#joseph love inc.

[alwaysalwaysalwaysthesea]

Dress made of Kaycel by Joseph Love, Inc., 1968.

(source: Metropolitan Museum of Art)

[ayakoiramblings]

Great so Princess in the Mirror is also discontinued now wow amazing I'll never see Joseph's book 2 fuck me I guess

What does this excuse even mean 😭 this is why I never downloaded Court of Darkness and I'm literally only playing Love 365 now. If only Voltage wasn't so good at writing my type of stories, I would have given up on them after AyaKoi.

[llovelymoonn]

favourite poems of july

knar gavin strindberg grey

dahlia ravikovitch the love of an orange (tr. chana bloch)

danez smith summer, somewhere

hannah gamble your invitation to a modest breakfast: “your invitation to a modest breakfast”

claire schwartz lecture on the history of the house

joseph brodsky collected poems in english, 1972-1999: “a part of speech”

ralph angel twice removed: “alpine wedding”

bob hicok insomnia diary: “spirit ditty of no fax-line dial tone”

caleb klaces language is her caravan

philip good & bernadette mayer alternating lunes

hester knibbe light-years (tr. jacquelyn pope)

tracy k. smith life on mars: “the universe as primal scream”

rigoberto gonzález other fugitives and other strangers: “the strangers who find me in the woods”

stephen edgar murray dreaming

james schuyler other flowers: uncollected poems: “light night”

amy beeder because our waiters are hopeless romantics

diane seuss backyard song

tomás q. morín love train

safiya sinclair the art of unselfing

carol muske-dukes skylight: “the invention of cuisine”

peter gizzi the outernationale: “vincent, homesick for the land of pictures”

william matthews selected poems and translations, 1969-1991: “onions”

c.k. williams butcher

mark mccloskey the smell of the woods

jennifer chang the age of unreason

richard blanco city of a hundred fires: “contemplations at the virgin de la caridad cafeteria, inc.”

bob hicock the pregnancy of words

j. allyn rosser impromptu 

carl phillips then the war

stephanie young ursula or university: “essay”

gloria e. anzaldúa the new speakers

kofi

[missperfectlyfinewrites]

She falls silent at his words, obediently, but it doesn't stop her bottom lip from quivering as she sucks on the edge of her nail. Avery hated disappointing her Daddy. Making him mad was one thing but being able to sense how disappointed he was, was half the reason for her tears.

"I should have been honest with you," her voice echoes his, knowingly, before she whimpers again, hands falling into her lap. "I just didn't want to upset you.."

"baby girl. stop."

his gaze doesn't lift from the road, fingers curled tightly around his steering wheel, the fabric worn from where he has clutched it for many many years and arguments. from her mother all those years ago to now. avery was smaller, more obedient, yet clearly they often stumbled their ways into arguments.

"i just wanted you to be honest with me, and you weren't. that's shit, avery. you know that's shit, right? you gotta be honest with your old man, all the time. all the time."

[moonlitfirefly]

Yayoi Kusama with Joseph Cornell in New York, 1970

“Life can have significance even if it appears to be a series of failures.”

-Joseph Cornell

“Become one with eternity. Become part of your environment. Take off your clothes. Forget yourself. Make love.”

- Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama and Joseph Cornell

Despite presiding over orgies, Kusama had a fear of sex, perhaps because she had suffered from her father’s philandering, and remained abstinent throughout her life. So it was that when she met Joseph Cornell, an odd-duck loner 26 years her senior, who lived with his domineering mother in Flushing, Queens, the two struck up an intense, albeit platonic relationship.

Cornell became besotted by Kusama, flooding her mailbox with letters and personalized collages, and calling her on the phone constantly.

They became close, often spending time at Cornell’s mother’s home in Queens, passing the day sketching each other in the nude. Of course, his mother deeply disapproved of this, and apparently once poured a bucket of water over them as they sat kissing beneath the backyard quince tree.

After some time Kusama took a step back, feeling the situation had got claustrophobic, but the two isolated, driven, visionary misfits remained close until his death in 1972.

Kusama was deeply affected by Cornell’s death. She returned to Japan, and in 1977 checked herself into the Seiwa Hospital for the Mentally Ill, where she eventually took up permanent residence. She has been living at the hospital ever since, going to work in her studio only a short distance away. Cornell’s influence did not end with his death, however, since he had given her boxes of magazine cuttings and other materials which she subsequently used to make a series of luminous collages. These feature elements of his style including surrealist cutouts, layered with her signature pattern of polka dots and infinity nets.

- thanks to Letters from Athens

Photo:

Yayoi Kusama with Joseph Cornell in New York, 1970

Courtesy Yayoi Kusama Studio, Inc.

[waratah-moon]

bday prompt masterlist

*Alexa, play It's Been A Long Time Coming by Tom Jones* Request which ones you want to be posted first!!! Check out my other post with little previews of each xx

FLUFF ♡ “You two are such a cute couple!” & "I used to daydream about us" / "I think I'm in love with you" & "am I too late?" (childhood friend!joseph quinn) two parter ♡ “Am I your lockscreen?” (Modern!eddie) ♡ “I missed you so much.” (rockstar!eddie) ♡ “Stay the night?” (eddie x cheerleader!reader) ♡ “Have you seen my sweatshirt?” (eddie x cheerleader!reader) ♡ “I’m going to marry you one day.” (rockstar!eddie) ♡ “You’re adorable when you ramble.” (eddie x tutor!reader) ♡ “You’re lucky you’re hot.” (Eddie x cheerleader!reader) ♡ “I may be an idiot, but I’m your idiot.” (rockstar!eddie) ♡ “Well this is awkward.” (co-worker!steve)

SMUTTY ♡ “I’ll be gentle, I promise.” & "you did all this for me?" (eddie x cheerleader!reader) ♡ “Don’t kink shame me.” (eddie x cheerleader!reader) ♡ “Fuck, do that again.” (rockstar!eddie x famous!reader) ♡ “If you can’t sleep… do you want to have sex?” (dad!eddie)

ANGST (inc. hurt/comfort. Fluffy endings only on this blog) ♡ “We never got the timing right, did we?” & “Just let me take care of you.” (ex!steve) ♡ “Can you please come and get me?”(eddie x cheerleader!reader) ♡ “My mum asked about you again.” (joseph quinn x reader)

[disneytva]

‘Disney+ Unwraps Trailer & First-Look Images for Disney Television Animation Short Film ‘An Almost Christmas Story’

When you’re lost, friends will always help guide you home. 🧣

The Disney Television Animation, Esperanto Filmoj, Titmouse Inc, Maere Studios and 88 Pictures short film "An Almost Christmas Story" produced by Academy Award winning director Alfonso Cuarón begins streaming November 15 on Disney+.

“An Almost Christmas Story” is inspired by the true events of a tiny owl rescued from the New York City’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 2020. The short’s trailer reveals Moon, a curious young owl who unexpectedly finds himself stuck in a Christmas tree destined for Rockefeller Plaza. In his attempts to escape the bustling city, Moon befriends a lost little girl named Luna. Together, they embark on a heartwarming adventure, discovering the magic of the holiday season and forming an unlikely bond as they journey back home to their parents.

