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twobrothersatwork · 22 days

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"Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: and every one that liveth, and believeth in me, shall not die for ever. Believest thou this?"

Gospel According to St John 11:25-26 Douay-Rheims Bible.

Artwork: Joachim Wtewael (Dutch, 1566 - 1638), The Raising Of Lazarus (Circa 1610-1615).

#Jesus Christ #Resurrection #Gospel of St. John #Martha and Mary #Vangelo di San Giovanni #douay rheims bible #New Testament #Bible Quotes #Joachim Wtewael paintings

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atna2-34-75 · 6 months

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Orazio Gentileschi

Martha and Mary, 1620

Alte Pinakothek, Munich

#art #painting #caravagesque #art history #orazio gentileschi #martha and mary #mirror

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a-queer-seminarian · 1 year

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Interpretations of the Mary and Martha, Martha and Mary, story often focus on 'a woman’s place.' What passes for liberating readings in some contexts is saying that a woman’s place is not just in the kitchen but also at the feet of Jesus. Missing from these less than revolutionary readings is the question of why it is imagined that women have a 'place' when men don’t. The whole world – and even the whole cosmos according to the men who kept women from originally going into space – is their place. Meanwhile, we have gender norms embedded in job descriptions and health insurance that punish women for being of reproductive age.

Wil Gafney, “An Enslaved Enslaving Church”

#wil gafney #mary and martha #martha and mary #womanism #quote tag #reading and studying the bible #sexism

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momentsbeforemass · 2 years

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The nicest box

I hate Martha.

[Today’s Gospel is one of the Martha and Mary stories. And I hate Martha.]

Not because she’s a bad person. Or because she’s doing something bad. She isn’t. And she isn’t.

I hate Martha because she’s a mirror. At least for me anyway. I see way too much of myself, way too much of my baggage in Martha.

And I really would prefer not to deal with – well – any of my baggage. Thank you very much.

Today’s Martha isn’t the overworked responsible child who resented her sister, Mary. The one who got the gentlest rebuke ever given by Jesus (“Martha, Martha, you are worried about many things.”).

This is Martha 2.0. This is the Martha who took that to heart. And now her first impulse is faith. Not complaining.

Martha’s brother, Lazarus, has died. Martha is grieving, crying on Jesus’ shoulder.

Can’t ask for a better shoulder to cry on.

Martha’s asking Jesus to raise her brother from the dead. Asking for something she doesn’t really believe will happen, as it turns out.

Because when Jesus says that He will raise her brother from the dead? Martha suddenly shifts from the intimate and the personal to the distant and the remote.

Martha starts talking about the inevitable resurrection of everybody at the final judgment.

Martha is confessing one of the truths of the Faith. It’s one of the four last things. Christ-centered. Doctrinally sound.

And completely walled-off from what she’s actually dealing with in her own life.

Without meaning to, Martha has closed herself off from the very real help offered by the One whose shoulder she is crying on.

Martha has put God in the nicest box ever.

Which is why I hate her. Because she reminds me that I do this. All. The. Time.

Instead of letting the Faith give me the perspective I need. Instead of letting prayer be a source of comfort and strength. Instead of talking with God.

I talk about God. And imagine that it’s the same thing.

I put God in the nicest box. And then wonder why I’m not seeing God at work in my life right now.

That’s because it’s hard to see what’s up close. If you’re only looking at what’s far away. It’s hard to see what’s happening right now. If you’re only looking at the future.

The truth is that God isn’t just the God of the future. Of the sweet by and by. Where everything is set to rights.

God is also the God of now. Where things fall apart. Where the hard work of today is done.

That’s the God who loves you. That’s the God who wants to hear from you. Not someday, but now.

Right when you need Him the most.

Because the God who loves you has dirt under His fingernails.

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#The nicest box #Martha and Mary #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Box #Now #Right when you need God the most #Fall apart #Moments Before Mass

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stevhep · 9 months

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'On the Assumption into Heaven of Our Lady St Mary'

"The Gospel for the very traditional Mass of the Assumption is the story of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42.) That’s where one sister does everything physically necessary for her guests by bustling busily about while the other does all that is mentally necessary for salvation by being still and fully attending to the words of Jesus. Those called upon to listen to or to preach about this Gospel might be forgiven for thinking ‘This is a lovely story; but it’s the wrong Mary!‘..."

