#Luke wanting to gossip about this with Alabaster later

[pardon-me-what-the-fuck]

I have returned with another nico rare pair meeting the father this time ft a special deity

Nico: Father? Im bringing in my boyfriend ok? You swore on Styx herself to not blast him to oblivion

Hades: I don’t get why you’re so worried, I would never tamper with your happiness.

Nico: if you say so

Nico grabbed a hand behind the door and pulled in a guy with straight black hair, gold eyes, and a necklace

Hades: NICO?! Do not tell me thats-

Nico: Father, meet my boyfriend, Anubis 🥹

Anubis: Hello Lord Hades, nice to see you again after a few millennia’s

Hades: Son?? A deity associated with the dead?!

Nico: I know every death associated deity from the meeting father, we all live in neighboring underworlds

Hades: DID YOU NOT LEARN FROM YOUR MOTHERS MISTAKES?! HAVE YOU NOT SEEN WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?!

Nico: DAD?! EXCUSE ME?! 🤨😨

Anubis *looking straight into Hermes’ camera recording everything*: I love drama 🤗

[romancatholicreflections]

22nd July >> 'A woman to admire' ~ Daily Reflection on Today's Gospel Reading for Roman Catholics on the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene.

In recent years St Mary Magdalene has become the best known celebrity of the early church, in the popular mind. Even before Dan Brown's sensationalism in The Da Vinci Code she was one around whom apocryphal myths and legends gathered: that she was descended from a noble family, that she married Jesus and had his child, that she was a high priestess in a Roman temple at Magdala, that after the resurrection she went to France, or to Ephesus with Mary the mother of Jesus. Not all of these can be true, and probably none of them is factual. So what do we know of the real Mary Magdalene? The Gospel calls her "Mary who is named Magdalene," meaning that she came from Magdala, a small town near Tiberias on the western shore of lake Galilee. We don't know anything about her family background, but if she was one of the women who travelled with Jesus and supported him financially (Lk 8:2), she must have had some independent income. According to both Mark and Luke, Mary had had seven demons driven out of her by Jesus. She was present at his crucifixion and burial and of course, as in today's Gospel, his resurrection. Several key items from the popular image of Mary Magdalene are missing from the summary above. Wasn't she the woman caught in adultery, and didn't she pour ointment over Jesus's feet and wipe it up with her hair? But in fact we do not know the name of the woman who was caught in adultery. The Mary who poured ontiment over Jesus's feet in John's gospel was Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus and the story of the anointing of Jesus's feet in Luke's gospel doesn't name the woman involved. It may have been Magdalene but we just don't know. The Mary Magdalene most people think they know is a combination of several women mentioned in the Gospels. So, how would we feel if Mary Magdalene were to walk into our company today? Would we accept that we know nothing about her and try to find out more? Or would we cling to all those colourful impressions about her, thinking they might be true, for they say there's no smoke without fire? Would our judgement be based on the real person, or on the Magdalene of gossip and rumour. Too many people tend to make judgements first and find out the facts later. People who want to follow Christ need to be aware of the temptation to pre-judge others. We all carry our own prejudices based on who we are, what we have experienced and where we are in life. As one who suffered in her mental health (being rid by Jesus of her "seven demons") Mary Magdalene probably had to endure negative responses from others. Who would want to go near a madwoman? Parents would warn their children to avoid her in case they too got possessed by a demon, like her. Yet Jesus reached out to her in kindness, reached out to the real Mary, the woman behind the facade people saw because of the tales that had been told about her. Mary responded by devoting the rest of her life to following Jesus and supporting his ministry, no matter what it might cost, financially or emotionally. In popular devotion Mary Magdalene is patroness of penitents, reformed prostitutes, perfumers, hairdressers, and apothecaries. In paintings she is depicted in a posture of penance or an attitude of reflection, at the Foot of the Cross or before a Crucifix, at the empty tomb, or meeting the risen Christ (often with the words "Noli me tangere"-"Touch Me not"-inscribed in the painting), or carried by angels after her death. She is often symbolized by her alabaster jar; a skull symbolizing penance and a mirror; long, unveiled hair (often red); tears and red robes.