#is bc 7 was thought to be a heavenly number (the greeks thought there were 7 bodies in the sky) which is also why a week is 7 days

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check in tag 😌

tagged by the cutest babes @jaehyukkies @gimbapchefs @taesjpg @joenns @honsool @taehyungq @himbojin @jiminswn & @kimtaegis  mwah! ✨✨

1. Why did you choose your url?

namjoon bought a duck mold, ventured out into a snowy day in winter, and gave me the greatest tweet i have ever seen

2. Any sideblogs? If you have them name them and why you have them

the day i gain the ability to wrangle more than one blog ill let yall know

3. How long have you’ve been on tumblr?

*starts calculating time furiously and almost burns out her single braincell* ive been here since like freshman year high school.....so............2010? 2011? ive deleted and restarted like 3 times tho so.........also you can calculate my exact age now (as if I dont have my age on my carrd aiowgjiorajgo)

4. Do you have a queue tag?

no we dont tag we just chaos in this house *finger guns*

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

i took a break from tumblr and kpop and then decided I wanted to make a bts blog out of the blue

6. Why did you choose your icon?

i drew all these tiny snow ducks i might as well capitalize on them yknow? really embrace my duck persona (Kim Namjoon witness the person you have made me)

7. Why did you choose your header?

honestly my entire blog brand at this point can be narrowed down to the hour ish (probably) joon spent wrangling snow into duck molds, placing them together for the twt, and captioning them ducktan sonyeondan (im on the look out for new ideas im ready for a change lmk if you have ideas 🥰)

8. What’s your post with the most notes?

i think its this post?? of the babies on rollerblades from that one iconic dynamite stage. and on that note tumblr should be able to let me filter based on note count instead of forcing me to rely one my shoddy terrible no good math skills. asking me to compare numbers bigger than 0? despicable. 

9. How many mutuals do you have?

absolutely no fucking clue 🥰🥰🥰 i do love them to the moon (Kim Seokjin) and back tho!!!!

10. How many followers do you have?

ngl its still wild for me that even one of yall follow me thank you 🥺🥺🥺 its a great honor that you have bestowed upon me

11. How many people do you follow?

303 bc I like it when numbers are palindromes and also bc im bad at checking new blogs

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

would like you to direct you to my #shirley you cant be serious.txt tag

13. How often do you use tumblr each day?

i try my best to “clean out��� my blog (reply to my dms/askbbox, check out my mentions, scroll for new content i may have missed etc.) in the mornings and evenings when i have the time. ive been kinda bad at this lately bc its been hectic here in shirley headquarters but ill get to everyone soon I promise!! (this sounds like bad. its not!!! its just that leaving things stresses me out? like how i like replying to texts as soon as i see them or reply emails as fast as i can. ‘unresolved’ correspondence feels rude.)

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won?

no im the type to unfollow/block/ignore if someone did or said something i dont agree with without a word

15. How do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?

i get the need for those signal boost posts and promulgating important information but (and this is going to sound selfish) tumblr is my destress zone. i go here when the world is being overwhelming and terrible. i certainly read and educate myself as much as my mental health will let me, and i try my best to promote information and donate whenever i can, but i feel like social media has caused some people here to be too into canceling, managing, and being performative in their ‘wokeness.’ like you HAVE to have a blackout pic on instagram and you HAVE to reblog all these posts and you HAVE to immediately cancel everyone who has ever made a mistake EVER with no nuance or context (or dare i say......humanity). like fighting for human rights and speaking up again racism and bringing attention to societal problems is just a checklist to go down instead of being things you should understand and try to improve? like being ‘unproblematic’ starts and ends with mindlessly reblogging ‘woke’ content. idk sorry for going on a rant. going back to your regularly scheduled lighthearted content in 3...2...1

16. Do you like tag games?

ABSOLUTELY TAG ME IN EVERYTHING PLS AND THANK MWAH

17. Do you like ask games?

ofc!!! i used to do a lot of ask games back in the day but work and the pixel art ive been working on has been eating up all my extra time (and i always feel bad if I leave asks unanswered for too long see: q. 13) i do have that clover moots post saved for when my mental health is up and i have the time to tho!!!! 