#catholic #assumption of mary #martha and mary #blessed virgin mary

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squirrelsession · 10 months

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Here’s your daily friendly reminder that the value of being with Jesus heavily outweighs the value of serving him.

Serving him is great, being with him is better.

Luke 10:38-42

#bible #bible verse #friendly reminder #daily #rest #luke #psalm 23 #serve #christian #christianity #jesus #god #holy spirit #christian blog #martha and mary #bible story

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scripture-pictures · 2 years

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#one thing #love #one thing is needful #martha and mary #jesus #luke #matthew #daily bread #nightly bread #god is love

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friarmusings · 2 years

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St. Mary: another look

Today is the feast of St. Martha, a woman who listened to what Jesus said to her and corrected herself. We know St. Martha as the distracted host who complained to Jesus that no one was helping her. We met Martha just recently when she and Mary, Lazarus’ sisters, had Jesus over to dinner. Mary sat at the feet of the Lord listening to him speak, while Martha did all the work. She couldn’t help but…

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phillipmedhurst · 2 years

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29. The sisters of Lazarus by Jorge Sanchez Hernandez

Jorge Sánchez Hernández [1926 – 2016] was a Mexican Catholic painter and continuator of the style of 17th century Spanish Baroque painters. Collections include: Portraits of Colonial Nuns; Scenes from Ancient Mexico; the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Collection; the Mother of Jesus Collection; the Gospel Scenes Collection; the Collection with scenes from the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe; and…

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#"Jesus Christ"#Gospel according to John #Gospel of John #grief #jesus of nazareth #Lazarus #Martha and Mary #mourning

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robertoperodi · 2 years

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Saper dire di no e non aver vergogna - Knowing how to say no and not be ashamed

Saper dire di no e non aver vergogna – Knowing how to say no and not be ashamed

Il nostro mondo ormai gira tutto sulle cose da fare.In fila, una dopo l’altra, perché a fine giornata siano fatte.E noi, a fine giornata, sfiniti per averle fatte e infastiditi per non averle fatte tutte. (more…)

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icaruspendragon · 2 months

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hiii, this might be weird, but who is Lazarus? I'm not religious, so I've tried searching for who he is, but I can't seem to get a clear answer and was wondering if you could explain him?

ah yes, lazarus of bethany. a man i consider to be equal parts friend and foe.

lazarus lived in bethany with his two sisters, mary and martha. and when we meet him, he’s sick. so much so that his sisters send for jesus of nazareth saying, “lord, your dear friend is very sick.”

jesus of nazareth was in jerusalem when he received the message. and despite being only a few miles from bethany, and despite jesus loving martha and mary and lazarus, he waited. he didn’t go to them straight away. he waited. he waited until lazarus died and then said, “lazarus’ sickness will not end in death. no, it happened for the glory of god so that the son of god will receive glory from this.”

and when jesus finally made it to bethany he was told lazarus had already died. that he has already been in the grave for four days. and when martha, sister of lazarus got word that jesus was coming, she went to meet him. and mary, sister of lazarus did not. and when martha saw jesus she said to him, “lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

and jesus said to her, “your brother will rise again.”

but then mary arrived and she saw jesus and she fell at his feet and she said, “lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.” and she wept over her brother. because she loved him and he was gone. and jesus should have been there. because if jesus had been there, her brother would not have died.

and jesus saw her weeping. and he saw the other people wailing with her. because lazarus was deeply loved. and now he was gone. and they had sent for jesus. they had prayed for a miracle. and that miracle didn’t come until it was four days too late. and they didn’t know that jesus was going to bring lazarus back. they didn’t know that jesus had waited that long to teach a lesson. to prove a point. they just knew jesus was too late. and now they were forced to grieve.

and then a deep anger welled up in jesus. and he was deeply troubled. and jesus asks, “where have you put him?” and the people say, “lord, come and see.” and he does. and when he sees, jesus weeps. when he sees, we get the shortest verse in the bible. a mere two words to sum up an entire town’s grief. two words to convey the loss of a sibling. two words are offered for the preventable death of a loved man.

jesus is four days too late. and jesus?

jesus wept.

and the people who loved lazarus turned to him and said to jesus, “see how much he loved him!”

jesus loved lazarus. and then he let him die.

and some of the people said about jesus “this man healed a blind man. couldn’t he have kept lazarus from dying?”