The talented voice cast includes Cary Christopher (FX “American Horror Story”) as Moon, newcomer Estella Madrigal as “Luna,” Jim Gaffigan (Pixar Animation Studios “Luca”) as “Papa Owl, Mamoudou Athie (Pixar Animation Studios “Elemental”) as Pelly, Alex Ross Perry (Walt Disney Studios “Christopher Robin”) as Dave The Dog, Gianna Joseph (“Star Trek Into Darkness”) as Peaky, Phil Rosenthal (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) as Punt, Natasha Lyonne (Cartoon Network Studios “Steven Universe” franchise) as Pat and John C. Reilly (Walt Disney Animation Studios “Wreck It Ralph” franchise) as The Folk Singer.

An Almost Christmas Story features a live orchestra score by Daniel Hart (Walt Disney Studios “Peter Pan & Wendy”), the short features 2 brand new original songs by John C. Reilly.

An original album featuring the songs and score of the short by Walt Disney Records will release on November 2024.

[la-femme-au-collier-vert]

From the Library of Anne Rice (Part 3)

Flynn, Gillian. Gone Girl. New York: Crown Publishing, 2011. Lightly annotated. 

Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars.  New York: Penguin Books, 2012. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.  New York: Bloomsbury, 2005. Ownership signature. Tabbed. 

Martin, George R.R. A Dance with Dragons. New York: Bantam Books, 2011. Ownership signature. 

Metalious, Grace. Peyton Place. New York: Julian Messner, 1957. Ownership signature. 

Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones.  New York: Back Bay Books, 2007. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Sheldon, Sidney. The Other Side of Midnight. New York: Willam Morrow & Company, Inc., 1973. Ownership signature.

Sienkiewicz, Henryk. Quo Vadis. New York: Hippocrene Books, 2002. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Silva, Daniel. The Kill Artist.  New York: Random House, 2000. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Susann, Jacqueline. Once is Not Enough. New York: Willam Morrow & Company, Inc., 1973. Ownership signature. Lightly annotated. 

Susann, Jacqueline. Valley of the Dolls. New York: New Market Home Library, 1996. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Turow, Scott. Identical. New York/London: Grand Central Publishing, 2013. Ownership signature. 

Turow, Scott. Identical. New York/London: Grand Central Publishing, 2013. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Bowman, Carol. Children's Past Lives. New York: Bantam Books, 1998.

Burpo, Todd with Lynn Vincent. Heaven is for Real. Nashville, Dallas, Mexico City, and Rio de Janeiro: Thomas Nelson, 2010.

Fronkzac, Paul Joseph and Alex Tresniowski. The Foundling. New York: Howard Books, 2017.

Greven, Philip. Spare the Child. New York: Vintage Books, 1990.

Joyce, Stephen H. Suffer the Captive Children. By the Author, 2004.

Malarkey, Kevin & Alex The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven. Carol Stream, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2011.

Mcfarland, Hillary. Quivering Daughter. Dallas, Texas: Darklight Press, 2010.

Postman, Neil. The Disappearance of Childhood. New York: Vintage Books, 1994.

Rafferty, Mary and Eoin O'Sullivan. Suffer the Little Children. New York: Continuum, 1999.

Reilly, Frances. Suffer the Little Children. London: Hachett UK, 2008.

Szalavitz, Maia. Help at Any Cost. New York: Riverhead Books, 2006.

Taylor, Marjorie. Imaginary Companions and the Children Who Create Them. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Tucker, Jim B. Life Before Life. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2005.

Woititz, Janet Geringer.  Adult Children of Alcoholics. Deerbeach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 1983.

Bloom, Harold. The Book of J. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Collins, Andrew. From the Ashes of Angels. Rochester, Vermont: Bear & Company, 2001. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Collins, John J. The Scepter and the Star. New York: Doubleday, 1995. Annotated.

Cook, John Granger. The Interpretation of the New Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism. Hendrickson Publish, 2002. Ownership signature.  

Ehrman, Bart D. Lost Scriptures. [Oxford]: Oxford University Press, 2003. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Enns, Peter. The Bible Tells Me So... HarperOne, 2014. Ownership signature.  

Fox, Everett. The Five Books of Moses. New York: Schocken Books, 1995. Ownership signature. Annotated.

House, H. Wayne. Charts of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1981. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Howard, Thomas. Evangelical is Not Enough. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1984. Ownership signature.  

Lockhart, Douglas, Jesus the Heretic. Shaftsbury, Dorset: Element, 1997. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Luckert, Karl W. Egyptian Light and Hebrew Fire. State University of New York Press, 1991.  

Parenti, Michael. God and His Demons. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2010. Ownership signature.  

Shaw, Russell. Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Catholic Doctrine. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitors Publishing, 1997. Annotated.

Sparrow, W. Shaw. The Gospels In Art. New York: Frederick A, Stokes Company, 1904. Annotated.

Townsend, Mark. The Gospel of Falling Down. Winchester, UK: O Books, 2007. Inscribed by author.  

Valenti, Connie Ann. Stories of Jesus. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2012. Inscribed by author.  

Yallop, David A. In God's Name. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1984. Annotated.

Zuesse, Eric. Christ's Ventriloquists. New York: Hyacinth Editions, 2012. Ownership signature. Annotated.

Cayce, Edgar.  On Atlantis. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1968. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Collins, Andrew. Gobekli, Tepe Genesis of the Gods.  Rochester, Vermont: Bear & Company, 2014. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Cremo, Michael A. and Richard L. Thompson. Forbidden Archaeology. Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing, 2003. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Eno, Paul F.  Faces at the Window.  By the Author, 1998. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Fiore, Edith. The Unquiet Dead. New York: Ballantine Books, 1988. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Hoagland, Richard C. and Mike Bar. Dark Mission: The Secret History of Nasa.  Feral House, 2007. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Icke, David.  The Biggest Secret. David Icke Books, 1999. Ownership Signature.  

Joseph, Frank. The Atlantis Encyclopedia. Career Press, 2005. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Knight, Christopher and Alan Butler. Before the Pyramids.  London: Watkins Publishing. 1988. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Leshan, Lawrence. A New Science of the Paranormal. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 2009. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Peake, Anthony. The Out-of-Body Experience. Watkins, 2011. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Redfern, Nick. Shapeshifters Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publication 2017. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Roberts, Scott Alan. The Secret History of the Reptilians.  Pompton, N.J.: New Page Books, 2013. Ownership Signature.  

Spence, Lewis. The Occult Sciences in Atlantis. London: The Aquarian Press, 1970. Ownership Signature. Annotated

Temple, Robert with Olivia Temple. The Sphinx Mystery. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2009. Ownership Signature. Lightly Annotated

Thyme, Lauren O. The Lemurian Way. Lakeville, Minnesota: Glade Press, 2012. Ownership Signature.  

Wilson, Colin and Rand Flem-Ath. The Atlantis Blueprint. Delta Trade Paperback, 2000. Ownership Signature. Annotated.

[the-illiterate-pirate]

JoJo Masterlist

* = Nsfw

° = Angst

× = Yandere

≈ = Family fic

© = Crack fic

Robert Speedwagon

• If I Was Your Vampire

Dio Brando

• In Due Time°

• Shame on the Night*

Joseph Joestar

• In-A-Godda-Da-Vidda°

Caesar Zeppeli

• In-A-Godda-Da-Vidda°

Pillarmen

• Pillow Talk

• Coddling Santana and Wamuu (HCs)

• Pillarmen with a child "hostage" (HCs)

Wamuu

• Love Machine*

Crusaders

• Them falling in love (HCs)

• Singing "Tequila" on karaoke night (HCs)

Jotaro Kujo

• One Shot, 2 Shot ©

• Bring on the Night*

• Feel Good Inc.

Mohammed Avdol

• Burnin' for You

Terence D'Arby

• Holding on to You*

Josuke Higashikata

• Don't Stop Me Now

Rohan Kishibe

• Finding out their S/o is pregnant (HCs)

Akira Otoishi

• Pepper

Hayato Kawajiri

• A Little Bit Off Today ≈

Yoshikage Kira

• Beggin'*

• Modern Love*

Guido Mista

• Looking for a Kiss*

La Squadra

• Japanese Mythology HCs

• Seducing La Squadra* (HCs)

• NSFW headcanons*

• No Rest for the Wicked AU HCs

Melone

• Him with your pet tortoise (HCs)

Diavolo / Vinegar Doppio

• Head Like a Hole, Ch. 1

Weather Report

• Selkie out of Water, Ch. 1 || Ch. 2 || Ch. 3 || Ch. 4

• Dancing in the Moonlight

• Canned Heat

• Electric Love ×

• Dad Report ≈

• Dreams of a Samurai*

• Cold as Ice

• What's New Pussycat*

• Finding out their S/o is pregnant (HCs)

• S/o is on their period (HCs)

Emporio Alnino

• Thank You (for sending me an angel) ≈

Narciso Anasui

• Dating HCs

• S/o is on their period (HCs)

Jotaro Kujo

• Drive*

Enrico Pucci

• Fallen Angel*

• Lady in Red*

• My Light*

• Saints an' Sinners*

• Take Me to Church*

• That's Life

• Finding out their S/o is pregnant (HCs)

• S/o on their period (HCs)

Johngali A.

• White Room*

Thunder McQueen

• SFW & NSFW HCs*

• (You) Shook Me All Night Long*

D an G

• SFW & NSFW HCs*

Donatello Versace

• To Heal*

Perla Pucci

• General platonic HCs

Gyro Zeppeli

• Hayloft*

• Hayloft II*

• Kickstart My Heart*

• Whole Lotta Love*

Diego Brando

• Moonage Daydream*

Sandman

• Tell Him That His Lonesome Nights Are Over, Pt. 1 || Pt. 2*

Mountain Tim

• Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)*

Funny Valentine

• Cupid's Chokehold ×

Oyecomova

• Oye Cómo Va*

Blackmore

• I Surrender*

• Twisted Nerve ch. 1

D-I-S-C-O

• Dating HCs*

Josefumi Kujo

• Dating HCs (Ft. Kira)

Jobin Higashikata

• Hard Lovin' Man*

Aisho Dainenjiyama

• Keep On Loving You

Tooru

• Can't Help Falling in Love

• Bad Case of Lovin' You

• Tooru HCs* (SFW and NSFW)

• Yan!Tooru HCs*

• Doctor play with Tooru* (HCs)

• Tooru x Nurse!reader*

Paco Lovelantes

• Good Old-fashioned Lover Boy

[444m777]

MJ BOOK CLUB: The HIStorians is LIVE!

Based on the voting results we’ll be reading a book on Michael! 55.6% voted for a book about Michael and 44.4% on a book he’s read.

By joining the group you get full access to:

—(bi)monthly meetings

—the chance to select the next book (everyone who joins gets a chance ofc but we’ll make use of a random selector)

—seasonal giveaway (more deets will follow soon)

—FREE seasonal digital MJ bookmark which you can print or just collect (and I just might make special physical ones if y’all like ‘em and I’ll ship it to you)

The meetings will take place monthly. However, life gets in the way sometimes that’s why I want everyone to update how far they are with reading. I’ll do a reader check-in every week so I know if the meeting is still doable for everyone or we might need more time (depending on the length of the book/personal time constraints). But for the most part if you didn’t finish it on time but would still like to join the discussion (and not mind spoilers) then that’s also ok! There’ll be space to just chat and discuss but the main group meeting will encompass the book we all read and the question(s) I posed in the group (and if anyone else has any prompts/questions). No pressure ofc! This is all supposed to be fun and a safe space to spill our thoughts and feels about these books.

I’d love to kick off everything during Michael’s birthday month. So, I’m keeping it simple with these **7 titles. We’re open to title suggestions and we’ll have a list in the group so everyone can keep track of what was read and what’s been added to the list. This list will include both books on/about Michael and books Michael has read. The man had a personal library of over 10.000 books! So, the next member that gets selected will reveal the following book title at the end of the meeting and it’ll be highlighted in the group and on tumblr.

For those who do not wish to join the group/can’t but still want to read along, I’ll be posting updates here on tumblr on what book we’re currently reading. You just won’t have full access to all the options members would have.

I don’t want to make this any longer than it needs to be. The official schedule for reading will be decided once the title is chosen. We kick off reading by last week of July/1st of August 2024

**This book club is about accessibility and I want everyone to be able to read regardless of financial circumstances. I will do my best in providing you with digital copy and if possible a physical copy as a keepsake :) If you cannot afford any of these books and you’re a member of the group please contact me directly (if you’re a minor and the adults in your unit can’t afford it, I’d still need one of them to reach out to me about that so then I can discuss/get their permission). If anyone else is interested in helping let me know.

[1000-year-old-virgin]

200 Best Songs of 2023

Janine - If I Call *FAVE SONG OF THE YEAR*

Kim Petras - Brrr

Sam Smith, Koffee, Jessie Reyez - Gimme

ILIRA - Work of Art

Joseph - Nervous System

Mariah the Scientist ft. 21 Savage - 77 degrees

PinkPantheress & Ice Spice – Boy's a liar Pt. 2

Ryan Destiny - Lie Like That

Latto ft. LU KALA - Lottery

Chrissy Chlapecka - I'm So Hot

Ashnikko - Don't Look at It

serpentwithfeet - Gonna Go

Don Toliver ft. Lil Durk & GloRilla- Leave The Club

Don Toliver ft. James Blake - Let Her Go

Miley Cyrus - Flowers

Miley Cyrus - River

Meghan Trainor - Mother

Ice Spice & Nicki Minaj - Princess Diana (Remix)

Melanie Martinez - DEATH

Natalie Jane - Seeing You With Other Girls

Amelia Moore feat. jxdn - FUMD

Ashnikko - You Make Me Sick!