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

ngl the idea of being tumblr famous is hilarious to me bc it usually just the same 10 moots who share a braincell bouncing posts back and forth each other, but i do think all my moots are superstars that even class o super giants millions of millions of miles away are turning green w envy 🥰🥰🥰

19. Do I have a crush on a mutual?

i have a confession i have to make........i have a big phat standing crush on all my moots........its really embarassing............thats its bigger than even tae’s tush or joon’s tits..................pls let me down gently if you dont feel the same................

tagging: @cafejoon @stargazingjin @yoobijin @jinbestboy @jintae @jinv @taemaknae @butterful & anyone who wants to ✨✨

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Pastoral Advice for the Pandemic from Pope Leo XIII

by Joe Heschmeyer



In 1884, facing major threats to the life and health of the Church and of civil society, Pope Leo XIII wrote Superiore Anno, the second of what would end up being 12 encyclicals that he wrote about the importance of the rosary. He explained in the encyclical. He explained that one of the reasons for the letter was that:

With respect to Italy, it is now most necessary to implore the intercession of the most powerful Virgin through the medium of the Rosary, since a misfortune, and not an imaginary one, is threatening-nay, rather is among us. The Asiatic cholera, having, under God’s will, crossed the boundary within which nature seemed to have confined it, has spread through the crowded shores of a French port, and thence to the neighbouring districts of Italian soil. – To Mary,therefore, we must fly – to her whom rightly and justly the Church entitles the dispenser of saving, aiding, and protecting gifts – that she, graciously hearkening to our prayers, may grant us the help they besought, and drive far from us the unclean plague.

A deadly pandemic was spreading from Asia into Europe, and the pope’s response was to call upon Christians to pray the rosary. And you know what? It worked. Outside of Hamburg, Germany, most of Europe was spared the ravages of the cholera outbreak. What’s more, this cholera outbreak led the physicist Robert Koch to isolate the responsible germ, confirming what’s now known as the “germ theory of disease,” revolutionizing our understanding of disease prevention, and saving untold millions (if not more) of lives.

But Leo recommended the rosary for more than just deliverance from the pandemic:

We have deemed it Our duty to exhort again this year the people of Christendom to persevere in that method and formula of prayer known as the Rosary of Mary, and thereby to merit the powerful patronage of the great Mother of God. In as much as the enemies of Christianity are so stubborn in their aims, its defenders must be equally staunch, especially as the heavenly help and the benefits which are bestowed on us by God are the more usually the fruits of our perseverance. It is good to recall to memory the example of that illustrious widow, Judith – a type of the Blessed Virgin – who curbed the ill-judged impatience of the Jews when they attempted to fix, according to their own judgment, the day appointed by God for the deliverance of His city. The example should also be borne in mind of the Apostles, who awaited the supreme gift promised unto them of the Paraclete, and persevered unanimously in prayer with Mary the Mother of Jesus.

The point he’s making on perseverance is brilliant, but easy to miss. Let’s take the examples in reverse order. After rising from the dead, Jesus charged the Apostles “not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father” (Acts 1:4) and said, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:7-8).

Nine days after He ascends into heaven, this prophecy is fulfilled with the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. These days, we have “novenas,” prayers that you do for a particular cause for 9 days straight, in honor of the Apostles’ waiting. But they didn’t know they were making a novena. For all they knew, it could be 9 years. Not only did they not know how long it would take, they didn’t even have a clear sense of what they were waiting for. They were just praying, along with Mary, for an indefinite time: “All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren” (Acts 1:14).

But what about Leo’s other example? In Judith 7, the evil Holofernes and his men have laid siege to the city of Bethulia, and cut off the water supply. After 34 days, the people want to surrender. The city officials convince them to wait another five days, saying (Judith 7:30-32):

Have courage, my brothers! Let us hold out for five more days; by that time the Lord our God will restore to us his mercy, for he will not forsake us utterly. But if these days pass by, and no help comes for us, I will do what you say.

The numbers here matter. 40 is the perfect number of preparation (think of Noah’s ark, or the Israelites in the desert, or Jesus’ fast before His public ministry), and both the people and the officials are hijacking that. The people want to give up after 34 days, the officials want to give up after 39. But either way, they’re trying to put God on a human timetable. Judith stands up to both groups, and tells them that they’re both in the wrong (Judith 8:11-12):

Listen to me, rulers of the people of Bethulia! What you have said to the people today is not right; you have even sworn and pronounced this oath between God and you, promising to surrender the city to our enemies unless the Lord turns and helps us within so many days. Who are you, that have put God to the test this day, and are setting yourselves up in the place of God among the sons of men?

