#monastic...

[bowelfly]

Brother Ignatz trying to get out of dish duty by pretending to be a stand of reeds. again.

[gachimushi]

Brother Gregor spending his morning in the garden.

[valdevia]

Brother Alfons could never sit still during morning prayer.

A little monastic jerboa for @bowelfly!

[greenishness]

I haven't seen the movie yet but I do wonder about the way people on here seem to read Lomeli / Lawrence as a guy who hates his job and his coworkers sooooo bad because tbh one of the traits that endeared me most to him is his exasperated affection for the other cardinals ? They get on his nerves soo bad and he would happily tuck every single one of them into bed and kiss them goodnight in the evening. There's an almost condescending note to it at times: As dean he is their guide, their shepherd. Every time one of them pisses him off he gets bitchy and then ends it on an empathetic and benevolent inner monologue because they are literally his brothers in Christ and they are the Church and the Church is the body of God. His Catholicism translates to compulsively loving every single one of his annoying coworkers wholeheartedly. And he MEANS IT.

[brotherhumphrey]

a couple of people have expressed their confusion, so, for all who need it, here's a quick and easy guide to the monastic prayer times!

matins = nighttime

lauds = early morning

prime = first hour of daylight

terce = third hour

sext = noon

nones = ninth hour

vespers = sunset

secret vespers = in the crypt whenever the cock crows thrice

forbidden vespers = in the forest every full moon

eternal vespers = nobody knows, because none who have attended eternal vespers have returned

compline = end of the day

group meowing = about five o clock daily

hope this helps!!

[alexandria-thornton]

I can't believe I haven't said this sooner, but I hate his green stubble. His head looks like it has been covered in AstroTurf

[the-muppet-joker]

I need to come clean about something personal but I am wary of the judgement I will receive...

I have submitted an application to a monastery in my state and begun the process of becoming a novice monk. I have a complicated relationship with my faith and I believe this is a necessary step to making peace with God, especially after my recent struggles with the sin of greed (selling fake NFTs to my followers for hundreds of dollars). If this process goes any further, I may have to leave certain communities that are leading me to the Devil, such as the Hobby Horsing community and yes, even this Tumblr blog. I hope you all understand. Have a blessed night.

[ptr-sqloint]

blorbo from my brain <3

[religious-extremist]

[bowelfly]

Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns

[gachimushi]

Brother Gregor cooking up dinner while the others sneef eagerly in anticipation.

[soulrestinginstpetersburg]

Icons made by nuns from monastery Gradac, Serbia

[sforzesco]

frequently what happens is I'll be drawing a comic and think, huh. I wonder what shoes a 14th/15th century cardinal would wear. I bet they had fancy rules about it, and the answer will be in a 500 page book about the early modern cardinal. I'll think, 'WELLLLLL since I'm already here, I'll check out this other chapter that sounds interesting,' and then I'll find out that the vatican is literally hazardous to your health, but from that point on I'll be locked in for the entire book. I'll start reading through all the citations while checking to see what else some of the contributors have written. the comic has been forgotten entirely because I need to know more about the hats.

[medievalreligiousfanatic]

[alexandria-thornton]

Kermit is making strange bleating noises in his sleep. He's also (vexingly) pointing his nethers at the air in a rhythmic motion. I truly wish I was not witnessing this but given the stress of everything going on I am unable to sleep on this night.

[bebemoon]

look for the name SAINT (requested by anonymous) | ann demeulemeester loose white dress (s/s 1997), { hair } audrey marnay @ tse a/w 1999, zoran light brown soft leather sandals, alkemia "gothique" perfume ("a byzantine monastic incense recipe of somalian frankincense, styrax benzoin, arabian myrrh, cassia, spikenard, canella, liquidambar orientalis, labdanum, atlas cedar, and vetiver."), lamagdala (on etsy) "our lady of kevelaer crowned by angels" genuine gray druzy agate choker necklace (featuring german inscription: "O Mary Conceaved Without Sin Pray For Us Who Have Recourse To Thee.") (medal c. 18oo's)