Flo Milli ft. Lola Brooke & Maiya The Don - Conceited (Remix)

Flo Milli ft. Monaleo & Gloss Up - Bed Time (Remix)

Astrid S - Come First

Ashnikko - Want It All

salem ilese - PainHub

Libianca ft. Ayra Starr & Omah Lay - People (Remix)

Labrinth ft. Billie Eilish - Never Felt So Alone

Katie Belle - The Best You'll Ever Have

Emilie Nicolas - Everyday

Donna Missal - Flicker

Donna Missal - Out of Me

Donna Missal - Move Me

Donna Missal - God Complex

Donna Missal - I Saw God

LØLØ ft. girlfriends- 5,6,7,8

Jackson Wang & Ciara - Slow

Troye Sivan - Can't Go Back, Baby

Baby Tate & Saweetie - Hey, Mickey! (Remix)

Shania Twain - Number One

Shania Twain - Got It Good

Empress Of ft. Rina Sawayama - Kiss Me

NLE Choppa ft. SexyyRed / Sukihana - Slut Me Out (Remix)

Maggie Lindemann, Siiickbrain - deprecating

Ed Sheeran - The Hills of Aberfeldy

Rita Ora ft. Fatboy Slim Praising You (Fatboy Slim Remix)

Tyla & Ayra Starr - Girl Next Door

Kesha - Only Love Can Save Us Now

Ciara ft. Lola Brooke & Lady London - Da Girls (Girls Mix)

Jeremy Zucker - OK

CXLOE - Flight Risk

Josh Levi - See Low

Josh Levi - BIRTHDAY DANCE

Alex Vaughn & Summer Walker - So Be It (Remix)

Alex Vaughn & Ari Lennox - Demon Time (Remix)

Taylor Swift ft. Ice Spice - Karma (Remix)

Taylor Swift ft. Lana Del Rey - Snow On The Beach (More Lana Del Rey Edit)

Boris The Lucid - BOYFRIEND

Carrie Underwood - Take Me Out

Libianca - Jah

Conan Gray - Never Ending Song

The Aces - Always Get This Way

Madison Beer ft. Timbaland - Home To Another One (Remix)

Äyanna - Girlfriend

Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice ft. Aqua – Barbie World

Rita Ora - That Girl

Rita Ora - Unfeel It

Tanerelle - Feel Good Inc. X Sidetracked (Perfect Lover Mash Up)

Sleater-Kinney - Hell

Saweetie ft. YG & Tyga - BIRTHDAY

Mae Stephens ft. Meghan Trainor - Mr Right

Brooke Candy - FMUATW

Ben Kessler - When I Hate Myself

Eliott ft. Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Happy On My Own

Reneé Rapp - Pretty Girls

Leah Kate - Bored

Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO!

Rina Sawayama ft. Amaarae - Imagining

GAYLE - Leave Me For Dead

Selena Gomez - Single Soon

Äyanna - Change Your Life

Julia Wolf - Wishbone

Cloudy June - Devil Is A Woman

Anne-Marie ft. Shania Twain - UNHEALTHY

Leaf ft. Bandmanrill, DJ Drewski - 2 Freaky

Olivia O'Brien - I should've fucked your brother

SIIICKBRAIN - Psychopath

Adekunle Gold - Do You Mind?

Duncan Laurence - I Do

Dizzy - Open Up Wide

Leigh-Anne ft. Ayra Starr - My Love

Troye Sivan – Got Me Started

Cate - Girlfriend

NERIAH - Falling 4 Somebody

Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion - Bongos

Amelia Moore - Over My Ex

Johnny Orlando - Boyfriend

Tyla - Water

Tems - Me & U

Mette - Mama's Eyes

Wrabel - Beautiful Day

Chxrry22 - MORE

Norah Jones - Can You Believe

Kanii ft. Trippie Redd - sins (let me in) [Remix]

Niall Horan & Lizzy McAlpine - You Could Start A Cult (Encore Version)

Travis Scott ft. Beyoncé - DELRESTO (ECHOES)

Addison Rae ft. Charli XCX - 2 Die 4

Gyakie - Rent Free

Kim Petras - Hit It From The Back

Kim Petras ft. Banks - Bait

Kim Petras - Dirty Things

K. Michelle - Blame Yourself

Sunnitharapper ft. Salma Slims - Moody

Troye Sivan - One of Your Girls

Lady London ft. Jeremih - Do Something

Zara Larsson, David Guetta - On My Love

cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe - Prada

Serpentwithfeet- Damn Gloves

Dove Cameron - Still

Kenya Grace - Paris

Dua Lipa - Houdini

Tokischa ft. Sexyy Red - Daddy

Zach Seabaugh - Helium Balloons

COBRAH - 10/10

COBRAH - BAD POSITION

COBRAH - TEQUILA

Clinton Kane - PANIC ATTACK

Megan Thee Stallion - Cobra

Nick Wilson - For You It Was Him

Nick Wilson - Way Back

Ice Spice - Deli

Enchanting - Needy

SZA - Kill Bill

Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam

Summer Walker - Girls Need Love (Girls Mix) ft. Tyla / Victoria Monet / Tink

Tate McRae - exes

Tove Lo - I like u

Kim Petras - Je T'Adore

Doechii - Booty Drop

Kim Petras - Claws

Sam Smith & Madonna - VULGAR

Kim Petras - uhoh

Borgore x Cupcakke x Chase Icon - Abracadabra

Clinton Kane - DISAPPEAR

Nicki Minaj - Big Difference

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Girls

Charli XCX ft. Sam Smith - In The City

Reneé Rapp ft. Megan Thee Stallion - Not My Fault

Flo Milli - Never Lose Me

Kim Petras - Thousand Pieces

Kim Petras - Minute

Charli XCX - Speed Drive (jamesjamesjames Remix)

Chrissy Chlapecka - BRAT

The Last Dinner Party - My Lady of Mercy

Shania Twain - Waking Up Dreaming

Nicki Minaj - Fallin 4 U

Jessie Ware ft. Pabllo Vittar -Pearls (Brabo Remix)

Shania Twain - Queen Of Me

Chiké, Oxlade - Spell [Remix]

Anycia - REFUND

Lah Pat ft. Flo Milli - Rodeo (Remix)

Biig Piig - This Is What They Meant

Niall Horan - Save My Life

Bronze Avery - Sex In The Room

Ava Max - Cold As Ice

Peach PRC - F U Goodbye

Suzanne Sheer - Off Limits

Nicki Minaj - FTCU

Madison Rose - Girls Girls Girls

Kaliii ft. GloRilla - Can't Get 'Em

BIA - FALLBACK

Miley Cyrus - Jaded

Kylie Minogue - You Still Get Me High

Miley Cyrus - Violet Chemistry

Miley Cyrus ft. Sia - Muddy Feet

Bebe Rexha - Visions (Don't Go)

Coi Leray - My Body

Coi Leray ft. Saucy Santana - Spend It

Maiya The Don - Luv U Better

The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters

IDK ft. Jucee Froot & Saucy Santana - Pinot Noir

Tinashe - Uh Huh

Nicki Minaj - Beep Beep

Nicki Minaj - Pink Birthday

Bella Poarch - Bad Boy

Nicki Minaj - My Life

Trippie Redd & BANKS - Saint Michael Myers

Tamera - Frozen

Shygirl & CoSha - Thicc

Ari Lennox - Get Close

Flo Milli - Fruit Loop

Mette - For The People

Amaarae - Angels in Tibet

Jamila Woods ft. Saba - Practice

Rachel Chinouriri - Maybe I’m Lonely

Jonah Kagen - Save My Soul

The OMG Girlz - Lover Boy

Karin Ann - A Stranger With My Face

Victoria Monet - Alright

Paige - Aquarian

2022's List

[moontos]

In this painting, we're transported to the wedding supper that celebrated the marriage of the heir to the Austrian throne, Joseph, to Isabella of Parma on 5 October 1760. Set in the Redoute Hall of the Vienna Hofburg, the table is elegantly prepared for dessert, adorned with fine porcelain. Martin van Meytens was a Swedish-Austrian portrait and miniature painter who was famous for his level of detail. In this large painting (300 x 400 cm), there must be at least 100 people and, I guess from looking at the second picture, he seems to have grown tired of painting faces as many of the wedding guests have disproportionate features. This lovely painting hangs in Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Martin van Meytens, Sweden/Austria (1695-1770)

Wedding Supper (1763)

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Bu tabloda, Avusturya tahtının varislerinden Joseph'in 5 Ekim 1760 tarihinde Isabella of Parma ile yaptığı evliliği kutlayan düğün ziyafetine taşınıyoruz. Viyana Hofburg'un Redoute Salonu'nda geçen bu sahnede, masanın üzerinde ince porselenlerle süslenmiş bir tatlı hazırlanmış şekilde görülüyor. Martin van Meytens, detay seviyesiyle ünlü olan İsveç-Avusturya portre ve minyatür ressamıdır. Bu büyük tabloda (300 x 400 cm), en az 100 kişi olmalı ve ikinci resme bakarak tahminimce yüzleri boyamaktan sıkılmış gibi görünüyor, çünkü düğün konuklarının birçoğunun orantısız özellikleri var. Bu güzel tablo, Viyana'daki Schönbrunn Sarayı'nda asılı duruyor.

