Crusaders Sighting Jerusalem by Edwin Austin Abbey

King Richard I met with his knights here to launch the Third Crusade

Eugène Romain Thirion (French, 1839–1910) Joan of Arc listening to the voices, 1876

“Everything will be very simple and easy if you decide to do it unto God, for God’s sake, and to the glory of God. Everything in life and in the soul will immediately come together.”

-Father Ioann Krestiankin.

Met welke religie ben je opgevoed? (Bijv. alleen met Kerst naar de kerk gaan telt ook!) Christendom (Katholiek) Christendom (Protestant) Islam Jodendom Boeddhisme Hindoeïsme Een andere religie Meerdere religies naast elkaar Atheïstisch/niet met religie opgevoed

Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Paris.

Coptic Prayers at the Church of Virgin Mary & Anafora-Anaphora, Cairo, Egypt.

Photograph by Dawoud Badawy, 2o23.

Sainte-Chapelle was built in 1242 by Louis IX as a sacred repository for his collection of Christian relics - especially the Crown of Thorns. Look closely and you’ll see the crown represented in the frieze, held by two angels. The crown was later moved to Notre Dame - and was rescued from the 2019 fire. #saintechapelle #churcharchitecture #lookup #paris #crownofthorns #christendom (at Sainte Chapelle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkddbkJOu2m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

St George & Merry England!

This country may have a more complicated past than some may like to think, but let us never forget that which made our country great. Let us build upon it, learning from the successes as well as the mistakes and failures; let us make England great again and put the "Great" back into "Great Britain!"

Work is underway rebranding my website as part of my developing photography & photojournalism business, with the aim of having my "Michael's Mission" blog/podcast launch on Pentecost Sunday 19th May. Together we can restore England to her true greatness and help other nations revive theirs too!

Happy St George's Day everyone!

What does the Empire involve? All types of “power-over” institutions from, education to government and religion. When our systems become an economy of exchange where the mighty dollar reigns, the result is imprisonment. From a Christian perspective, what we have seen since the fourth century is Civil Religion: The Empire of Christendom, reigning down with an oligarchic thumb. Since that time, the supposed “Jesus Community” has been entangled with the State. This might be the deadliest mixture when it comes to corrupt power. Christians have become the Roman occupiers—plundering and destroying all that gets in their way—instead of followers of Jesus being eaten by lions and burned at the stake. When we become more about geo-political dominance and less about serving those who are less fortunate, the distinction between the Jesus way and Empire is unrecognizable.

Christianity Cracking Up

'And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters'

by Ivan Aivazovsky

England's oldest door predates the rest of Westminster Abbey c.1060

Circle of Bernardino Luini (Italian, c.1480-1532) Angels making music

"So it is that those who feel compunction of heart increasingly feel themselves brothers and sisters to all the sinners of the world, setting aside airs of superiority and harsh judgments, and filled with a burning desire to show love and make reparation."

— Pope Francis, Holy Thursday Homily (2024)

compunction definition @ Merriam-Webster