The Annunciation By Mikhail Nesterov. 

not a day passes where i don't think of this butch mary magdalene painting

St. Mary Magdalene (oil, 2009) by Jim Vogel

i love this style of christian art, it's so pretty and delightful. by @.paigepayne_creations on instagram!

Praying is not a way to get what you want. Prayer is the extension of your soul into the world and beyond. To pray is to surrender yourself to the mystery of the divine, and to open yourself to a response you may never have anticipated or wanted. Prayer is an act of humility and acknowledgement that we are part of an infinite cycle centred not on us, but on God. We join with the prayers of those who came before us and those who are yet to come. Our prayers live on even when we have ceased to be. In a way, to pray is to become eternal.

Our Lady Who Brings Down Walls. Separation wall in Bethlehem, Occupied West Bank, Palestine

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

Joan of Arc, pictured in a 1917 hair care manual

Proper Care of the Hair and Scalp, Amant Henry Ohmann-Dumesnil (Saint Louis: University Medical Press, 1917)

jesus was really just like "are you fucking stupid"

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows in Antarctica, the southernmost church in the world

Are you like the only guy who hasn’t been in Jerusalem this weekend? still one of the funniest beats in Scripture

Georg Poppe Joan of Arc burning at the stake

Oil on canvas,  28.3 x 32.4 cm, 1915