Martin van Meytens, İsveç/Avusturya (1695-1770)

Düğün Ziyafeti (1763)

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

A Lament and Call to Repentance

1 Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

2 “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again, deserted in her own land, with no one to lift her up.”

3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:

“Your city that marches out a thousand strong will have only a hundred left; your town that marches out a hundred strong will have only ten left.”

4 This is what the Lord says to Israel:

“Seek me and live;

5 do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.” 6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire; it will devour them, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.

7 There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.

8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land— the Lord is his name. 9 With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin.

10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.

11 You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine. 12 For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins.

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts. 13 Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil.

14 Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. 15 Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:

“There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail. 17 There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? That day will be darkness, not light. 19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him. 20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light— pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?

21 “I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me. 22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them. 23 Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. 24 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

25 “Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel? 26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king, the pedestal of your idols, the star of your god— which you made for yourselves. 27 Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty. — Amos 5 | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: Genesis 21:31; Leviticus 7:11; Leviticus 26:31; Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 32:24; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Job 9:9; Job 20:24; Psalm 127:5; Psalm 144:14; Proverbs 21:7; Ecclesiastes 3:7; Isaiah 16:10; Isaiah 29:5; Isaiah 51:18; Isaiah 48:18; Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 38:17; Amos 4:13; Amos 8:3; Micah 3:11; Matthew 24:29; Acts 7:42-43; Romans 12:9; Galatians 4:16

[lboogie1906]

Spectacular Blue Smith (September 7, 1986) known by his stage name Spectacular, is a Rapper, entertainer, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, television personality, author, and philanthropist. He is the Chairman and CEO of Adwizar Inc. and founder of the record label Mula Music Group.

Black Enterprise estimated his net worth is $65 million, making him one of the five most influential entrepreneurs in music and tech, and is the creator of the Grumpy Cat viral brand.

He started performing with his brother in a hip-hop group called Pretty Ricky, at the age of 11. His father, Joseph “Blue” Smith, of Jamaican descent, was the owner of the indie label and managed the group. He contributed musically and choreographed the group’s stage performances as they signed a deal with Atlantic Records. The band went on the Scream IV tour as they promoted songs such as “Grind With Me” and “Your Body”.

Aside from being a recording artist, he is an entrepreneur. Intrigued by the business possibilities of social media, he experimented with Pretty Ricky’s Facebook page, testing out theories behind social networks for a full year until he found a system for gaining and monetizing followers. He turned those ideas into Adwizaz, a company that manages and monetizes social media accounts. The company manages the social media pages of artists such as Bow Wow, Kevin Gates, Soulja Boy, Master P, Birdman, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. He is the creator of Grumpy Cat, a social media brand that has gone viral and is claimed to have made him $100 million.

On February 14, 2017, he released his first book, titled Spectacular Love: How to Make Good Love Last, published by Bluestar Books. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[frmartinshomiliesandreflections]

24th March >> Fr. Martin's Homilies / Reflections for Today's Mass Readings (Inc. Mark 14:1-15:47) on Psalm Sunday (B): ‘My God, my God, why have you deserted me?’

Palm Sunday, Cycle B

Homilies (7)

(i) Palm Sunday

In many ways, the story of Jesus’ passion and death is a difficult one to hear. The worst instincts of human nature are on show there. Jesus is betrayed by one of the Twelve, the group in whom he had invested so much of himself. Three of them fall asleep when he needed them to be awake and present to him. He was denied publicly three times by the leader of the Twelve. At the moment of his arrest, all of his disciples deserted him and fled. He was put on trial by the religious authorities, with his enemies ready to give false evidence against him. As a result he was sentenced to death and handed over to the Roman authorities. A weak Roman governor gave in to the demands of the religious leaders for him to be crucified. Having been mocked and beaten by Pilate’s soldiers he began the journey to his place of crucifixion, the most terrible form of execution the Romans could devise. As he hung dying from the cross, the mocking continued, by those who happened to be passing, by the chief priests and scribes and even by those crucified alongside him. Is it any wonder that Jesus cried out, ‘My God, my God, why have your deserted me?’

Is there any ray of light in this awful darkness? In the darkest of human situations there is always so light. Even in the Nazi death camps there were stories of heroic loving service. The same is true of the story we have just heard. At the very beginning of the story as Jesus is about to enter into his passion and death, a nameless woman performs an act of loving service for Jesus, anointing his head with costly ointment. A stranger who had come into Jerusalem from the country, Simon of Cyrene, helped Jesus carry his cross. The women who had served Jesus in Galilee did not flee; they look on helplessly from a distance as Jesus hung dying on the cross. After his death, a member of the Jewish Council, Joseph of Arimathea, courageously went to Pilate and got permission to give Jesus a dignified burial in his own tomb. Some of the women who were at Calvary prepared spices to anoint Jesus’ body when the Jewish Sabbath was over. The Roman centurion, seeing how Jesus died, recognized Jesus’ special relationship with God, saying, ‘This man really was the Son of God’.

There was light in the awful darkness. The greatest light in that darkness was Jesus himself. The purpose of his life was to reveal God’s love to all, to show that no one was excluded from God’s forgiveness. It was his commitment to this mission that brought about his death. Some found the light of God’s love that shone through Jesus too threatening and they set about trying to extinguish the light. Jesus could have avoided death if he had abandoned his mission. Yet, such was his faithfulness to God and to all of us that, in the words of Paul in the second reading, he was ‘humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross’. The worst instincts of human nature could not extinguish the light of God’s love that shone through Jesus. He absorbed all the violence and hatred and he gave it back as forgiveness and love. We are drawn to the image of Jesus on the cross not because of some morbid fascination with suffering but because we recognise there a divine love that is stronger than sin and death, a divine light which no human darkness can overpower.

This Holy Week, we allow ourselves to be drawn by God’s love shining through the crucified Jesus. As we are touched by that love, we are sent out to serve Jesus as he comes to us today in all those who travel the way of the cross. The light which shines upon us from the cross is to shine through us so that the light of God’s love might be brought into someone’s darkness. Jesus said of the woman who anointed his head, ‘She has performed a good service for me… She has done what she could’. Jesus’ loving death can bring out the best in us too, inspiring us to do whatever good we can.

