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The Beach Boys's Brian Wilson sits alone in a church. (c. 70s/80s, photographer unknown)

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lord give me strength, lord use my anger for good, lord give my heart the strength to love, lord let me care more for the safety of the oppressed than the suffering of the oppressors, lord grant me the power of self control, lord may your justice be swift but my heart filled with love, not hatred, lord let me help without hurting others, lord protect me, lord help me. I can’t do this on my own

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St. Francis of Assisi with the Birds

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st hildegard of bingen and one of her visions

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Caravaggio - The Crowning with Thorns (1602-1604)

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Another banger from St. Paul in today's gospel...

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Simone Weil - Gravity and Grace

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Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins, have mercy upon us!

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Saint Joan of Arc.

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am i the only one who doesn’t see the bible as the literal word of God?

like, i more so see it as a collection of stories explaining the nature of God and the life of Christ

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accessory of silk and cotton, russia c. 1500s.

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People who read the Song of Songs and strip away all of the sexuality and pretend it's all intellectual and allegorical are so BORING. Look me in the eye and tell me there isn't something holy about two people desiring each other and finding a bodily union there in. Try to tell me that's not god-ordained come ON

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me

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İnterior of the Frauenkirche, Munich, 1864

Ferdinand Jodl, 1805-1882

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich, Germany

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An Italian statue of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows.