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[pablo-garegnani]

Caja de herramientas para planificar un encuentro de catequesis

¿Cómo armar un encuentro de catequesis? ¿Por dónde comenzar? ¿Qué pasos debemos dar? Existen múltiples modos de planificar una experiencia educativa. La siguiente es, tan sólo, uno de esos tantos modelos, inspirado en el Método Catequístico: Situación, Iluminación y Respuesta (oración y compromiso). En este posteo, queremos acercarte un conjunto de herramientas que puedan ser de utilidad al…

[kuipiedekat]

Denislav edition (with some notes on how to print lithographs...)

[dilutedh2so4]

Ruth and Naomi: Are They Gay? (part one)

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“Ruth said, ‘Do not press me to go back and abandon you! Wherever you go I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people and your God, my God. Where you die I will die, and there be buried. May the Lord do thus to me, and more, if even death separates me from you!’”

Ruth 1:16-17

You may expect this declaration of devotion to be made between two enamoured lovers. It does sound quite similar to wedding vows, especially "until death do us part" or even "for better or for worse, in sickness and in health." In fact, the YouCat (the Catholic Catechism designed for young people) quotes this exact passage in its section on marriage.

Yet these words were not made as a promise between husband and wife, but instead between two women.

The story of Ruth and Naomi can be found in the aptly named "Book of Ruth." In summary, Naomi's family move from Judah to Moab because of a famine. There, they meet Ruth and her sister Orpah. Naomi's sons marry the two women, and they live in peace for a time. Then, a sudden illness strikes, and both the boys (Mahlon and Chilion) and their father (Elimelech) die.

With nothing left, Naomi decides she must return to her homeland of Bethlehem (in Judah). Ruth and Orpah object, and offer to go with her, but Naomi tries to dissuade them. She says doesn't have any more sons for them to marry, giving them no financial or social security - to her, it seems, she is now useless and worthless. Orpah comes to accept this, remaining in Moab, but Ruth will not relent. It is here she makes her heartfelt speech stated at the start of this post, vowing her entire life to Naomi. Just normal friendship things! This causes Naomi to realise Ruth's love for her, so she finally accepts the offer.

Some of you may be thinking, "This is just platonic! This is just friendship! This is what any woman would do! Why do you have to make everything gay?"

Well, ask yourselves this: is it gay to leave behind your country and all the people you've ever known (including your sister) just to accompany another woman to her homeland?

...A homeland which you have never been to, and where the people there are your enemies? (Numbers 21, Judges 3)

...Travelling across a hostile desert environment, on your own for all we know? (see a map of Moab to Bethlehem)

...Despite your lover insisting you stay, and your sister deciding to stay, but instead you dedicate your life and soul to your lover? (Ruth 1:14-18)

Makes you think.

I can already see your objections: "But then Ruth married Boaz [her male relative]! Naomi told her to do it!"

Again, let us consider Naomi and Ruth's social standing. They were both women, both widows, both poor and starving. Ruth had to go foraging in the fields, collecting scraps of grain left behind so they could eat! (see Ruth 2:2-3, referring to Leviticus 23:22)

*this post is getting long so i'll post part two soon **sorry for the inconvenience lol

image credit: william blake

[jacksprostate]

sometimes I look at my cats and I'm like... lowkey they are reminding me

edit: forgot to write. Buff Cat loves to lick people. youcat will also gently lick your nose but Buff Cat will actively wrestle your arm to him so he can sandpaper and drool on it. he also talks a lot more than youcat. also for clarification they both have herpes. they came that way. youcat also has mild asthma probably. Buff Cat is the one milking my wallet at the vet with foreign body consumption and urinary crystals

[cissypc]

Mk 8, 34 – 9, 1

He summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them: "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? What could one give in exchange for his life?

Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this faithless and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels."

He also said to them, "Amen, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see that the kingdom of God has come in power."

