#John Lent

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Paul Robeson had scant respect for most politicians, but Vito Marcantonio, the longtime congressman from East Harlem, was an exception. (See the recent post on Marcantonio here.) He attended the man's funeral on August 12, 1954.

Photo: John Lent for the AP

[karkkle]

THE LAST BRUPPER THE PASSION OF FLRIST

anyone wanna analyze this and tell me what it means

[vertigoartgore]

2008's Incredible Hercules Vol.1 #117 cover by cover artist John Romita Jr., inker Klaus Janson and colorist Dean White.

[lionofchaeronea]

Woman at the Well, Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890)

[la-galeona]

Santísimo Cristo de las Aguas / Holy Christ of the Waters

Nuestra Señora de la Luz / Our Lady of the Light

San Juan Evangelista / Saint John the Evangelist

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Every year, during lent and a few weeks before, the Holy Week brotherhoods set up an special altar with the procession images. We make this as a special way to celebrate lent. We aldo celebrate triduum in honor of the mystery from The Passion that our holy images represent.

Here are some photos of the altar we put up in my brotherhood just a few weeks ago.

[marleneoftheopera]

Happy trails to Olivia Holland-Rose, Christine alt. in the Love Never Dies China Tour!

[reireichu]

fuji: looks like a cinnamon roll, is a cinnamon roll

buntaro: looks like he could kill you, could actually kill you

ochiba: looks like she could kill you, is a cinnamon roll

mariko: looks like a cinnamon roll, could actually kill you

john: sailed across the world for cinnamon, and is now beefing with the portugese over rights to the cinnamon

ishido: trying to hoard all the cinnamon rolls in osaka

yabushige: tried to steal a cinnamon roll and got caught

nagakado: choked on his cinnamon roll

hiromatsu: rather confused over the concept of a cinnamon roll

toranaga: sinnamon roll

Bonus, taiko: stale, expired bread loaf, chuck it in the bin

honourable mention, father alvito: praying for the souls of everyone above, and himself when he had a bite of the cinnamon roll

tag yourself im nagakado

[meadow-roses]

In the middle of the world, in the centre Of the polluted heart of man, a midden; A stake stemmed in the rubbish.

From lipless jaws, Adam's skull Gasped up through the garbage: 'I lie in the discarded dross of history, Ground down again to the red dust, The obliterated image. Create me.'

From lips cracked with thirst, the voice That sounded once over the billows of chaos When the royal banners advanced, replied through the smother of dark: 'All is accomplished, all is made new, and look - All things, once more, are good.'

Then, with a loud cry, exhaled His spirit.

Golgotha, John Heath-Stubbs

[portraitsofsaints]

Lent 2023

"let us not put off till the end of our life the care that we ought to take our souls; Let us labor while there is yet time." St. John Vianney

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: {Website}

[thesynaxarium]

Today, on the fourth Sunday of Lent we celebrate the Venerable John, Abbot of Sinai and author of the Ladder of Divine Ascent (or the Climacus). This indispensable book stands as a witness to the great effort needed for entrance into God’s Kingdom (Mt.10: 12). The spiritual struggle of the Christian life is a real one, “not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers of the present darkness the hosts of wickedness in heavenly places” (Eph 6:12). Saint John encourages the faithful in their efforts for, according to the Lord, only “he who endures to the end will be saved” (Mt.24:13). The troparion of Saint John is chanted by St. Kassiani Antiochian Archdiocese Choir of Australia. May he intercede for us always + #saint #john #ladder #ladderofdivineascent #johnclimacus #climacus #book #lent #greatlent #kingdomofheaven #God #easter #pascha #journeytotheresurrection #resurrection #sinai #abbot #egypt #orthodox (at Sinai, Egypt) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqOiHccjGm9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hathatter]

Movie Night (ft. davekarezi)

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Relatives and friends of Americans who died on the battlefields of Europe weep as the SS Lawrence Victory, carrying the bodies of 4,184 war dead back to their homeland for reburial, moors at the Brooklyn Army Base, May 7, 1948.

Photo: John Lent for the AP

[biblebloodhound]

Tuesday of Holy Week (John 12:20-36)

Wanting to see Jesus needs to become more than a desire to meet a celebrity, or to fawn over him as a fan or a groupie following him around.

Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew, then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.  Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and…

[livehorses]

Obviously when Lent starts, any catholic has their spirit uplifted with the hope and good intention to renounce to those things that slow them down in their spiritual journey. But truth is, as the season continues, those good intentions are faded away by temptantion and emotional drain. As in the Parable of the Sower, the plants of seeds that fell among rocks or thorns, can be easily anniquilated. The thing is, we always make the mistake to rely only on our own strength, thinking that it will be enough, when, as our Lord says, “Indeed, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Mathew 26:41

As you may know, my main goal in Lent is to spend less time on Social Media, since it can be very absorbing, making me pay less attention to my spiritual life, my personal relationships with those around me and to ignore my main chores. Sadly, is one of my most strong weaknesses. I always feel tempted to check that comment, to see what's new, what my friends have been up to, which, isn't wrong exactly, but doing it the whole time can invade my whole day and it can turn out as a very strong addiction.

Thinking about this, I remembered one episode from Adventures in Odyssey that I enjoyed a lot. Connie, one of the characters, is upset with all the bad stuff that happens in the World, and she tells Whittaker, the main character, that all it takes is for every person on Earth to try and be good and kind with each other. Whit laughs at her and tells her that's impossible.

When I heard that in the episode, I personally felt upset. I use to try to give my best in everything because I'm so tired of how bad has been doing the World lately with wars and political conflicts. All I know it's that a stronger change comes with personal change, only to discover that the same evil I see out there relies inside of me as well, as I'm also capable of feeling envy, pride, greed, hatred and resentment.

Going back to the episode, Connie decides to prove Whit wrong and makes the resolution of being patient with everyone for a week. Long story short, (spoilers alert) she ends up failing at her own resolution. Whit's conclution is that we may have the best intentions at hand, but without God, the source of our strength, we can't accomplish anything.

It's not that we lack of strength and personal resilience to resist to temptantion and do good, as doing good is also a human natural thing. It's that we didn't get it, and we can't get it without going to the source of it. It's like, trying to go a whole day without consumming water or food. Of course we have some energy left from our lasts meals and night rests, but if we don't take care of ourselves, sooner or later we will faint. So, as to achieve a true personal change, we must look for our spiritual meal.

I can say, I've failed miserably to stay out from Social Media by my own strength, but in other things, I realized I'm more able to do things that costed me a lot more in the past, like waking up early, renouncing to little whims, making house chores, helping and understanding others, being kind and patient, when I started the day with a prayer and trusting God wholeheartedly.

I still need more improvement to do, but I'm sure that with God, strenght won't be lacking.

[lionofchaeronea]

The Crucifixion, Stefano da Verona, ca. 1400

[digitalbeachrave]

I'm sick today 🤒

so please join me for an online John Waters movie marathon called

Sick in the Body, Sick in the Mind

Pink Flamingos (1972)

Desperate Living (1977)

Polyester (1981)