#looking for God

[alaskavanesightings]

Chapel of the Seventh Harvest , after hours // Montana

I will marry on this altar one day

[momentsbeforemass]

The problem with Easter

Many of us have a problem with Easter.

I’m not talking about those of us who are desperate to avoid the reality and the impact of the Resurrection.

I’m talking those of us who believe. And those of us who want to believe.

And the absolute awe and wonder that’s a very human response, a very holy response to the Resurrection. Because it’s hard to overstate the importance of the Resurrection.

The glory of Easter Sunday? It’s some of the purest joy that you and I will ever experience on this side of eternity.

So what’s the problem?

The problem is with us. Here’s what I mean – when you and I see something so amazing, so glorious? We want more. There’s nothing wrong with that.

The problem comes with this unspoken assumption that you and I make. There’s something in us that responds to something that glorious, and our desire to experience it again, by assuming that this is the only way it can happen.

It’s almost like we told ourselves, “That’s how I know it’s really Jesus. When it looks just like Easter Sunday.”

And even though we don’t say it out loud, you and I treat it like a fact-check. Telling ourselves, “If it doesn’t look like that? Then it’s not really Jesus.”

Which is why today’s Gospel is so important.

Today’s Gospel shows us that moment after the Resurrection, when Mary Magdalene doesn’t recognize Jesus.

Jesus isn’t bursting forth from the tomb in a blaze of resurrection glory. The whole rolling back the stone, host of angels, heavenly chorus, Roman soldiers running in terror, sensory overload thing.

Actually, it’s kind of the opposite.

When Mary Magdalene sees Jesus? His appearance is so ordinary, she mistakes Him for the gardener.

The thing is, Mary Magdalene is one of people closest to Jesus. And this is exactly how she’s used to seeing Him. For as long as she’s known Him.

That’s the problem we can have with Easter. That no matter how well we know Jesus. Or how long we’ve known Jesus. We can fall for the blaze-of-glory-or-nothing trap.

Which is why I love the rest of this story.

Even though Mary falls for the blaze-of-glory-or-nothing trap. She doesn’t quit looking for Jesus.

And Jesus? Jesus isn’t upset because she doesn’t recognize Him. Jesus knows about the problem. Which is why Jesus waits, until Mary recognizes Him.

Because the simple truth is – that this is a both-and. For Mary. And for us.

God isn’t limited to monumental events. You and I don’t have to wait until the next blaze of eternal glory to be with God. To feel the presence of God in our lives.

All you and I have to do is follow Mary Magdalene’s lead. Keep looking for God.

When we do, we’ll find Him waiting for us in both the glorious and in the ordinary.

Even on a Tuesday.

Today’s Readings

[p4nishers]

clark shouting "people were going to DIE" in the face of the "think of the consequences of your actions" argument is so fucking important to me bc it really IS that simple you can't look at a genocide and just twiddler your thumbs bc you're a afraid of the consequences ESPECIALLY when you can do something about it and THATS WHAT CLARK DID. WITHOUT HESITATION. WITHOUT CONSIDERING HOW IT COULD HURT HIM. bc hes a good person and in his brain its really just people were going to die so i had to step in bc what else would it be. superman i love you i love you i love you

[zelkams-art]

in all timelines in all possibilities only you can show me this

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

Love it when Rolling Stone puts out an article about the 25 most influential internet creators and I've only heard of 7 of them

[teaboot]

Okay so I'm a security guard, right

And part of why I like my job is cause I'm pretty good at deescalating conflicts without violence or police involvement

And that *might* be because my primary coping mechanism for stress is humor, and if the guy in the uniform isn't stressed out, usually nobody else is either

But anyhow today I witnessed a crime, which 911 had already been called for

And I'm telling the guy, you know, as he's running away, that nobody's gonna touch him, we don't do that here, I don't have any weapons and he can totally walk on out if he wants to

And he gives me this 'go-fuck-yourself" type answer, right? As you do

And I fucking

I fucking. Start danCING

I DONT KNOW WHY

I WAS JUST LIKE "aight guess I'll go fuck myself then, cheerio" AND START FUCKING DANCING

LIKE MY BRAIN WAS LIKE "Cool not being attacked, gotta keep the witnessed calm, gotta stay chill and breezy" AND THE PHYSICAL RESPONSE FOR THAT WAS TO SYART DOING THIS SASSY FUCKING JIG

I DIDNT EVEN REALIZR I WAS FDOUNG IT UNTIL SOMEONE POIU TED IT OUT AFTER

and it all ended fine and the dude is in custody and I get a call from my boss like "Yeah we're gonna need to send footage to police"

AND

FUCKING

THIS IS GOING TO BE SHOWN IN COURT SOMEWHERE

IM DOUNG A SRUPID LITTLE DANCE ON CAMERA AS THIS GUY LOSES HIS MIND AND ITS GONNA BE ON COURT SOMEWHERW

THIS IS THE STUPIDEST FUCKING THING IVE WVER DONE

I HATE MYSELFD

[astral-scout]

party rockers in the

[hinamie]

newest issue of first years fashion just dropped

[bongwalter10]

please don’t take it away from me

[windwenn]

‘You were my new dream’ or however the fuck that scene went

[antennatoheaven]

[perplexi-glass]

I have delivered🫡

Based on my HC from… literally half a day ago blasting 600 strikes on repeat can do wonders apparently

[karda]

i miss science class bro. we dont put things under microscopes as much as we should

[vardapilled]

"No miseries worth complainin' about."

WUNMI MOSAKU as ANNIE SINNERS (2025) dir. Ryan Coogler

[neptunedotnet]

wow, this leaked scene from the minecraft movie looks great