaws on wood* God help me love your children even when they are absolute prigs

#christianity #catholicism #CAVES!! PROTESTANTS USED TO HAVE TO WORSHIP IN ACTUAL CAVES!!#THEY INVENTED PORTABLE PREACHING CHAIRS THAT COULD BE DISGUISED AS *BARRELS*#BECAUSE THEY WOULD GET KILLED OR SENT TO THE GALLEYS OR LOCKED UP IN JAIL OR SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES IF CAUGHT WORSHIPING #YOUR CHURCHES HAVE ALTARS TO MARY'S GREAT AUNT AND JOSEPH'S SECOND COUSIN'S TWICE REMOVED BE SERIOUS #EUROPEAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRALS WERE BUILT WITH TAX MONEY AND COMMISSIONED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES #PROTESTANTS CHURCHES HAD TO BLEND IN OR BE DESTROYED #and sure some places don't have that historical context #protestants weren't persecuted in the US and the catholic church wasn't state-sponsored there #but obviously that bagage informed their architectural choices for centuries afterwards DUH #are you being dense #and do you truly genuinely believe the God who came to earth to tear the temple's veil and preach on beaches and mountains *cares*#He told his own people *repeatedly* that no house they could ever build was worthy of His glory please be humble #He *deigned* habit the tabernacle and then the two temples as a demonstration of his grace and love not because the buildings merited it #and then He explicitly made *us* his temples and He promised to be with us wherever we worship Him please be humble #God doesn't care about stained glass windows He made the entire sky so we could always see his glory <3

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the-crowe-and-the-magpie · 1 year

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The stars aligned.

#3 signs you need therapy:#1 You decided gettin ya neck et by an ancient bloodsucker in a cave was a sign from god to go do the same to an entire ISLAND of fishermen #2 You had chronic tummy aches even BEFORE your evil Catholic Karen churchwoman poisoned you #3 You did it to reunite w your secret love & secret daughter when 2 of the 3 of yall were senile and all this ruckus killed yall faster #midnight mass #father paul #hamish linklater

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ashton-slashton · 5 months

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OH FUCK YEAH THE CATHOLIC STORE IN TOWN FINALLY RE-OPENED!!!

I can finally buy stuff to make rosaries for the in-laws in person again! It's all coming up Ash today!

#to whomever is new here: I like making things with my hands and I have a lot of Catholic in-laws who are fond of my beading #I'm into Catholicism in a Nick Cave sort of way #also beading is meditative

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patron-saint-of-lesbeans · 6 months

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Pope Francis is giving St. Pope John Paul II vibes as of late. Go grandpa go.

#tower of babble #catholic #Catholics upset that he isn’t caving to their political expectations? check.#politicians upset that he isn’t a silent or neutral voice in the face of their violence? check.#‘how dare the pope exercise his power as pope!’ ? do you just not want a pope? the have denominations that do that you know. not Catholics.#sorry tradcaths parroting 14th century Protestant slogans like ‘the pope is the antichrist!’ isn’t very Catholic of you #let go of the hate in your hearts and come home.

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bunnyb34r · 4 months

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Gurkle 358 days of the year: 😇

Gurkle the week between Christmas and New Year's: 😈

#marquilla #he's actually not being BAD hes just being more active than usual which means he's digging everywhere and throwing #dirt into the water bowl (which is fine im changing the bowls today)#he also kicked up enough dirt to bury the opening to the cave hide and i think scupas in there agsggsgsgs 'goodnight bitch!' as he #buries him in the tomb like jesus GAGSGSGSGS #and he was digging a trench between the cabana and the wall heater i assume to lay there but he's notably NOT doing that so idk #the party boys #gurkle #he's doing that 'reverse lent' thing i guess sgdggdgd didnt know he was catholic

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innanzituttoticalmi · 9 months

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i've decided my august project will be finally walking every street in the historical city center on foot. i started today wandering up and down strada maggiore/via santo stefano/a bit of via san vitale and in between alleys and side streets.

pics of things and stuff i saw on the way

#n. 1 this almost made me cry in the street. i don't know what the border/travel situation was like in 1944 for italy/costa rica #but surely even if he couldn't get out he didn't have to join the resistance. he just chose to do it. and he was 25 #n.3 is from the same tiny church as n.4 and i am Obsesseddd with the blood GUSHING from jesus' feet and over some skull in a cave #inexplicably sitting below the cross. beautiful. inspired. camp goth!#n. 4 vendita delle indulgenze my beloved #i seriously think indulgences are one of the funniest things the catholic church's ever come up with #n. 8 i love them bragging 'mozart was here!' and tbh fair i would too. gonna have to go back and check out those original manuscripts #n. 9 i always forget that street is PPP's birth place it's like unexpectedly bumping into an old friend every single time <333 #txt

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dreamyartiste · 1 year

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Jules Cyrille Cave- Martyr in the Catacombs

