#the Mother of God

[maekar76]

The legend states that the Virgin appeared to an Indian, Juan Diego, with a message for [Bishop] Zumarraga. The bishop did not believe what the Indian told him, until a series of miracles forced him to believe. As a result, and under direct instructions from the Virgin, a chapel was built at the place of the apparitions. Historians have searched in vain for any indication in the records of Zumarraga and his contemporaries that any part of this story is true. Furthermore, an early Christian chronicler declares that the place where the Virgin supposedly appeared was the very hill where the Indians worshipped the goddess called Tonantzin, the “mother of the gods,” and that the Indians simply continued worshipping the old goddess under a new name.

But no matter what may be the events behind it, the legend itself is a vindication of the oppressed Indian over against the Spanish bishop. In the end, the bishop had to do what the Indian told him. Ever since, the Virgin of Guadalupe has been more than an object of devotion. She became the symbol and rallying point of Mexican national sentiment against any form of foreign intervention.

Excerpt from, The Story of Christianity Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation by Justo L. Gonzalez

[poem-today]

A poem by W. B. Yeats

The Mother of God

The threefold terror of love; a fallen flare Through the hollow of an ear; Wings beating about the room; The terror of all terrors that I bore The Heavens in my womb.

Had I not found content among the shows Every common woman knows, Chimney corner, garden walk, Or rocky cistern where we tread the clothes And gather all the talk?

What is this flesh I purchased with my pains, This fallen star my milk sustains, This love that makes my heart’s blood stop Or strikes a sudden chill into my bones And bids my hair stand up?

W. B. Yeats (1865-1939)

Image: The Annunciation by Caravaggio��(1608) housed in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy.

[severin-photocopy]

Sacher-Masoch out here distributing queer representation left and right. Mardona bisexual confirmed

[babydolllblogger]

he only exists in my dreams . ۫ ꣑ৎ . mine

[heavendollie]

Ultraviolence, 2014

[cigarettefawn]

Oh just shut up you’re only 16.

[who-always-pays-their-taxes]

Tim’s workaholic tendencies are so funny. Imagine this boy is sooo high on pain meds and trying so desperately to type up a report but it’s just “the susspetttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttggffggggggggg g gg. g” but bc he’s so out of it he’s like “i am doing so well at report writing” and so he submits it- confidentially might i add. Batman receives it like “this is obviously a coded message, my son needs help.”

[eaissilyy]

A kinder mother would sure seek her sons, even if it was her who abandoned them.

(Just a Thought of Marika in ragged clothes and covered in veil, unfortunately didn’t hide her grace, descending down to the shunning ground she made to cage her rage and grief from the time long past, just to see her sons who she refused to hold and look at their births. SADLY THAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED AHUGHGAHHHHH)

[d0llkisses]

[gregorsheart]

Die Gottesmutter ending, oh my god. OH MY GOD! OH MY GAAAAAAAHHDD! (I loved it)

[orbinpng]

i hope you know i genuinely start sobbing over grunkle stan when i draw him like this , my maternal instincts overwhelm me

[sonic-adventure-3]

it’s crazy that rouge straight up said this and people still see her as a mother figure lmaooo

[mothermarysprotection]

Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God & Mass Readings and Reflection - ...

[heavendollie]

The right person will stay ♱

[the-muppet-joker]

Mother has paid handsomely for my new apartment. I am surprised she was willing to cover the security deposit and moving expenses. She almost seems more excited than I am for me to move out!