#Blessed Virgin Mary

[orthodoxadventure]

'The Annunciation; details' by Mikhail Nesterov

[dorrance30]

The Holy Spirit.

[saintejeannedefrance]

Mater Dolorosa, Ora Pro Nobis

I realize I never posted this one here, please enjoy

[jameslmartello]

[tomicscomics]

07/05/2024

"So what you're saying is..."

JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. In this Bible story, Jesus returns to His hometown and preaches in the synagogue, and while His old neighbors are astonished at first, their familiarity with Him makes them skeptical of His role as Messiah. After all, they watched Him grow up, and they know His family personally. Surely the Jesus they watched crawl, walk, work, and play couldn't be someone special. 2. In this cartoon, the skeptic names three reasons Jesus can't be a prophet. 1st, He used to have a regular job as a carpenter. 2nd, He used to play around with family like any kid. 3rd, His mother used to hang His laundry to dry. It's all so familiar and mundane, and not at all mystical or "prophety." In response, the other guy points out that the skeptic has basically said real prophets must have no job (1), no family or friends (2), and no underwear (3). 3. I'm a lifelong Catholic, so I'm very familiar with my faith. So familiar that, like Jesus's neighbors, I sometimes take it for granted. I daydream during Mass. I think about work during prayer. I become numb to the love and sacrifice of the Eucharist. Meanwhile, there are converts who weep for joy at their baptisms. They see the truth with fresh eyes, and I'd see too if I'd take the effort to remove the blinders of familiarity. Faith is a boundless treasure, the Mass is a daily miracle, prayer is an open channel to the God of the universe, life is a gift, and Jesus is more than a neighbor.

[helloparkerrose]

[idylls-of-the-divine-romance]

Okay the Catholics get a win for this one. Because on this episode of "Am I going to convert to Catholicism" I actually prayed to a saint for the first time.

I was kind of going through it (kind of relapsed into my katabasis arc ig) and my relationship with God was struggling because of it. I was mad. Like really mad, because I felt abandoned by him. And so I couldn't pray. I didn't want to hear from them. Because why the heck would you leave me to begin with??? There was all this pent up negative feelings I had towards them and I didn't feel like I could go directly to God.

But, @patron-saint-of-lesbeans recomended reaching out to Mary and asking for intercession on my behalf.

Now, I'm not some radical protestant or anything, and i was completely okay with people praying to the saints, but for me personally I didn't think it was something i'd ever do.

But I did.

And now I think I get it.

Sometimes I can't approach the Throne of Grace because the throne doesn't feel particularly gracious. Sometimes I can't approach Mercy because they don't feel particularly merciful. Sometimes I can't approach God because God doesn't feel particularly loving.

But I can approach Mary, who is full of Grace, who is the Mother of Mercy, the Mother of God, and she can help lead me to the Prince of Peace.

So just... thank you. Thank you Rj, thank you Mary, and thank you God.

[ynhart]

The Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ

[tinyshe]

[ghostsandgod]

[internetcatholicism]

I wish I knew what Our Lady's prayer life looked like before the Annunciation....

Was she contemplative? Was she used to God’s voice? Was she selfless, purely a servant to others through intercessory prayer? Would she sing to the Lord?

The Gospel describes her as pondering certain moments in her heart, like the prophecy of Simeon, the things Jesus said to her when she found Him in the temple...what were her prayers when she watched her Son die?

How did the most humble, most loving woman to ever live, the spouse of the Holy Spirit, think about God?

[orthodoxadventure]

'The Virgin and Child' by Mikhail Nesterov

[portraitsofsaints]

Happy Feast Day

The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary

“This is a day of universal joy because thru the Mother of God the entire human race was renewed & the sorrow of Eve, was transformed into joy.” 

Saint John Damascene

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[historian-in-pearls]

🩵🩵🩵Happy May 1st!!! Prepare for me to be absolutely feral celebrating Mama Mary all month long!!!🩵🩵🩵

[admaioremdeigloriam]

Shrine in Naples

[tomicscomics]

04/05/2024

What do you think Jesus's first word was?

JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. "Annunciation" (announcing something) and "enunciation" (pronouncing something) are two words that sound very similar, so I took the Biblical Annunciation (when the angel Gabriel announced Christ's birth to Mary) and set it beside an imagining of Jesus pronouncing -- or enunciating -- His first word. I alluded to this pun a couple weeks ago in a previous cartoon's description, then decided it ought to have its own comic. 2. My sisters suggested "Abba" as Jesus's first word. I thought it was perfect, because it's a plausible first word for a baby, since it's made up of simple syllables -- like "mama" or "dada" -- but it's also got that Son-of-God vibe to it.