February 2012
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My upstairs neighbor
is the gruntiest sex-haver of all sex-havers.
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Blessed Angela of Foligno, Pray for us
“On every level of life, the institutions that had seemed capable of receiving...”
– Peter Brown, the Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity
“Byzantines expected, occasionally, to weep for their own death in sin that way:...”
– Peter Brown, The Rise and Function of the Holy Man in Late Antiquity
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“Relax. In 500 years, you won’t even think about it.”
– Fr. L, on finals. (via shortbreadsh)
relevant to my comps anxiety
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A selection of sentences from today's Feminist...
shortbreadsh:
The device of a feminist fourfold allows for the exploration of the potentiality of gender, race, and queerness for an amorous and prolific manifold.
The preliminary feminist explosions of apocalyptic intensity blew across all the language-sensitive fields.
We might all agree that feminist theology has from birth confronted a dual dynamic of obstruction, a redoubled density of...
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Bifrost Arts/Shara Worden: Kyrie
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“Hear, O God, my petition, listen to my prayer. Who is speaking? An individual,...”
– St. Augustine, a commentary on the psalms
from today’s office of readings
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Why even if God does not exist, I would still be a...
nikosnature:
This evening I answered the following question posed by an anonymous solicitor:
What if you’re wrong about Christianity and there is no God. Would you feel you’ve wasted your life?
A question that I often as myself in terms of discernment is, If I somehow found out on my deathbed that God did not exist, would I regret being a nun? And my answer is no, because in light of my...
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“Thereby, to convert means: not to live as all the others live, not do what all...”
– Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
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“Jesus had to acquire the disciples from God. The same is always true. We...”
– Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger on New Evangelization
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The Rosary is NOT a necklace.
mariellacecilia:
In case you didn’t know.
No offense to the individual people who posted/reblogged this, but I see a variation of this post on the Catholic tag at least once a week.
Who cares?
At least in my neighborhood, the people who wear Rosaries around their neck are roughly the same demographic as those who might have Our Lady of Guadalupe tattoos: poor, and they have some sort of...
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“In each room, single men and whole families are packed together, sharing a...”
– another NYT article from 1994
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“Twice a week, the nuns make home visits in the neighborhood, checking on the...”
– I found this article on the CFRs from 1992.
Highlights: Father Richard being a 23-year old brother who says “honey”; also, things that make me cry
acatholicvibe:
Tonight at Mass I was so distracted by the people in front of me talking during Mass, and their kids horsing around, playing. It was upsetting. I don’t really blame the little kids when the adults weren’t setting a good example.
uggghhhhhhh
Sunday Mass is the hardest time for me to be Christ-like, because everyone around me is so freaking annoying. I’m pretty sure I sit...
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“Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her:
Good morning!
You’re beautiful...”
– After reading this verse in the Message and looking at the Classics Ryan Gosling Tumblr, one has the desire to imagine the angel arriving and saying “Salve, puella” or “χαιρε κόρη”.
Luke 1:28. I’m sorry I just can’t help reading the Message for the lolz.
“GOOD MORNING!”
(via shortbreadsh)
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shaking and crying
me: Is it true that you knew Pope John Paul II before he was pope?
Anthony: Yes. He was my professor for two semesters.
me: What was he like? Was he nice?
Anthony: Yes. Very nice.
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“Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her:
Good morning!
You’re beautiful...”
– Luke 1:28. I’m sorry I just can’t help reading the Message for the lolz.
“GOOD MORNING!”
(via shortbreadsh)
In addition to the hilarious inaccuracy, this translation has the “advantage” of making Gabriel sound really creepy. “Inside and out…not that that could potentially sound weird given the...
TW: Lord's Prayer Desecration
acatholicvibe:
Have you read The Message version of the Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)
The Message
9-13 With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this: Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do what’s best— as above, so below. Keep us alive with three square meals. Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others....
“Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her:
Good morning!
You’re...”
– Luke 1:28. I’m sorry I just can’t help reading the Message for the lolz.
“GOOD MORNING!”
“When little girls played games in fourth-century Syria, they played at monks and...”
– Peter Brown, Society and the Holy
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“Initial enthusiasm is easy. Afterward, though, it is time to stand firm, even...”
– Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth (via invisibleforeigner)
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Discussions on The Message
waskommenmag:
Some people call The Message “paraphrase,” which may or may not be correct. I don’t know. Peterson has said that the point of his writing it was to have the words strike the believer in context; i.e., that the reader would hear the words with the same familiarity that the first century Galatians or Ephesians would have heard the words of the epistle. I don’t think that’s a terrible...
2 Cor 5:20
NRSV: So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
MSG: We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God;...
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waskommenmag replied to your post: waskommenmag replied to your post: With regards to…
How DARE they care about the environment!
Wait, are you in favor of The Message?
I don’t know anything about the people who compiled this list, but I don’t think the issue is so much MSG’s translators caring about the environment, as much as it’s about putting words into...
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“I think that this experience you are having of losing your faith, or as you...”
– Flannery O’Connor (via invisibleforeigner)
The contents of my refrigerator
awkwardbutaccurate:
2 bottles vodka A jar of mayo that I will likely never use Butter Orange juice Soy sauce Worcestershire sauce 2 different types of hot sauce Half of a lime Mustard 2 bottles of wine Many ketchup packets Half & Half Carrots Two eggs
Note the lack of any legitimate staple food. I am bad at being an adult.
Mine is approximately the same. Soymilk, OJ, Beer, shredded...
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waskommenmag replied to your post: With regards to The Message….
crossroad.to/Bible_s… This is some pretty hilarious unintentional comedy, by the way.
Col 2:10 is my favorite
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iwantnothingless replied to your quote: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my…
The translation I know includes the phrase “He hath holpen His servant Israel in remembrance of His mercy”. Holpen.
Gonna chant this loud and proud next time I’m with the monks.
echoesandsighs asked: With regards to The Message, I've always been taught to never use it for exegesis or any type of teaching. It is a paraphrase, so it should be used for reference only, which can be useful if you are struggling with the wording of a passage. Unfortunately people enjoy using it as their main source of Scripture, and that is disturbing lol.
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“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my...”
– The Canticle of Mary, Divine Office translation
Last night during Evening Prayer I couldn’t find the Magnificat so I had to say it by heart. And finally… I almost got the whole thing down! I always get a little fuzzy in the last part though.
Does anyone know of a recording of the...
acatholicvibe asked: I googled "the message bible". I had never heard of it. wow. That was very strange. Borderline disturbing. I still cant get the "what the...?" look off my face.
thelakehive:
“But if you’re content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself”
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Luke 14:11 (the Message)
I seriously don’t think the Message should be able to call itself a Bible translation.
“For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” - Luke 14:11, NRSV
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In Other News The Sky is Blue →
awkwardbutaccurate:
BREAKING news that the Church condemns artificial fertilization.
I really don’t mean to generalize, buy isn’t going to any length possible to imprint your own genetic code on the Earth instead of giving a home to an already born child kind of arrogant? People are evidently pissed at this (old) news, but isn’t Benedict’s position the more loving position? Is having children...
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getmetoanunnery replied to your post: Ah! would to God that all the honest girls and…
What on earth kind of book is this?
A credible, historically accurate book by a man who happened to claim that the Jesuits killed Abraham Lincoln. It is not at all an excuse for him to write down all his sexual fantasies.
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Ah! would to God that all the honest girls and women whom the devil entraps into the snares of auricular confession, could bear the cries of distress of those poor priests whom they have tempted— forever destroyed!