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(ii) Palm Sunday, Year B

If we were to think of the journey of our lives in terms of colour we would probably find that we would need many different colours to depict that journey. The colour yellow might come to mind to describe those moments of great light when all seemed well and we could see clearly. We might term these our transfiguration moments. We might use the colour red to depict those times when we gave of ourselves in love to serve others in some generous way. This could be termed our last supper moments, remembering that it was at the last supper that Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. We might use the colour green to depict those experiences of newness and freshness, those times when we begin some project or other with fresh enthusiasm and dynamism. These might be described as our Easter moments. We might use the colour orange to depict those moments when we experienced the warmth of love, in particular the warmth of God’s love renewing and restoring us. We might think of these times as Pentecost moments in memory of the day when the disciples experienced the coming of the Spirit of God’s love in the form of tongues of fire.

Undoubtedly, we would also find ourselves reaching for the darker colours on our pallet from time to time. We might even find it necessary to dip our brush into the black paint occasionally. We would need that colour to depict those dark experiences that are an inevitable part of all our lives. These will be the times when we suffered in some deep way. The suffering may have been physical or emotional or spiritual, or a combination of all three. We might think of those times when we felt extremely lonely, or when we had to endure some major disappointment, or those times when we were unfairly treated or unjustly deprived of our good name, when something was done to us by another that left us feeling diminished. We might also think of times of great loss, when we had to let go of someone whom we loved deeply, because they went on a journey away from us. The greatest loss of all is when our loved ones go on that final journey from this life to the next. When we look back on all these moments in our lives, we remember them as traumatic, as deeply painful and very draining. These might be termed our Good Friday moments.

We have just read Mark’s passion narrative, in which the evangelist tells the story of Jesus’ Good Friday moment. Each of the four evangelists tells this story, but Mark’s account is the darkest of all four. The account of John, which we read every Good Friday, has the most light in it, and in between Mark and John stand the accounts of Matthew and Luke, with Matthew a little less darker than Mark and Luke a little less darker again than Matthew. Mark depicts this experience of Jesus in very dark colours indeed. The three disciples who were closest to Jesus fall asleep in the garden; he is betrayed by Judas, one of the twelve, denied by Peter, the leader of the twelve, deserted by all his disciples at the moment of his arrest, falsely accused before the Jewish Sanhedrin, handed over to be crucified by a governor who surrendered his authority to the mob, jeered and mobbed as he hung dying on a cross, and with his last words crying out to God in deep desolation. From the moment Jesus shares his last supper with his disciples until the moment of his death the story as Mark tells it seems to have no redeeming feature. Apart from Jesus, everyone in the story is deeply flawed. Jesus goes to his death surrounded by the worst instincts of human nature, let down and abused by deeply flawed human beings.

Yet, in the midst of all this terrible darkness, the evangelist knows that there is a light for those with eyes to see it, the light of God’s love, the light of God’s presence. In the story as Mark tells it, a pagan recognizes this light at the very moment when Jesus dies. The Roman centurion declares, ‘Truly, this man was the Son of God’. He recognized the light of God’s presence at the heart of all this darkness. This pagan had eyes to see the deeper meaning of these ugly and painful events. God was indeed working powerfully through the awfulness of Golgotha, bringing good out of evil, new life out of death, transforming a story of human sin and pain into a story of redemption. The evangelist is saying to all his readers, to us, that God is at the heart of all our own darkness. God is present in all of our Good Fridays, working in the same life-giving way as he did on that first Good Friday. God is not absent from our darkest moments, even from those moments when we find ourselves crying out, ‘My God, my God, why have your forsaken me?’ Even though there may be darkness over the whole land, over our own personal world, the light that darkness cannot overcome continues to shine, the light of God’s life-giving presence. We might pray on this Palm Sunday for the eyes of the centurion so that we too may recognize and worship the Lord present with us even in our darkest moments. ‘Even though I walk through the valley of darkness, you are there with your crook and your staff. With these, you give me comfort’.

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(iii) Palm Sunday

We can have certain expectations of people and when those expectations are not met we can be tempted to dismiss them and, perhaps, even turn against them. Sometimes the expectations we have of someone are very reasonable and that person’s failure to meet those expectations reflects badly on them. At other times, our expectations of someone do not do justice to the person in question and our negative reaction to those expectations not being met can be saying more about us than about the person in question.

There is a very sharp contrast between the short gospel we read at the beginning of Mass and the story of the passion and death of Jesus we have just heard. The crowd who cried ‘Hosanna’ as just entered Jerusalem on a colt went on to cry ‘Crucify him’. Those who welcome him with great euphoria went on to jeer and mock him as he hung from a Roman cross. Why such a sudden change of attitude? When Jesus entered Jerusalem he was welcomed as one who would usher in the ‘kingdom of our father David’. Here, it was believed, was the king who would restore the fortunes of King David and rid the land of Roman occupation. This was the people’s expectation. However, within the space of a week those expectations were shattered. Their king would end up on a Roman cross. Whereas people wanted victory, the cross spoke of defeat; whereas they looked for a power greater than Rome’s, the cross spoke of weakness; whereas they had hoped for a wise leader, the cross spoke of foolishness; whereas they looked to Jesus to demonstrate God’s powerful presence, the cross spoke of God’s absence. The shattering of their expectations turned their jubilation into hostility.

Yet, there were a few people who saw the horror of Jesus’ crucifixion with very different eyes to most of the people. A pagan soldier, the Roman centurion who looked on at how Jesus died exclaimed, ‘this man was a son of God’. A prominent member of the Jewish ruling council took the bold step of going to Pilate because he recognized that this man was worthy of a dignified burial, rather than being thrown into a common grave which was the normal fate of the crucified. The woman disciples who looked on from a distance took note of where Jesus was buried and went away to prepare spices to anoint his body at the earliest opportunity. These two men, a pagan and a Jew, and this group of woman saw with different eyes and behaved in a fashion that was noble and generous.

The story we have just heard invites us to identify with those who looked beneath the surface of the broken and bloodied body on the cross and glimpsed there something of God. When we look upon the cross with the eyes of faith, we see a divine love that is stronger than sin, a divine light that shines in all our darkness, a divine power that brings new life out of all our deaths, a divine poverty that enriches us at the deepest level of our being. We have just heard the story of Jesus’ last journey in the space of ten minutes. This Holy Week, the church invites us to travel that journey at a much slower pace, day by day as it were. This is a good week to read through Mark’s account of Jesus’ passion and death slowly and prayerfully, a little every day. As we read we are invited to travel that journey with Jesus, and to travel it with the eyes of faith, with the eyes of the centurion, of Joseph of Arimathea and of the women. We look beneath the surface of what is happening, we listen deeply to all that is taking place, so that we see and hear the God who so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that we may have life and have it to the full.

And/Or

(iv) Palm Sunday

There is a very sharp contrast between the short gospel we read at the beginning of Mass and the story of the passion and death of Jesus we have just heard. The crowd who cried ‘Hosanna’ as just entered Jerusalem went on to cry ‘Crucify him’. Those who welcome him with great euphoria went on to jeer and mock him as he hung from a Roman cross. Why such a sudden change of attitude? When Jesus entered Jerusalem he was welcomed as one who would usher in the ‘kingdom of our father David’. Here, it was believed, was the king who would restore the fortunes of King David and rid the land of Roman occupation. However, within the space of a week those expectations were shattered. Their king would end up on a Roman cross. Whereas people wanted victory, the cross spoke of defeat; whereas they looked for a power greater than Rome’s, the cross spoke of weakness; whereas they had hoped for a wise leader, the cross spoke of foolishness; whereas they looked to Jesus to demonstrate God’s powerful presence, the cross spoke of God’s absence. The shattering of their expectations turned their jubilation into hostility.

