Art Of The Dormition/assumption Never Shows Mary Of Nazareth As An Older Woman. The Catholic Imagination

art of the dormition/assumption never shows mary of nazareth as an older woman. the catholic imagination is so terrified of losing her to abjection and rupture that she is not only not afforded a corpse (with all its wonderful sacraments of sick), but her body is indeed not allowed to bare age at all. what would our faith look like if it left space for the aging, alteric body of the m/Mother?

“when teresa of avila was asked what she did in prayer, she replied, ‘i just allow myself to be loved.’” – anthony de mello

All Praise Be To Allah In Every Situation!!!

marcellus williams’ last statement before his execution.

inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.

(indeed, we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we return).

those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.

isaiah 57:2

i pray for our brother, marcellus williams, that he is reunited with god, and that his family is granted peace. rest in paradise, marcellus.

please smoke in public so i can smell it

this is what all the baristas are thinking about me when i go into the coffee shop and drink an iced oat latte with a little pastry whilst reading my book in the corner

ok but literally...