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thedavekim · 3 years
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"You are not alone, my child, and you must not be sad. I will be with you always, and my Immaculate Heart will be your comfort and the way which will lead you to God." Our Lady of Fatima ~ 06.13.1917 #lent2021 #day28 #40for40 #mothermary #ourladyoffatima #prayforus #redux #immaculateconception #fiat #notthecar #maryhadalittlelamb #catholic #saint #listentoyourmother #praytherosary #motherofgod #theotokos #backtothedrawingboard #noshamedance https://www.instagram.com/p/CMqTb0MsxXP/?igshid=1hs9z7bprceoo
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catholicpriestmedia · 3 years
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"Keep seeking Jesus in the Eucharist, and you will live with Him as the Most Holy Virgin did in Nazareth." - #SaintTeresaoftheAndes
📷 Adoración al Santísimo Sacramento del Altar / ritalaura / #Cathopic. #CatholicPriestMedia #Lent2021 #Catholic_Priest #Lententide #BlessedVirginMary
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For Easter, we traditionally eat choreg which is a sweet bread made with mahleb, a powder of crushed cherry pits. It has a really beautiful sweetness mixed with the very lightly licorice-y flavor of the mahleb.
I made the biggest batch I’ve ever made today, and my first one without my grandma. They’re not perfect, but they taste fantastic.
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I can’t decide which quote from the reading for Day 3 (in the consecration to St. Joseph book) that I like more 👁👁
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So here’s all of them.
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randisch · 3 years
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Ash Wednesday is full of joy . . . The source of all sorrow is the illusion that of ourselves we are anything but dust.
Thomas Merton
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dry-valleys · 3 years
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Maundy Thursday
Between the brown hands of a server-lad The silver cross was offered to be kissed. The men came up, lugubrious, but not sad, And knelt reluctantly, half-prejudiced. (And kissing, kissed the emblem of a creed.) Then mourning women knelt; meek mouths they had, (And kissed the Body of the Christ indeed.) Young children came, with eager lips and glad. (These kissed a silver doll, immensely bright.) Then I, too, knelt before that acolyte. Above the crucifix I bent my head: The Christ was thin, and cold, and very dead: And yet I bowed, yea, kissed - my lips did cling. (I kissed the warm live hand that held the thing.)
https://allpoetry.com/Maundy-Thursday
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indigoinsecurity · 3 years
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Our mother of sorrows, with strength from above you stood by the cross, sharing in the sufferings of Jesus, and with tender care you bore Him in your arms, mourning and weeping
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bluemonkwrites · 3 years
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A little Good Friday poem for you. #poetry #goodfriday #Jesus #lent2021 #typewriterpoetry #hanxwriter https://www.instagram.com/p/CNKo1Rgn767/?igshid=1c33e92j61m7k
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pastel-academic · 3 years
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To my Catholics out there, idk who needs to hear this but just because you failed your Lenten resolution doesn’t mean the entirety of lent was failure and you won’t still succeed. The same applies for New Years resolutions, or really any other goal setting in life ❤️ 🙏 just keep praying and staying strong ❤️
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catholic-quotes · 3 years
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catholicpriestmedia · 3 years
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"God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering." - #SaintAugustineofHippo
📷 Church Crucifix /© whitemay / #GettyImages. #CatholicPriestMedia #Catholic_Priest #Lententide #YearofSaintJoseph #TheSeasonofLent #Lent2021
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I’d like to make a note about a post I just reblogged regarding the common refrain of “Easter is a repackaged Pagan holiday” that we hear around this time of year. Even though the author of that post @littledoomwitch is no longer active, they make good points and I highly recommend reading the post.
I particularly want to address the idea of a cultural shift and cultural traditions blending. The ideas of Christian celebrations like Christmas and Easter began during the Roman Empire, where early Christians practiced in secret as Christianity was illegal and those found to be practicing could be severely persecuted.
Thus, when the holidays of Christmas and Easter began, being able to hide the holidays in plain sight was key. To a Roman onlooker, the family was celebrating Roman religious festivals and would not be suspicious. Therefore, Christians adopted certain aspects of Roman tradition and utilized them in their celebrations. So Christmas was celebrated during Saturnalia, a festive holiday where gifts were given. Other elements of Saturnalia also likely spilled into Christmas celebrations. Over time, and even after Christianity became legal and widely practiced, people could not separate what traditions were inherent to the Christian practice and which were adopted from Roman celebrations, so the two remained blended together and interwoven.
Easter’s date is determined by the Jewish celebration of Passover, since the story of Jesus’ passion is linked both chronologically and spiritually with the holiday. Since Judaism operates on a lunar calendar, the date of Passover changes yearly. Thus, despite Christian holidays not being determined by a lunar calendar in any other case, Easter must be. This is not because Christians wanted to “override” a pre-existing spring festival, but because the holiday is bound to Passover. (Note: Judaism has existed in some form alongside and even before many common pagan traditions. The religion itself is over 3,000 years old. They weren’t “stealing” a lunar-based spring holiday any more than the Celts stole the idea from the Egyptians. It’s a common thing and has been for millennia) @littledoomwitch does a good job of explaining other common misconceptions surrounding Easter in the original post.
Finally, as Christianity spread, some religious elements from the local pagan religion blended into the Christian and produced a blended regional belief and tradition. Some of this was due to forced conversions and the same practices that Christians used during the early days in the Roman empire, where religious rites were practiced in secret with the disguise of Christianity to hide the illegal ceremony. Others came from those who willingly chose to convert, but enjoyed or appreciated elements of their traditional practices and continued them alongside Christian holidays.
This is how even today, we get folk Catholicism, rootwork and ancestral magic alongside Christianity, Santeria, and other practices that utilize Christian beliefs alongside elements from pagan or indigenous religions. Hell, even today there are neopagan practitioners who just really like that thing their culture does for Easter and makes it part of their Ostara practice. These practices didn’t appropriate elements or religious beliefs, they blended over time, just as food, language, and other cultural elements do.
So in conclusion, yes some elements of major Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter are similar to and derived from pagan traditions, the ways that these elements have blended across various cultures and times and their specific uses and spiritual meanings have shifted from a purely “pagan” belief, to a blended one that is now utilized in a Christian belief system.
Therefore, even if some elements seem similar, it’s inaccurate to say “Easter is all pagan! They just shoved Jesus into a pagan celebration!” and rather “As cultures shifted and evolved, elements of different practices blended and merged to incorporate pagan elements into the inherently Christian celebration of Easter.” This is particularly true because the actual spiritual/religious meaning behind Easter is aggressively Abrahamic and follows up and intertwines deeply with Jewish prophecy and scripture.
Real quick edit: This is not to say that Easter is Passover either. The timing aligns with Passover and the Passion of Jesus corresponds with elements of Messianic prophecy of Jewish teachings. The actual holidays are celebrated much differently (especially nowadays) and focus on different religious events (Easter: the death and resurrection of Jesus a solely Christian figure, Passover: the freeing of the Jewish people from slavery). They’re just linked in the calendar, not in practice.
Don’t host a seder because “Easter is passover!” Its not. That’s appropriative and disrespectful. No.
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Making some dehydrated kale chips for this Friday in Lent 😌
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sfitts · 3 years
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Lent 2020. During Lent I make small works and leave them for people to find. The idea is to make someone’s day better. Maybe they will take it, or maybe they will leave it for someone else. #sethfittsartist #sethfittsart #sethfitts #lent2021 (at Mellow Mushroom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLhn7hAFDrj/?igshid=168tlcp1lc2bu
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