Instead, she calls them to a radical trust in God (Judith 8:15-17):

For if he does not choose to help us within these five days, he has power to protect us within any time he pleases, or even to destroy us in the presence of our enemies. Do not try to bind the purposes of the Lord our God; for God is not like man, to be threatened, nor like a human being, to be won over by pleading. Therefore, while we wait for his deliverance, let us call upon him to help us, and he will hear our voice, if it pleases him.

This is a truly Marian faith. She’s making a radical yes to God, without knowing the timetable, without knowing the plan, without even knowing if she would escape with her life. She prayed for and hoped for God’s deliverance, but ultimately trusted that His plan was the best one, even if it involved her death. Trust, pray, and wait.

I’m sure that wasn’t a popular message to the thirsty people of Bethulia, fearing for their lives; and I’m sure it wasn’t a popular message to the people reading Leo’s encyclical in 1884; and I’ll wager that it’s not a popular message today. But this is the kind of persevering faith to which God calls us, and it’s the kind of faith that He rewards. So instead of complaining, like the people of Bethulia, let’s take up the spiritual weapons that we have at hand, and place our trust in God.

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 May 13, 2020 

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James says:

June 4, 2020 at 12:55 am

“To Mary,therefore, we must fly – to her whom rightly and justly the Church entitles the dispenser of saving, aiding, and protecting gifts – that she, graciously hearkening to our prayers, may grant us the help they besought, and drive far from us the unclean plague.”

Did Christ or the Holy Spirit so entitle her?

So Leo XIII is saying Mary “grants” the “help” sought of her in prayer? I thought the doctrine was that Mary intercedes with God the Father or God the Son and They grant the the help that supplicants seek in prayer?

So, why not ask of them directly; that is after all the only injunction that Christ made in regard to our prayers: that we ask of the Father in Christ’s name.

Oh, I forgot, the popes can change all that…sorry. Silly me.

“The Cult of the Virgin”. Isn’t that what they call it?

“Oh, but it’s been our custom, our doctrine for centuries” you say? I suppose the Greeks and Canaanites and the Babylons and the Egyptians said much the same.

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Kathleen O'Donnell says:

November 11, 2020 at 11:54 am

james, sorry this is so late bc I just read this article and your reply. I’m so excited that you were open to reading this article. you are correct. We are The Cult of the Virgin and I will pray that one day you will join us!!!

To JESUS THROUGH MARY! she that crushes head of Satan! Don’t despise your heavenly mother who loves you so tenderly bc Jesus will not be pleased with anyone who hates his own mother. She is the Mediatrix of all Graces and it is she who obtains all from Jesus. Peace, My Brother in Christ and son of Mary!

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Susan says:

October 22, 2020 at 3:30 am

Everything I read points me to the Rosary. If I complete a Rosary my day is beautiful and useful.

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I cannot believe that the whole theory of "under-developed eyes" of the ancient Greeks is still promulgated as well as the theory of linguistic relativity. As the ideas of the ancient Greeks existed even before Plato so too did the ideas of Emmanuel Kant in German before he coined new terms for his philosophies. But I digress, the point is, colour perception and colour naming are very different things (the two may not be mutually exclusive, but they are perceptually and qualitatively different between languages). The theory of the evolutionary development of the ancient Greek eye (as for colour perception) has been disproved on any number of accounts, particularly in light of a few points: 1.) the person who decided that the ancient Greeks were not as developed in sight was altogether an amateur philologist and the then Prime Minister of England in 1858, Gladstone, who posited that the paucity of colour terms in Homeric Greek must equate to them being colour blind. Right, so we have a NON-Scientific approach which is completely unfounded - bravo! I suppose he could find some retinae lying about from 800-500 BC and perform a rod and cone analysis of the retina, which would be the scientific approach. This smells of the same 19th Century approach that the Germans used, for denigrating the modern Greeks... positing that all Ancient Greeks were blonde and blue-eyed and so the moderns were no longer heirs, (apparantly the Germans were heirs-apparent)... smack of "Aryanism?" (SIC) by Fallmeyer?! Sorry this is just utter crap, And 2.) The ability to distinguish 7 colours in a rainbow (from Aristotle's De Anima in which he states the 7 colours of a rainbow reflect the 7 tones of musical notation and possibly the 7 heavenly spheres, and explanations on refractivity of light in Ptolemy's Optica, to name but a few). This point espouses the ability of the ancient Greeks to finitely determine the seven colours of the visible spectrum of light (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet).

