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Hail, Mary, full of grace,

the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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gourd harvest

miniature from a medical manuscript (tractatus de herbis), illuminated by giovannino de' grassi and his workshop. milan, late 14th c.

source: Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, Cod. Lat. 459, fol. 83r (via Bibliotheca Corvina)

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i always mean it when i say i love you btw

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"O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners"

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I'm really tempted to cut off all my hair and take a vow of chasity right now

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Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 1

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"For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness"

1 Corinthians 1:22-23

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please pray for the repose of the soul of JM. she was my closest coworker and dear friend of mine, and passed away a few hours ago after a long fight with multiple lung and heart problems. i’m devastated and don’t even know how much longer i can stay at my current job anymore. i’m not kidding when i say that i stayed because of her, and days we worked together were the light of my week

i’ll miss her very much, please keep her in your prayers 🙏

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A vintage postcard of Our Lady of Lourdes surrounded by ex votos in the basilica of Oostakker, Belgium.

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botanical illustrations (physalis, hemlock, chard, scammony, sea squill, lettuce, hawthorn, dyer's broom)

from johann hartlieb’s kräuterbuch (book of herbs), northern bavaria, c. 1462

source: Berlin, SBB, Ms. germ. qu. 2021

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Saint Catherine of Siena by Francesco Vanni (1563 - 1610)

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Scenes from my late great grandmother’s home

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Unknown Artist. The Nativity of Christ. Chinese. 20th century.

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oh reims cathedral my long-distance wife