Yet, there were a few people who saw the horror of Jesus’ crucifixion with very different eyes to most of the people. A pagan soldier, the Roman centurion, who looked on at how Jesus died exclaimed, ‘this man was a son of God’. A prominent member of the Jewish ruling council took the bold step of going to Pilate because he recognized that this man was worthy of a dignified burial, rather than being thrown into a common grave which was the normal fate of the crucified. The woman disciples who looked on from a distance took note of where Jesus was buried and went away to prepare spices to anoint his body at the earliest opportunity. These two men, a pagan and a Jew, and this group of woman saw with different eyes and behaved in a fashion that was noble and generous.

The story we have just heard invites us to identify with those who looked beneath the surface of the broken and bloodied body on the cross and glimpsed there something of God. When we look upon the cross with the eyes of faith, we see a divine love that is stronger than sin, a divine light that shines in all our darkness, a divine power that brings new life out of all our deaths, a divine poverty that enriches us at the deepest level of our being. We have just heard the story of Jesus’ last journey in the space of ten minutes. This Holy Week, the church invites us to travel that journey at a much slower pace, day by day as it were. This is a good week to read through Mark’s account of Jesus’ passion and death slowly and prayerfully, a little every day. As we read we are invited to enter into that journey with the eyes of faith, with the eyes of the centurion, of Joseph of Arimathea and of the women. We look beneath the surface of what is happening, we listen deeply to all that is taking place, so that we see and hear the God who so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that we may have life and have it to the full.

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(v) Palm Sunday

There is great hostility in the story we have just heard, all of it directed against Jesus. There is the hostility of the chief priests, of the Roman soldiers, of those who passed by and jeered as he hung from the cross. Alongside the hostility of those who rejected Jesus, there is the failure of those who had been closest to him. His disciples all deserted him and fled; Judas betrayed him and Peter denied him publicly. Yet, there were a few people who responded to Jesus in that dark hour faithfully and nobly. There was the anonymous woman who in an extravagant gesture of love and respect anointed the head of Jesus. Then there was the Roman centurion, who looked on as Jesus died and exclaimed, ‘this man was son of God’. A prominent member of the Jewish ruling council, Joseph of Armimathea, took the bold step of going to Pilate to ensure Jesus had a dignified burial. The woman disciples who looked on from a distance took note of where Jesus was buried and went away to prepare spices to anoint his body at the earliest opportunity. All of these people men and women saw Jesus with eyes of faith and love.

The story we have just heard invites us to identify with those who saw Jesus with the eyes of faith and love, who recognized the light of God in the darkness of Jesus’ passion and death. When we look upon the passion and death of Jesus with such eyes, we see a divine love that is stronger than sin, a divine light that shines in all our darknesses, a divine power that brings new life out of all our deaths, a divine poverty that enriches us at the deepest level of our being. We have just heard the story of Jesus’ last journey in the space of ten minutes. This Holy Week, the church invites us to travel that journey at a much slower pace, day by day as it were. We are invited to enter into that journey with the eyes of the anointing woman, the centurion, Joseph of Arimathea and the group of faithful women. We look beneath the surface of what is happening, we listen deeply to all that is taking place, so as to recognize the good Shepherd who laid down his life for us all, so that we might have life and have it to the full.

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(vi) Palm Sunday

There is a sharp contrast between the short gospel we read at the beginning of Mass and the story of the passion and death of Jesus we have just heard. The crowd who cried ‘Hosanna’ as just entered Jerusalem went on to cry ‘Crucify him’ five days later. Why such a sudden change of attitude? When Jesus entered Jerusalem, he was welcomed as one who would usher in the ‘kingdom of our father David’. It was hoped that here was the king who would restore the fortunes of King David and rid the land of Roman occupation. However, within the space of a week those expectations were shattered. Their king would end up on a Roman cross. Whereas people wanted victory, the cross spoke of defeat; whereas they looked for a power greater than Rome, the cross spoke of weakness; whereas they had hoped for a wise leader, the cross spoke of foolishness; whereas they looked to Jesus to demonstrate God’s powerful presence, the cross spoke of God’s absence. The shattering of their expectations turned their jubilation into hostility.

Yet, there were a few people who saw the horror of Jesus’ passion and death with very different eyes. There was the anonymous woman who in an extravagant gesture of love and respect anointed the head of Jesus before he faced into his passion. A pagan soldier, the Roman centurion, looked on at how Jesus died and exclaimed, ‘this man was a son of God’. A prominent member of the Jewish ruling council took the bold step of going to Pilate because he recognized that this man was worthy of a dignified burial, rather than being thrown into a common grave which was the normal fate of the crucified. Then there was the little group of women disciples, who looked on from a distance as Jesus was being crucified. They took note of where Jesus was buried and went away to prepare spices to anoint his body at the earliest opportunity. This group of men and women, pagan and Jew, saw Jesus’ passion and death with eyes of faith and love, and behaved in a fashion that was noble and generous.

The story we have just heard invites us to identify with this group of people who looked beneath the surface of the broken and bloodied body of Jesus and recognized there the presence of God. When we look upon the cross with eyes of faith, we see a divine love that is stronger than sin, a divine light that shines in all our darkness, a divine power that strengthens us in times of weakness, a divine poverty that enriches us at the deepest level of our being. We have just heard the story of Jesus’ last journey in the space of ten minutes. This Holy Week, the church invites us to travel that journey at a much slower pace, day by day as it were. We are invited to look upon Jesus’ last journey with the eyes of faith and love, with the eyes of the anonymous woman, the Roman centurion, Joseph of Arimathea and the group of women disciples. We look beneath the surface of what is happening, we listen deeply to all that is taking place, and we allow ourselves to be deeply graced by all that God was doing and continues to do through Jesus’ passion and death.

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(vii) Palm Sunday

Today is the beginning of Holy Week. During this coming week, we will be reflecting on those days leading up to the dark moment of Jesus’ passion and death, and then on Holy Saturday night and Easter Sunday morning we celebrate the joyful event of Jesus’ resurrection.

We have been listening to Mark’s account of Jesus’ passion and death. Some of the worst traits of human nature are on display there. Jesus is betrayed to his enemies by one of the twelve; Peter, the leader of the twelve denies him publicly three times; the other disciples all deserted him, the religious leaders in Jerusalem to protect their own position hand Jesus over to Pilate and he has Jesus executed in a shameful way even though he suspects his innocence. Yet, the story begins and ends with a portrayal of some of the best instincts of the human spirit. At the beginning we have a woman’s loving extravagance, as she anoints the head of Jesus with costly ointment. She showed him a profound respect, worthy of his true identity. At the end of the story, just after Jesus breathed his last, we have the Roman centurion who also recognized that the true identity of the crucified man, declaring, ‘in truth, this man was a son of God’. Present also were the women who had followed Jesus in Galilee who would soon come to his tomb to dignify his burial by anointing him with spices. We also have Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Sanhedrin who had condemned Jesus to death but who now gave Jesus a dignified burial, placing his body in a tomb newly hewn from the rock.