[laus-deo]

Dos herramientas para la catequesis juvenil: el nuevo YouCat y «Catequesis en diálogo»

No hay duda de que es un gran reto transmitir a los jóvenes la fe, tanto la experiencia como sus contenidos, en un entorno muy distinto al que vivieron sus padres… y hasta sus catequistas. El catecismo YouCat (catecismo para jóvenes) es una herramienta ya probada, que nació poco antes de la JMJ de Madrid en 2011 y tiene ya trece años de experiencia. A partir del catecismo de Juan Pablo II de 1992…

[slavicprincess1966]

my moms bf asked me to do some research on bibles i like bc he would like to get me a full one (since the only bible i own is youcat selected texts) and i cant decide between ignatius rsv2ce, womens nrsvce journal, or catechetical commentary didache

Christ pls speak to me through others' reviews on blogs??!1

[chicagocatholicman]

Pope Francis has written a letter to young people for the new edition of YouCat, the youth version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

“Love is the primary reason for the existence of the Church,” the Pope wrote. “I speak, first of all, of the love of tenderness and mercy that God the Father has for every human being and that Jesus the Son has revealed to us with His life, His death, and His resurrection.”

[sakrumverum]

Ruhestand: Bernhard Meuser verlässt YOUCAT ➡️ https://www.die-tagespost.de/kirche/aktuell/ruhestand-bernhard-meuser-verlaesst-youcat-art-247141

[kuipiedekat]

There's many colours in the acid rainbow

🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪🟫⬛

[materialdecatequese]

Novidades! 02-11-2023

Ficheiro zip com atividades YouCat For Kids, disponível nas secções de material do 3º ao 6º ano, na respetiva sub-secção Atividades.

[dilutedh2so4]

Biblical Book of Ruth: Homoerotic undertones? (full)

image credit: helene rogers (i think)

“Ruth said, ‘Do not press me to go back and abandon you! Wherever you go I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people and your God, my God. Where you die I will die, and there be buried. May the Lord do thus to me, and more, if even death separates me from you!’”

Ruth 1:16-17

You may expect this declaration of devotion to be made between two enamoured lovers. It does sound quite similar to wedding vows, especially "until death do us part" or even "for better or for worse, in sickness and in health." In fact, the YouCat (the Catholic Catechism designed for young people) quotes this exact passage in its section on marriage! (see end of post for sources)

Yet these words were not made as a promise between husband and wife, but instead between two women.

The story of Ruth and Naomi can be found in the aptly named "Book of Ruth." In summary, Naomi's family move from Judah to Moab because of a famine. There, they meet Ruth and her sister Orpah. Naomi's sons marry the two women, and they live in peace for a time. Then, a sudden illness strikes, and both the boys (Mahlon and Chilion) and their father (Elimelech) die.

With nothing left, Naomi decides she must return to her homeland of Bethlehem (in Judah). Ruth and Orpah object, and offer to go with her, but Naomi tries to dissuade them. She says doesn't have any more sons for them to marry, giving them no financial or social security - to her, it seems, she is now useless and worthless. Orpah comes to accept this, remaining in Moab, but Ruth will not relent. It is here she makes her heartfelt speech stated at the start of this post, vowing her entire life to Naomi. Just normal friendship things! This causes Naomi to realise Ruth's love for her, so she finally accepts the offer.

Some of you may be thinking, "This is just platonic! This is just friendship! This is what any woman would do! Why do you have to make everything gay?"

Well, ask yourselves this: is it gay to leave behind your country and all the people you've ever known (including your sister) just to accompany another woman to her homeland?

...A homeland which you have never been to, and where the people there are your enemies? (Numbers 21, Judges 3)

...Travelling across a hostile desert environment, on your own for all we know? (see a map of Moab to Bethlehem)

...Despite your lover insisting you stay, and your sister deciding to stay, but instead you dedicate your life and soul to your lover? (Ruth 1:14-18)

Makes you think.

I can already see your objections: "But then Ruth married Boaz [her male relative]! Naomi told her to do it!"

Again, let us consider Naomi and Ruth's social standing. They were both women, both widows, both poor and starving. Ruth had to go foraging in the fields, collecting scraps of grain left behind so they could eat! (see Ruth 2:2-3, referring to Leviticus 23:22)

These women needed a male relative to survive, a "guardian redeemer." This was the practice, highlighted in Leviticus 25:25-28 and Deuteronomy 25:5-10, where a man had the duty of restoring the land and marrying the widow of a kinsman who had died without an heir.

"Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, taking her in marriage and performing the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed to the name of the deceased brother, so that his name may not be blotted out of Israel."

Deuteronomy 25:5-6

This union of Ruth and Boaz was a matter of survival. Naomi may have seemed excited and insistent in Ruth 2:20, but this was only after she realised Boaz was their kin and could 'redeem' Ruth. She was relieved they would not have to scavenge, starve, and suffer for much longer. She says this herself in Ruth 3:1, "My daughter, I must seek a home for you!"

Her use of "daughter" when referring to Ruth may irk some of you, but it is only a term of endearment. Boaz himself uses the same phrase for her, in Ruth 3:10, where it is implied they subsequently had sex.

[The inferred age gap between Ruth and Naomi might also irk you, but according to Ruth Rabbah 6:2 (a 6th century commentary on Ruth), Boaz was 80 and Ruth was 40 years old.]

Soon after, they are married, and Ruth bears Boaz a son. He is named Obed, and he will be the grandfather of King David. Here is the passage in full:

So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. When they came together, the Lord made her conceive, and she bore a son. Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel! He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him.” Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom and became his nurse. The women of the neighbourhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.”

Ruth 4:13-17

That final line, "a son has been born to Naomi," is particularly interesting to me. It is probably referencing how this firstborn will carry on her son Mahlon's legacy, but I like to think this is a subtle nod to Ruth and Naomi's relationship. I like to think it solidifies their "marriage," which began with those vows in Ruth 1, and ends here with the birth of a child they will raise together. A child not said to be born to Ruth's husband Boaz, but to Naomi - her (very hopefully possibly definitely) lover.

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Thank you for reading! This was just me waffling, trying to prove a point to one of my friends. I hope it made sense.

I will repeat, THIS IS JUST AN INTERPRETATION. I don't think this is what the writers originally intended, however - as a lesbian raised Catholic - I think it's fun/interesting to explore different possibilities: possibilities that I'm not wrong, I'm not evil, I've always been here, I'm not alone.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN LOL

Fun Fact: Bethlehem translates to "House of Bread," which is ironic considering Naomi's family had to flee from there because of famine.

SOURCES: YouCat, page 141 of 274 - YOUCAT (wordpress.com) Book of Ruth, chapters 1-4 - Ruth 1-4 NRSVUE Ruth Rabbah, 6:2 - Ruth Rabbah 6:2 with Lexicon (sefaria.org)

[heresylog]

howdy Ms. Heresy! im wondering, i kinda wanna learn what catholicism is like. actually about, yalls practices and that sorta stuff, do u happen to have any recommendations on resources?

I recommend reading the US Catholic Cathechism book for adults. Most people will recommend the universal one but it’s so long and boring and wordy. That’s definitely one to buy and have on hand.

Also buy the YOUCAT.

I’d also get a book explaining Mass and the different rituals and prayers.

But if you’re really serious about learning talk to a priest. You can usually make an appointment with one at your local parish.

[gadisjahe]

Thank you! . . . #justastory #ladang #gadisjahe #happy #happiness #happylife #youcat #bibel #webinargembala #komkep #komisikepemudaan #gerejakatolik #thankyou https://www.instagram.com/p/B4gJWnUF9Jr/?igshid=1mgw2rifedmee

[cissypc]

Lk 23, 35-43

The people stood by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said, "He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Messiah of God." Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine they called out, "If you are King of the Jews, save yourself."

Above him there was an inscription that read, "This is the King of the Jews."

Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us." The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, "Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation? And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He replied to him, "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

[orquideo]

Santa Noite! 😀 #boanoite #noite #Imaculada #Vocação #SalveMaria #Jesus #NossaSenhora #Franciscanos #Carmelitas #Santateresinha #Católico #PapaFrancisco #Deus #Youcat #SantaEscravidão #Desenhandomaria #Foto #Católica #totustuusmariae #Vidareligiosa #CIC #Santaigreja #SantaMissa #Missa #ColodeDeus #Shalom #Carmelo #virgemmaria