#mary of egypt

[cuties-in-codices]

mary of egypt

in a copy of the "alsatian legenda aurea", alsace, c. 1440

source: Berlin, SBB, Ms. germ. fol. 495, fol. 162r

[apenitentialprayer]

1. detail of The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, by Sandro Botticelli, early 1490s. (x) 2. detail of The Last Communion of Saint Joseph of Calasanz, by Francisco Goya, 1819. (x) 3. detail of an icon depicting the last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt.

Suffering and diminishment are not the greatest of evils but are normal ingredients in life, especially in old age. They are to be expected as elements of a full human existence. […] If the Lord calls me now to a period of weakness, I know well that His power can be made perfect in infirmity.

- Cardinal Avery Dulles, in his Farewell Address, given April 1st of 2008.

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Domenico Morelli - The body of Mary of Egypt Found by Angels.

[lilaccatholic]

I am once again thinking about the reluctant ruler whose arc justly and correctly includes assuming the throne and taking responsibility for the people set before them

[classic-art-favourites]

Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Joachim Patinir, 1518-1520.

[and-her-saints]

st. mary of egypt: my gender is sinner. my pronouns are sin/er.

[thedemonlady]

Bayonetta from Egypt concept art by Mari Shimazaki 

[nadia-cannot-think-straight]

Still can't get over how Reanimator feels like a movie specificaly made for me. Like, everything i like in any story crammed into one thing that lowkey changed my brain chemistry. Simple but well realised and confident story? ✓ Interesting characters with fantastic dynamic? ✓ Very memorable perfomences from the cast? ✓ 80s horror practical effects? ✓ Catchy af soundtrack? ✓ Fun direction? ✓ Gay stuff? ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ Crazy how these mfs knew what i like 20 years before i was even born, wild.

[templevirgin]

[hogwartstoalexandria]

LISTEN

We've been rewatching The Walking Dead from the prison onward and have just made it past S7E01 and I am SO DEEP IN MY RICKYL FEELINGS this has not happened in so long but man. You just cannot watch this show without getting the vibes straight up in your face. I can't.

This is so nostalgic. @twdobsessive @marooncamaro @jeromesankaraao3 @1lostone @serenalunera

Yes, this is because of the spinoffs. We've finished the Maggie and Negan one and have been waiting for all the eps of The Ones Who Live to be released in France to binge. We've only watched the first ep of Daryl—it's hard for us Frenchies to handle so much Frenchness in our Walking Dead 😂.

BUT RICKYL MY GOD I HAVE MISSED YOU

[sarah-dipitous]

One of my other favorite parts about loving Dabi is talking to one of my friends whose blorbo is a redeemed villain who has a completed character arc, fangirling and comparing notes. And every time I’m like “yeah, I think he’ll be alright,” but then he shows up in the manga like this

And I feel insane for being optimistic

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (April 1)

April 1 is the feast of a little-known saint whose story demonstrates the power of the Church as the home of forgiveness, redemption and mercy.

St. Mary of Egypt was a prostitute for 17 years before she received the Eucharist and chose the life of a hermit.

Born in 344 A.D., Mary of Egypt moved to the city of Alexandria when she was 12 years old and worked as a prostitute.

With the intention of continuing her trade, she joined a large group that was making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

On the feast day itself, she joined the crowd as it was headed to the church in order to venerate the relic of the True Cross, again with the intention of luring others into sin.

When she got to the door of the church, she was unable to enter. A miraculous force propelled her away from the door each time she approached.

After trying to get in three or four times, Mary of Egypt moved to a corner of the churchyard and began to cry tears of remorse.

She then saw a statue of the Blessed Virgin. She prayed to the Holy Mother for permission to enter the church for the purposes of venerating the relic.

She promised the Virgin Mother that if she were allowed to enter the church, she would renounce the world and its ways.

Mary of Egypt entered the church, venerated the relic, and returned to the statue outside to pray for guidance.

She heard a voice telling her to cross the Jordan River and find rest.

She set out and in the evening, she arrived at the Jordan and received communion in a church dedicated to St. John the Baptist.

The next day, she crossed the river and went into the desert, where she lived alone for 47 years.

Then, while making his Lenten retreat, a priest named Zosimus found the hermitess.

She asked him to return to the banks of the Jordan on Holy Thursday of the following year and to bring her Communion.

The priest was true to his word and returned bearing the Eucharist.

Mary told him to come back again the next year but to the place where he had originally met her.

When Zosimus returned in a year’s time, he found Mary’s corpse.

On the ground beside it was a written request that she be buried accompanied by a statement that she had died one year ago, in 421 A.D., on the very night she had received Holy Communion.

[dramoor]

“Glory be to God, Who accepts the repentance of sinners.”

~St. Mary of Egypt

[bestmusicalworldcup]

This poll is evaluating stage musicals, not movies.

[classic-art-favourites]

The Rest on the Flight to Egypt by Pompeo Batoni, 1758.

[psalmlover]

our lady of zeitoun

our lady of zeitoun is a marian apparition that appeared on april 2, 1968 at saint mary’s coptic church in cairo, egypt

the apparition would appear for a couple minutes at a time, sometimes on multiple days of the week before the last sighting in 1971