When evil seems to triumph, goodness is often to be found there somewhere. The light of goodness displayed by those people in the story of Jesus’ passion and death is a reflection of the greater light that was there, the light of Jesus’ love. Jesus did not seek death on a cross; he recoiled from it. Yet, he accepted death as the consequence of remaining faithful to his mission of revealing God’s unconditional love for all. Many of the religious leaders of the time found the God of Jesus to be disturbing. ‘Why does this man eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ The new wine of Jesus’ message and life, the wine of God’s expansive and hospitable love, was shattering the old wineskins and this put Jesus on a collision course with powerful people. Yet, Jesus remained faithful to his mission. As the good shepherd he was prepared to lay down his life for those to whom he was sent. He then absorbed all the violence that was inflicted on him, transformed it and gave it back as forgiveness and love. We are attracted to the cross because, like the centurion, we recognize in the one crucified the presence of God, the presence of a love that is stronger than sin and death.

We are all called to reflect in our way of living the light of God’s love that shone from the cross, like the woman who anointed Jesus, like the Roman centurion, the women followers and Joseph of Arimathea. In the darkness of their time, they lit a candle. We are called to do the same. Jesus continues to suffer and be crucified in our world today. We are called to serve the suffering Jesus among us, remembering his words, ‘as long as you do it to the least of these, you do it to me’.

Fr. Martin Hogan.

[jedivoodoochile]

Norma Jeane to Marilyn Monroe 1926 - 1962. (Scroll down for 1926 - 1962)💋

1926

June 1: Birth at Los Angeles General Hospital.

June 13: Taken to live with the foster family, the Bolenders.

1933💋

Fall: Mother Gladys Baker takes Norma Jeane to live with her.

1934💋

February: Gladys Baker taken to an institution.

1935💋

June 1: Grace McKee becomes legal guardian.

September 13: Norma Jeane is left at the orphanage.

1937💋

June 26: Grace McKee takes her away from the orphanage.

1938💋

November: Goes to live with 'Aunt' Ana Lower.

1942💋

June 19: Marries James E. Dougherty.

1944💋

April: Norma Jeane starts work at the Radio Plane Munitions Factory.

1946💋

April: First National Magazine cover, in 'Family Circle'.

June 26: Photographed by David Conover for 'Yank' magazine.

July 19: First Screen-Test, for 20th Century Fox.

July 23: First Six Months studio contract, renewed in January.

July 29: First mention in a Hollywood gossip Column (Hedda Hopper).

August 2: Norma Jeane Dougherty applies to join the 'Blue Book Modeling Agency'.

September 13: Divorce granted from James E. Dougherty.

1947💋

August 25: Fox Contract not renewed for a second time.

1948💋

February: Marilyn befriends mogul Joseph M. Schenck.

March 9: Contract with Columbia Pictures.

September 8: Dropped by Columbia.

December 31: Meets agent Johnny Hyde, who indicates himself to promote her.

1949💋

May 27: Poses for photographer Tom Kelley - the nude Calendar shots.

July 24: First interview with Earl Wilson.

August 15: Starts shooting 'A Ticket To Tomahawk'.

October: Sings contract with MGM for the breakthrough role in 'The Asphalt Jungle'.

1950💋

January 5: Starts shooting 'The Fireball'.

April: Lands small but perfectly formed part in 'All About Eve'.

December 18: Johnny Hyde dies.

1951💋

March 29: Presents an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony.

April 18: Shooting starts on 'Love Nest'.

May 11: Latest six months contract and Fox converted to seven-year deal.

September 8: First full length national magazine feature in 'Colliers'.

1952💋

March: Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio go out on a first date.

March 13: Nude calendar story broken to public.

April 7: First 'Life' cover snapped by Phillipe Halsman.

June 1: On her birthday leans she is to be Lorelei Lee in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'.

August 31: Live radio debut.

September 2: Grand marshal at the Miss America pageant.

1953💋

January, 21: She becomes a star when 'Niagara' is released.

January, 26: Marilyn and Jane Russell put their hand and feet prints in wet cement. At Graumann's Chinese Theater.

September, 13: TV debut at the 'Jack Benny Show'.

November, 4: Premier of 'How To Marry a Millionaire'.

December 15: Doesn't appear for shooting of 'The Girl in Pink Tights'.

1954💋

January, 4: Suspended by Fox.

January, 14: Marriage with Joe Dimaggio in San Francisco.

February, 2: They arrive at Tokyo Airport.

February, 16: Marilyn gives 10 concert's for the American soldiers in Korea.

September, 15: The shooting for the blowing skirt scene, included in the movie 'The Seven Year Itch'.

October, 5: Marilyn divorces Joe DiMaggio.

November, 6: Hollywood party in honor of Marilyn.

1955💋

January, 7: Press conference for 'Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc.'.

January, 15: Marilyn moves to the East coast, she is also suspended by Fox.

February: She met Lee Strasberg, and joins 'The Actor Studio'.

March, 31: She appears on a pink elephant on a benefit evening in 'Madison Square Garden'.

April, 8: Live in TV program of 'Person2Person' with Edward R. Murrow.

June, 1: Premier of 'The Seven Year Itch'.

1956💋

January, 4: A new contract between Fox and MM Productions.

February, 9: Marilyn and Sir Laurence Olivier announce that they will work together in 'The Sleeping Prince'.

June, 29: She marries Arthur Miller.

July, 14: She travels to London to begin with the shooting of 'The Prince And The Showgirl'.

August: Her first miscarriage.

October, 29: She meets Queen Elizabeth.

1957💋

June, 13: Premier of 'TPATS'.

August, 1: Another miscarriage.

1958💋

August, 4: The shooting of 'Some Like It Hot' begins, until November.

December, 17: Another miscarriage.

1959💋

March, 29: Premier of 'Some Like It Hot'.

1960💋

March, 8: Golden Globe award for 'Best Actress in a Comedy', in 'Some Like It Hot'.

June, 18: The shooting of 'The Misfits' begins.

August, 26: Marilyn is admitted in the hospital, some say in was a suicide attempt.

November, 11: Marilyn announce she divorces Arthur Miller.

November, 16: Clark Gable (who worked with in 'The Misfits') died of an heart attack.

1961💋

January, 20: Divorce of Arthur Miller.

January, 31: Premier 'The Misfits'.

February, 7: She is admitted to the 'Payne Whitney Clinic' in New York.

February, 11: She is admitted to 'Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center'.

October: Meets Robert Kennedy.

November: Meets John. F. Kennedy.

1962💋

February: Moves back to Los Angeles, in Brentwood.

March, 5: She get's a Gold Globe Award for 'World Film Favorite'.

April, 23: Shooting begins for 'Something's Got To Give'.

May, 19: Sings 'Happy Birthday' to JFK in 'Madison Square Garden'.

June, 1: Last workday at Fox.

June, 7: fired by Fox.

June, 23: Rehired by Fox.

July, 20: Admitted to the 'Cedars of Lebanon Hospital'.

August, 3: She appears on the cover of 'Life'.

August, 4: The last day Marilyn Monroe was alive.

August, 5: Marilyn Monroe is found dead in bed, autopsy reveals suicide. (possible)

August, 8: Funeral in 'Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery' 🙏💐🌸⚘️💐🌸⚘️