#Kyrie Eleison

[and-her-saints]

i can't stop thinking of all the people imprisoned that won't be evacuated for hurricane milton. people that will intentionally be left to suffer and die, just like in katrina. i can't stop thinking of all the elderly and disabled people that aren't physically able to evacuate. i can't stop thinking of all the people that can't afford to evacuate because airlines, hotels, and airbnbs decided to price gouge so they could get a quick buck. i can't stop thinking of all the kids and teens who would've wanted to evacuate otherwise, but whose families call the shots as the adults. i can't stop thinking of the people who will lose their lives, their livelihoods, their homes, their belongings, their pets, their memories, their heirlooms, their businesses, their loved ones...

[supermarioonlychild]

Pick up your cross and follow me

All humans suffer, we all have our lot. Some people have a lot of money but very distant parents, some people have parents that love them with every fiber in their being but have only their own flesh to eat.

There is one pain, however, that ALL Christians must endure, and those who don't put themselves under this fire cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven, and this is the pain of repentance. Always repent of your sins, always suffer your sins and always deny yourself.

[orthodoxshe]

𝔩𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔧𝔢𝔰𝔲𝔰 𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔱, 𝔰𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔤𝔬𝔡, 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔶 𝔬𝔫 𝔪𝔢; 𝔞 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔯

[church-history]

[geminiagentgreen]

Kyrie Eleison is pronounced as:

"kee-ree-ey ey-ley-son"

I'm making this post because I am always forgetting.

[invisibleicewands]

"Kyrie Eleison" - Masters of Sex S02E02 Promo vs Final cut

[momentsbeforemass]

Kyrie

“Why don’t you say it in English?”

I didn’t know her. I had never seen her at Mass before. But that was the first thing she said to me after Mass.

My insightful response – “What?”

“Why don’t you say ‘Lord have mercy’ in English?”

She was annoyed at having to repeat herself to a rather slow deacon.

“Actually, sometimes I do say in in English. But mostly, I say it in Greek. Because that’s the original language for the Mass.

Kyrie eleison, in Greek, is part of the earliest known Masses. When the Mass went to Latin, the Kyrie stayed Greek.

St. Joan of Arc said it, at the last Mass she heard before the English burned her at the stake.

St. Maximillian Kolbe said it, at the last Mass he celebrated before the Nazi’s starved him to death.

For me, it’s a call-back. To the beginning. And to every generation between then and now. The saints we know, and the saints only God knows.

It’s a way of claiming our part in that big picture.”

She left without saying much. Apparently, that was not the desired answer.

Looking back, I think I left out the best part.

The Kyrie isn’t just a few words in Greek that we keep around for old times’ sake.

And it doesn’t just represent something much greater – it is something much greater.

Something worth holding on to. The thread that runs through it all. And the heart of our Faith.

Because the heart of our Faith is the mercy of God.

Kyrie eleison.

Today’s Readings

[maplebean2003]

Nothings gonna hurt you baby dmc4 edit

[okarasusama]

being mistreated by ur parents as a kid means you spend your whole life convinced that you're hard to love

[and-her-saints]

God have mercy. Christ have mercy. God have mercy.

[wickershells]

sending you all my love. be safe

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

good song for today

[gallegher]

Comfortember 2023 Day 8. Grief/Mourning

He had to find the money to buy black clothes and elegant shoes somehow. He couldn't possibly show up in all the fishnets and the glittery, colourful heels he usually wore. Couldn't embarrass him like that. Just the fact that he would show up was bad enough, Caleb was sure of it…

[crusaderapparel]

We are warriors of a different breed. We were meant to fight not for this world, but what is to come. Self sacrifice, love, and devotion to Christ Almighty!