It is however true in my personal opinion, that the sea is wine-coloured (as per Homer) whereby if you have ever seen the swirly waves of seas during storms, which appear dark/hazy and sometimes dark blue almost purpley. The wine-coloured aspect must be thought of as swirling wine in a cup (not distilled) that is more akin to a Ribena berry juice colour rather than a brilliant red. Don't think of the coast of the Mediterranean as being aquamarine, journey further into the sea under stormy weather and then see if it's brilliant blue!). C'mon these people were seafarers, not coastal amateurs!

A quick read through Liddle and Scott will show a plethora of colour terms or colour associated terms in ancient Greek, and just like chloros is yellow-green, there is prasinos = green from prason = leek (the vegetable). Even in English, green and grow are from the same root word (in accordance with J. Pokorny and his PIE linquistic theory) which imply a young growing plant or shoot/shrub, so too the ancient Greeks applied their colour terms. So language develops the need to describe colour as it applies to the situation and that is what Ancient Greeks did...

FYI a few colour terms in Ancient Greek (Homeric to 5th C Attic)

Melanos = black, mauros = dark,

leukos = white, pelios = grey

chloros = yellow/green

prasinos = green

chyrsos = golden

xanthos = blonde/yellow

phoinos = red (compare phoenix, crimson red dye of the Phoenicians)

erythros = red

kokkinos = scarlet

glaukos = blue, light blue

kyanos = dark blue

porphyros = purple

rhodos = pink/reddish pink, as in Rhododactylus Eos (from Homer = Rosy-fingered dawn)

khalkos = bronze coloured

and possibly kastanon = the chestnut to describe the colour dark brown

Then you have metallic colours as khrysos, phaeo, argyron, etc. to describe shining brilliant colours.

Well that was my 2 cents worth.

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30 Inspirational Quotes About Meteora Monasteries

Have you eve been to Delphi or Meteora? You remain in for a special tour for the next couple of days. We will take the Greek National Highway and lead north from Athens today.

On our way to Delphi, we will see farmland including cotton, tomato and watermelon fields. Roughly 45 minutes later on, we will make a fast stop to see the reservoir of Athens. Then, we will continue taking a trip through a livadi (meadow) which is surrounded by mountains on both sides. Then, we will stop at Kyra Springs to consume at a coffee shop.

Next, we will take a trip towards the eleventh century abbey called Osios Lukas. Prior to reaching this monastery, we see a monolith which was devoted to the Greek resistance motion throughout World War II. We will continue our trip by taking a trip through small towns where Osios Lukas was born and raised. The l lth century monastery is the viewpoint where we can see the top of olive trees surrounded by mountains. It offers rather awesome views especially during the springtime. Did you know that Osios Lukas is an identical monastery to the Agia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey?

Let us continue our journey towards Delphi and travel through the town of Arachova which is a popular ski resort in the winter. Fifteen minutes later we hear the well-known Oracle of Delphi. Worshipers believed that they could hear the prose of the god Apollo, spoken through a priestess, or Pythia (over the age of 50 years old). Questioners paid a levy called a pelanos and compromised an animal on the altar. The questions were then put to the Pythia by a male priest and she would answer in a trance (unfortunately, the responses were frequently unclear), maybe caused by vapors from a crack in the ground under her feet.

In addition, according to the legend, when Zeus released two eagles from opposite ends of the world, their paths crossed in the sky above Delphi, establishing the site as the center of the earth. Did you know that Apollo lived in Delphi for 9 months a Meteora Greece year from the end of the 8th century BC? People from all over the ancient world checked out Delphi to speak with the god on what course of action to take, both in private and public life.

We now see the Tholo monolith, the gym and Castalian Springs. We likewise see the main archeological including the treasury, Sanctuary of Apollo, the ancient theater and stadium. We will also see the museum and after that take a break for lunch at a regional Greek taverna which provides a fantastic view of an olive grove.

With the political increase of Delphi 6th century BC and with the reorganization of the Pythian Games, Delphi went into a golden age which lasted until the Romans came in 191 BC. The path to the Temple of Apollo was originally lined with 3, 000 statues and treasures, developed by the cities and states, to house their people's offerings. The Sanctuary of Apollo is also called the Spiritual Precinct which is the heart of the complex that likewise included a stadium and a spiritual spring. We enter through an agora from which the Sacred Method winds through the ruins of memorials and treasuries that caused the Temple of Apollo. Did you know that the Oracle of Delphi was eliminated in 393 ADVERTISEMENT with the Christianization of the Byzantine Empire under Theodosius?

