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on the phone with god rn to make sure im not on his “strongest warriors” list again for 2025

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So that was a lie

okay back to reading the bible. I'm really going to try to get into at least a weekly reading, I think daily might be too much, at least for now

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btw the palestinian children’s relief fund is currently running a fundraiser & is more than halfway to their goal of $10,000 !

here’s a link for anyone who is willing & able to donate, please share so it can reach more people, especially as the weather grows colder & these children are desperately lacking resources.

(at $5,314 / $10,000 as of December 1)

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i've been thinking about advent and birth. the pain of the waiting, waiting, and the pain of the coming; how labor leaves you with sweat in your hair and blood on your flesh and pain in your very core. thinking about mary’s sobs and heaving chest as she delivered Christ into the world. the sweat in her hair and blood on her flesh as she suffered through the birthing pains, the ferocity with which she clung the holy infant to her breast. the immaculate blood she wiped from his golden cheeks.

i've been thinking about advent, and thinking about lent, it's somber sister. thinking about mary’s sobs and heaving chest as she pulled Christ from the cross, sweat in his hair and blood on his flesh. the ferocity with which she clings her firstborn, her everything, to her breast. the holy blood she wipes from his waxy, dead cheeks.

i've been thinking of advent and the comings of Christ. The first, when Christ is greeted into the world by his mother’s cries of pain, the same way he shall leave it. The second, when he takes his mama into his arms, greets her as the Risen God-Man, and welcomes her home. the third, when he will take us out of bondage, out of sin and suffering and death, and make us like new. little infants, taken from the sweat and blood of the old world and welcomed into the new creation, where we are held securely to his breast.

i've been thinking about advent, and cycles, and beginning and end, and pregnancy, and crucifixion, and the alpha|omega, and waiting, waiting, waiting. i've been thinking about advent.

lord, here my prayer.

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How I would like to engrave this great idea on each one's heart: Christianity is not a collection of truths to be believed, of laws to be obeyed, of prohibitions. That makes it very distasteful. Christianity is a person, one who loved us so much, one who calls for our love. Christianity is Christ.

St. Óscar Romero, The Violence of Love

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Hi! I was wondering if you could keep me in your prayers? Wintertime is always so rough on my chronically ill body and I’ve been so drained recently from a flare up. So, if you could pray for me to experience some relief so I can enjoy the holidays with minimal to no issues, I’d be so grateful to you. Thank you for taking the time to read this! Take care & be well. 💓

-River

Of course, I pray for your health and that you spend the holidays in comfort and peace ❤️

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"As God, Jesus transcends traditional masculine or feminine cultural ideals. He encapsulates the best of all lovers, for all are made in his image. He submits, he waits in patience without anger, he invites us to enter into him. He is a vulnerable lover whose love is more capacious, generous, and fruitful than that of any human spouse."

-- Grace Hamman on the concept of Jesus the Lover in 'Jesus Through Medieval Eyes'

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What does it mean you support the Magnificat? Genuine question, I am catholic but never heard about that term

The Magnificat is a canticle/prayer/song, also known as The Song of Mary! It's found in the Bible, amongst narrative of the Visitation, (Luke 1:46-55) when the Virgin Mary goes to visit her elderly pregnant cousin, Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist). Magnificat means "my soul magnifies the Lord".

The Magnificat is a deeply revolutionary hymn. Many leftist/working-class Christians throughout history have particularly taken a stronghold to it. Especially, since it says some really beautiful lines like:

"He [God] has scattered the proud in their conceit. He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty." [x]

For more modern instances, we have 'The Magnificast', which is precisely a leftist Christian podcast. And we have work like Ben Wildflower's Magnificat woodcut, who is an Episcopalian anarchist. It's also deeply meaningful within Catholic Latin American/liberation theology history.

To me, being a "magnificat supporter," is a funny/niche/cheeky way of saying where my politics lie. i'm a leftist !

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hey, I'd like suggestion for (christian) prayers for Palestine, either for Palestine specifically or for protection, health, justice, peace and safety. I've seen a few but I'd like to see if there are other options, and I'm not knowledgeable on prayers yet.

also, if anyone has prayers for Lebanon too, I'd deeply appreciate it, as my family is lebanese and I'm very scared for them as well.

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Prayer for those who suffer: Victims of Genocide

Lord Have Mercy Lord Have Mercy Lord Have Mercy

Lord Come to their assistance, make haste to help them. Those who mourn. Those who cry. Those whose pain is far too much to bare. For those who live with no families left to hold. No mothers. No fathers. No children. Lord we pray to you that you shelter them from the evils of the world that seeks to harm them. That you bless their hearts. We ask you grant protection to those who live. Those who fight. and those imprisoned. We ask that you show mercy to us who watch. That you grant us opportunities to help and shelter: to protect and support.

Lord we ask that you hear our prayer. Grant these people in peace as there are many who suffer throughout the world. Sudan. Palestine. Democratic Republic of Congo. Papua New Guinea. and so so so many more places.

We pray for those who remain malnourished of their land and culture, and systematically occupied. We pray for their freedoms as well such as Puerto Rico, Hawaii and many many more places.

I pray for them and their safety. They are our brothers and sisters in humanity and I pray that you lend them your strength and protection. I pray for the Children, The orphans, The women, The widows, The grandparents who have out lived their offspring and their generations built, The men who lost their wives, The men who lost their children, The students robbed of education, The children robbed of their childhood, the people of this earth robbed of their lives.

I pray for Yemen, Lord, Lebanon, Lord, Ethiopia, Lord, Rwanda, Lord. as we know they too are in times of trial. Come to their Aid. And to the Aid of those all around the world who seek you, and need you.

Lord We Pray in your Holy Name

Amen

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transgenderism isn’t an ideology it’s a gift from God actually

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Ramón Vargas (American, d.o.b. unknown) - Lost/Found or Juan Diego (2023)

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okay back to reading the bible. I'm really going to try to get into at least a weekly reading, I think daily might be too much, at least for now

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hello friends! I have a request that hopefully someone can fulfill. I would like to fast this Advent. I’ve researched the history and done some reflecting on redemptive suffering, self control, and denying the material to grow the spiritual, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I desperately want to fast. But there is a problem; I have a cyclical binge/restrict eating disorder. If anyone has an experience with fasting with an ED , disordered eating, or maladaptive relationship with food, would you please DM me or send an ask so we could discuss? I’d love some guidance, as I am determined to try fasting but hesitant about accidentally hurting myself.

If you have anything thoughts, please reach out! Thank you, and god bless!

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chainmail made out of saint medals do you see my vision. galahad can you hear me

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i knew i would get disapointed again while looking for lgbtq affirming churches in my city but God isn't helping me on this one guys

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