12/29/2023
Fun Fact: LET ME HOLD THE BABYYYYY!!!
JOKE-OGRAPHY:
1. Jewish laws have a lot of stuff about impurities and uncleanliness. After giving birth, for example, a mother becomes impure for a time (forty days after having a boy, or eighty for a girl). During this time, the mother can't enter temples (dwelling places of God) or touch anything sacred.
2. In this cartoon, Joseph reads about the above impurity laws from a brochure. At first, it seems like he's just informing his beloved wife of their religious duties, but in fact, he's only using it to build up an argument of why HE should be the one holding the new Baby Jesus. After all, if Mary is legally impure, doesn't that mean she can't hold Jesus, since He's sacred? Of course, by that logic, the manger could be considered a temple, since it's the current dwelling place of God-made-Man, but Joseph wisely avoids arguing this point.
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I was blocked by the original poster of this image but I still wanted to share it!
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To all my fellow Catholics who are also giving up Tumblr for Lent, it’s been an honor.
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12/15/2023
A Lord by any other Name.
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JOKE-OGRAPHY:
In this cartoon a young Jesus visits John the Baptist, His cousin, and the two greet each other with much joy. They begin by shouting each other's names, then switch to parodying each other's names back and forth, coming up with a ridiculous list of aliases. Their mothers, St. Elizabeth and the Blessed Virgin Mary, just watch the naming convention being held before them.
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top 3 pope facts
four popes are said to have died during sex- pope leo vii, pope john vii, pope john xiii and pope paul ii
the 7 month rotting corpse of pope formosus was exhumed, dressed, propped up and put on trial. a deacon was appointed to be his voice. he was found guilty
pope francis used to be a bouncer at a nightclub
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