and then jesus, who knew all along that he would revive lazarus. jesus, who let all those people mourn. jesus, who let those sisters lose their brother. jesus, who let them weep. jesus, who wept with them. that very same jesus said to those who loved lazarus, who mourned him, jesus of nazareth said to them, “didn’t i tell you that you would see god’s glory if you believe?”

and then the stone of lazarus’ tomb was rolled aside. and then jesus looked up to heaven and said, “father, thank you for hearing me. you always hear me, but i said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.” and then jesus shouted, “lazarus, come out!” and he did.

lazarus the dead man came out, his hands and feet and face wrapped still in burial cloth. and then jesus of nazareth told them, “unwrap him and let him go!”

and then lazarus of bethany became lazarus of the grave. lazarus of the grave that will never be left behind even though he has risen and relinquished. lazarus of the grave who did not make good his escape unscathed. lazarus of the grave who will now check each darkened doorway as death and his sting is keenly felt.

lazarus was a man. a man whose family loved him. a man whose sisters sent for a miracle. a man whose sisters mourned him in the four days it took for that miracle to show up. a man who was made an example for no reason other than being loved by jesus. a thing that we are all told to be. loved by our savior.

lazarus is a man who makes me wonder three things. firstly, if jesus had been there that my brother may not have died. secondly, if jesus of nazareth too weeps for me. and thirdly, if jesus loves us and we in turn love him too like the scriptures command, why does he use us in the lessons he teaches.

why must we be the men he makes believers of?

so lazarus was just a man whose crime was loving jesus. and martha was just a girl whose crime was loving her brother. and they both suffered a miracle because of it.

#cw religion #yeah it’s always time to religious trauma post on main #lazarus was just a man #lazarus was brother #and my brother was a man #and i am a sister #and i too loved jesus as martha and mary did #so why did he get to come back when my brother did not?#i also tend to think of lazarus as dean winchester before i think of him as lazarus from the bible lmao #hence the title of my book being ‘lazarus rises (amongst other things)’#bc of hit cw show supernatural #and the bible too ig #but mainly supernatural

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bawdiestrhymester · 13 days

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Happy 5th Anniversary to Ghosts!

What a joy we were blessed with when we were given Ghosts. Thank you to all involved from Series 1 all the way through to the end! You’ve left a legacy.

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half-an-hour-hence · 4 months

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The ghosts in a sentence:

Captain: pathetic wet cat tries and fails miserably to suppress homosexual thoughts

Mary: woman who has done no wrong ever falls victim to misogyny

Robin: silly caveman becomes the resident therapist while simultaneously having ungodly levels of unresolved trauma

Thomas: failed poet is a bit of a loser and falls hopelessly in love with and obsesses over every woman he sets eyes on

Fanny: stuck up middle aged woman actually has twenty two AO3 tabs open on her phone and is a mathematical genius

Kitty: tragic little ray of sunshine who will adopt you as her best friend without your permission and will insist that you are bonded forever

Julian: yet another conservative struggles with the concept of guilt and takes ages to admit responsibility for the consequences of his actions

Humphrey: local loner forced to marry badass Frenchwoman and spends eternity wondering if swords were a good choice of furnishing

Pat: adorable little guy who’s wife cheated on him because he is autistic

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of-mice-and-idiots · 2 months

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the bats being asked how they would feel if they became their moms:

Bruce: sobbing

Dick: I'd be okay with that, she was truly a great mom... before she and my father were tragically murdered....

Tim: yea, I think I'm good. I loved her and all but I'd prefer not

Duke: maybe, you know, before she was jokerized and trying to kill me

Steph: fuck no

Damian: ....

Cass, after being reminded that her mother exists, silently stands and leaves to go and fight Lady Shiva again

Jason: look me in the eyes and ask that question again

#batman #tim drake #stephanie brown #jason todd #dick grayson #cassandra cain #damian wayne #duke thomas #bruce wayne #martha wayne #mary grayson #janet drake #elaine thomas #crystal brown #talia al ghul #lady shiva #sheila haywood #catherine todd

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iced-flower-pot · 3 months

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Ghosts BBC / 04.04 - Gone Gone

Clearly i'm doing ok :'')

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adhdthomasthorne · 1 year

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HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2009-2014) | Series 2, Episode 8

#horrible histories #mat baynton #mathew baynton #martha howe douglas #lawry lewin #tvedit #tvgifs #tvshowgifs #tvshowedit #horriblehistoriesedit #six idiots #mari's stuff #ides of march #the ides of march #mark antony #marcus antonius #history #happy stabby day everyone

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