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curly-cottage-girl · 1 year

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#just feeling a lot of things and I don’t like them bc they’re kinda ugly #I know this yearning and gaping hole in my chest is ultimately supposed to be filled with God #at least in the sense that I’m not driven to envy over others being loved more than me #but I def have not been good with prayer lately. at all :/#I’m feeling discouraged in many ways too. I want to try to do more hobbies but the learning curve is so steep when i look at them #and I already have almost no motivation anyway so that discourages me even more #I wish I WANTED to do stuff #I wish I had plans and goals in my life bc as I get older it’s more embarrassing when i talk with ppl #had a preliminary meeting with a guy who does financial advising and that kind feel flat bc like #I have no goals I’m working towards #and also I don’t even know how to describe myself and what I like and all #I caved and thought maybe I’ll make a Catholic match profile bc maybe God wants me to be more proactive #even if I don’t think I would ever be able to do anything like online dating at all #bc I can’t even do regular dating irl #I want to have known the person for a long time first #but anyway that’s ANOTHER whole thing #so anyway I stopped making my account when I had to describe myself for the profile and I just drew a blank #like sorry I don’t do or like anything :/#I mean it’s not true but it also kinda is?#but yeah now I get all sorts of emails from catholic match and I can’t unsubscribe bc you have to sign in to unsubscribe #and I technically don’t have an account yet -_- bc I didn’t finish… so stupid #maybe I should go back to therapy….#but I really was feeling like I had hit a plateau. like really it was stuff in my life that needed to change #or spiritual healing and growth #and there was only so much that talking could do by that point after I had done a good amount of growing in self knowledge #not like it ever ends really but also I had to wake up early to have them before work #and also it’s money so yeah I stopped :/#so IDK #idk what to do #either in my life or for my mental/emotional state

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thesilicontribesman · 1 year

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Cathole Cave Neolithic Mortuary, Gower Peninsula, nr. Swansea, Wales

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delicatefury · 1 year

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More prayers for sister and her fiancé, please.

They met with the priest today to talk about his annulment. And they’ve been sitting in the car talking for over an hour. All I’ve gotten are a few texts, and they’re not… well, they’re not encouraging.

The timeline’s moved back. Again. It was supposed to be Easter. Now it’s the end of the year. So her hopes to be married in autumn or winter are dashed. And our priest is bringing in a canon lawyer to help.

I… I’m really worried. I’m legitimately concerned that this ordeal is going to drive my sister away from the church. Like she’ll say fuck it and get married in a civil ceremony instead of a religious one. I’m worried my family (my mom) will encourage this, or downplay how not a good decision this is.

I’m terrified it won’t be granted. And instead of celebrating my sister’s marriage, I‘ll have to watch her tear herself in two between being a good Catholic and a woman in love.

Im worried that even if it is granted, this ordeal will sour her fiancé on the Catholic Church so much that he’ll resent the church, and that my sister wants her kids raised in the faith.

And selfishly I fear that if any of the above happens, I’ll also be unhappy because I won’t be able to both be a faithful Catholic and fully rejoice in my sister’s happiness.

So please, please pray for them. For their desire to marry in the church. That they not be punished for my sister’s faithfulness and insistence on doing things right. That his previous marriage be found void. That we don’t have to be stuck between her happiness and our faith.

Holy Mother Mary, Blessed Joseph, St. Valentine, please pray for them.

And Jesus told us to be persistent so I’m gonna keep knocking.

#prayer request #catholicism #religious I guess #religious i know #catholic church #the persistent widow #fury’s life #fury’s family #personal #very personal #very very personal #I don’t know what I’m more afraid of #that I’ll cave and lie and tell her it’s okay to just have a civil service #or that I’ll put our faith first and she’ll resent me forever #my sister’s the closest person to me in the world #I don’t want either of those

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lilgynt · 1 year

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the dreams i’ve been having on the flu meds have been very vivid and weird but i love last nights where it was like my shitty ex is trying to take the hannibal posters in the divorce and im trying to make sure he can’t

#personal #this was like a side plot the main dream was biking with a girl through california and then our resting place was this weird cave we went #skinny dipping in #i straight up put that on hold to have a custody battle over hannibal posters 😭😭#they’ve been fun tho. i went to this catholic school detention #with like dante level shit of punishments but there was a riot leon from re was there briefly we all broke out and oh my god the after #part was sooo fun. also we all had vaugely religious super powers and they were blasting the devil man sound track #did have a weird one where i was a cop but it became more saw like at the end and also when i woke up after my partner asked me #if i had anybody in my family who was a cop and i was like actually no a few criminals tho #and she gave me a weird look and i was about to talk about how i hate police but then i remembered i was the police #but why was i a cop if i hate cops? and then immediately woke up

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apollos-boyfriend · 2 years

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as a catholic I gotta wonder how many people listen to the oh hellos and half alive and. idk hozier and don't know so many of these songs are about religion and religious experience. because like it sticks out so much to me but to people who aren't really experienced with this stuff I gotta wonder

yeah. like this isn't in a gatekeep-y way. but i genuinely don't think some artists of this vein can even be like. properly enjoyed/understood without that knowledge. i ofc don't mean you HAVE to be christian or HAVE to have religious trauma, but like. i don't think they can be properly seen without at least some bare understanding of their religion, as it's such a huge part of who they are/what they do

#muse talk #areus-in-a-little-cave #because you can listen to like. creature. and see it as a story of self discovery or whatever #but having the knowledge of the singer's background? of knowing how it ties into christianity and reclaiming oneself?#that hits so much deeper. but that may be the catholic upbringing in me talking

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dejahisashmom · 4 days

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Footprints, Fairies and even a Foreskin: 10 Bizarre Relics from History | Ancient Origins

https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/relics-0015002

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suitelifeoftravel · 25 days

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The Mount of Olives, A Place of Death, Ascension and Everlasting Life

Standing at the overlook on the Mount of Olives, a breathtaking view spreads before me to include the Temple Mount and the city of Jerusalem. Once flourishing with olive trees, the site has become a holy place connected with events surrounding Jesus’ death and ascension into heaven. Tombs dating back to the First Temple period remain in the Kidron Valley outside of the city walls. The cemetery…

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