The Temple of Apollo has stood on this website because the sixth century BC and stays visible even today. Some restoration work has actually been done given that French archaeologists discovered the foundations in 1892 which offered an impression of its original magnificence.

The website and Museum are open from April-October Mon-Fri 7:30 am-3:00 pm and Sat-Sun-8:30 am-3:00 pm Saturday and Sunday. The telephone number is 026582312.

Next, we drive through the mountains and the Thessaliko Valley. How excellent to see the tomato and watermelon fields. After a fantastic nights sleep, we will see 6 remarkable abbeys, which were developed on top of gigantic rocks in the 14th century.

Meteora was used as a spiritual retreat when, in 985, a hermit named Barnabas occupied a cave here. It was presumed that the very first hermits arrived of these vertical rock faces. Then, they hammered pegs into tiny gaps in the rock so that they might bring structure materials to the thousand pinnacles. The other theory is that kites were flown over which brought strings which were then connected to thicker monastery of the holy trinity meteora ropes. Then these thicker ropes were attached to ladders so each abbey was available. In the 1920's, stairs were prepared with the aim that the six monasteries obtainable. The addition of stairs was quite useful given that there has actually been a religious revival throughout the years. This revival has actually seen the return of an influx of practicing monks and nuns.

In 1336, Athanasios, a monk from Mount Athos, founded the monastery of Megalo Meteoro. It was known as the Great Meteoran which is the greatest monastery. Athanasios. In 1336, Athanasios, a monk from Mount Athos established the monastery of Megalo Meteoro. It is also referred to as the Great Meteoran which is the highest abbey. Athanasios first lived here on one of these peaks twenty-three monasteries. Numerous abbeys had actually fallen into mess up by the end of the 18th century due mainly to their precarious area.

Some lonely heights from a genuine forest of substantial rocks crowned with monasteries which remain in strange harmony with the landscape can be seen in Meteora. The monks are always ready to get you in the parlour, using you the hospitality which the example of Abraham and Greek tradition demand. Up there solitude and lence are the guideline. Wherever you look you will understand an exceptional peace and calmness, precisely as happens with a star-filled sky in fall which is filled with voiceless ecstasy. There on those barren and inhospitable rocks, which became palaces for thousands of ascetics Orthodox monks have actually discovered to be wise in thought and simple in will. Within them lives another world, devoid of the violence of the elements and unbounded by time, from which each monk can draw power to withstand the aspects of nature and hymn the creation through the catastrophe in which he is often in threat of being lost himself.

As soon as you discover yourself in the dark churches of the Monasteries of Meteora, you are seized by a feeling which is a mix of faith and reverence. The holiness of the place, with its sculpted wooden and gilded screens, its marvellous icons, the cycle of the life of Christ, above, its wealth of murals drawn from the dogmatic, historic and liturgical cycle of the Orthodox Church, creates an atmosphere of profound faith in the Creator. Whatever there is characterized by severe tidiness and respect. The ascetic forms which are represented on the screens and on the walls seem to speak to you in the play of the flickering light of the candles which little which originates from the lights. An environment of the magnificent rules everywhere. Involuntarily you whisper words of prayer, directing your ideas to the Developer. You have the feeling of talking with Him; you have left the earth and your ideas are in the heavens. The dim light which comes from the sky-lights in the domes and from the couple of windows is the mysterious link in between heaven and earth. It is here that you think that you are in heavenly locations and experience the magical forces which operate in the soul, with the result that the barriers which separate the human spirit and nature are broken down. Your soul is possessed by wonder and love as an expression of the experience of the unapproachable. You know an internal light and a peace offering delight which are difficult to describe. God is close to you, He is within you and you are in mystical communication with Him. It is at this minute that you find yourself.

After the churches of the monasteries of Meteora the monks will take you to see the sacristies and the libraries. Hung on the walls or displayed in show-cases you will find mini masterpieces and painting which have taken great persistence and perseverance to finish to admire. Parchment gospels and great deals of manuscripts of a historical and liturgical nature, portable icons, the products of skilful hands and an effective imagination, Great Friday bier cloths, vestments embroidered in gold with an abundance of grace and mastery, important silver and fire-gilded cases, a variety of fine crosses in gold, enamel or silver with jewels and pearls, and hundreds of other liturgical and ecclesiastical things are maintained and revealed with respect to every pilgrim.