Cant Pray My Way Out Of It But I Can Pray My Way Through It Thats How This Works

Saint Sebastian, Gabriel Picart, 2015

@maschiio

joan of arc was a butch lesbian. & a gay trans man. & nonbinary. & all these things at once. cope

transgenderism isn’t an ideology it’s a gift from God actually

thinking about when a door-to-door missionary asked my dad if he had a personal relationship with jesus and he replied, deadpan, "I eat him."

At the Last Judgment I shall not asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises, nor how many bows and prostrations I made. Instead I shall be asked did I feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and the prisoners. That is all I shall be asked.

St. Maria of Paris, quoted in Fr. Roberto Ubertino, To Give a Beautiful Witness: The Rule of St. John the Compassionate Mission

happy pride month to religious queer people, who feel like they’re contradictions, or told that they’re contradictions, but stay true to these important parts of themselves anyway. happy pride to the queer religious people who have to explain their identities, and who have to defend their faith or their queerness in either circle.

i love you, i am one of you, thank you for being in this community with me.

you don’t hate modern religious music, you hate megachurch worship bands that play to packed stadiums and roll in cash while writing the most stereotypical and soulless lyrics imaginable

A God who came near and died for love is a God in solidarity with all those who suffer and are oppressed. This is a God who is incarnate in our hands and hearts. The birth of Jesus is a reminder that God is present in our fragility and solidarity and love. We must carry this candle through the dark.