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tomicscomics · 7 months
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08/25/2023
Jesus doesn't take His followers for granite.
JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. In the full Bible story, Jesus asks His disciples a tough question: "Who am I?"  Simon answers by wholeheartedly declaring that Jesus is the Messiah.  Jesus tells Simon that this perfect answer was a truth revealed to him by God's grace, not by mankind.  Then He renames Simon, saying, "You are Peter (which means "rock"), and upon this rock, I will build My church.  I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.  What you bind and loose on earth shall be bound and loosed in heaven."  Later, in Matthew 18, all the disciples are given the "binding and loosing" power, but the imagery of the keys remains unique to Peter. 2. In this cartoon, Simon-Peter gives his epic answer and Jesus says, "Simon... you rock."  Based on the grammar, this could either mean, "Simon, you are a rock," or, "Simon, you are awesome," (because "you rock" is slang for "you're awesome").  Simon takes it as the latter and is quite elated by Jesus's praise, as anyone ought to be.
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illustratus · 8 months
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Praying Hands by Albrecht Dürer
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haviknovak · 8 months
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Guts - Berserk
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crippledgiraff · 5 months
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pedroam-bang · 8 months
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
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shiroyamaberserk · 7 months
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The sun, the moon, and the eclipse
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angedemystere · 1 year
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dorrance30 · 6 months
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The Twelve Apostles of Jesus.
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coriesu · 1 year
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Pentecost Jean Restout⏤1732
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portraitsofsaints · 7 months
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Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
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Saint Bartholomew, one of the twelve Apostles, was introduced by St. Philip to Jesus, who said “Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile.” (John1:43-51) His name means “son of Tolomai” and he preached the Gospel in India, Mesopotamia, and Armenia. St. Bartholomew was martyred by being flayed and beheaded. His relics are in Rome, Sicily, and Benevento, Italy, Frankfurt, Germany and Canterbury, England.
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momentsbeforemass · 7 months
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Not Nathanael
(for all of us who are less than perfect)
A lot of Apostles share names.
There are two with the name of James. Two Simons, even two Judas’s. But there’s only one Nathanael.
That’s plenty. And today’s Gospel shows us why.
The first time Nathanael and Jesus see each other, everything clicks into place. Jesus says to him, “here is someone in whom there is no deceit.” And Nathanael’s response? “You are the Son of God.”
Unlike every other Apostle, Nathanael immediately knows exactly who Jesus is. Like flipping a switch. How is that even possible?
It’s simple, actually. And it’s a ringing indictment of you and me, and every other person for whom it isn’t like flipping a switch. Because of what it tells us about Nathanael. Which is?
In the words of C.S. Lewis, “It takes holiness to detect holiness.”
That’s why Nathanael immediately knows exactly who Jesus is. Because that’s how holy he is.
Jesus reached out to Nathanael once. And Nathanael got it.
That’s why one Nathanael is plenty. That’s why you and I need the rest of the Apostles. 
Because the rest of the Apostles? They’re a mixed mess. One of them over-promises and underperforms. Two of them are all about recognition and being first. One of them is a revolutionary. Another one has doubts. You get the idea.
The part I love? How Jesus treats the rest of the Apostles. The mixed mess. The ones who aren’t already holy. The not-Nathanael’s.
When they don’t get it immediately? Watch what Jesus does. Jesus doesn’t give up on them.
Time after time. Jesus tells them, and shows them, exactly who He is. And for years, none of it really clicks for them.
But Jesus doesn’t hold them to the Nathanael standard.
Jesus reaches out to them. And keeps reaching out to them. Until they get it.
It shows us that there’s a place in the heart of Jesus for each one of them.
And it’s a sign of hope. For all of us.
Because it shows us that there’s a place in the heart of God for each one of us.
For you and me, and all of the other not-Nathanael’s.
Even if we’re not already holy.
Today’s Readings
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tomicscomics · 8 months
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08/11/2023
Eastern Orthodox Shark Week.
JOKE-OGRAPHY: This comic features a famous episode from the Bible where Jesus walks on water to get to His disciples' boat, which is stuck in a storm.  In this cartoon, however, Jesus is accompanied by a new disciple, a megalodon (giant shark) named Mary.  He calls her "Mary Megalodon," which sounds like "Mary Magdalene," another of Jesus's loyal disciples (the woman who's stowed away in the last panel).  Mary Megalodon is not actually in the canonical books of the Bible.
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illustratus · 5 months
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Homily of an Apostle in Roman Ruins - Circle of Giovanni Paolo Panini
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wiirocku · 11 months
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Acts 4:33 (NLT) - The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God’s great blessing was upon them all.
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frostfiresoul · 5 months
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i had an idea
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The Resurrection of Jesus
1 But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready. 2 And they saw that the stone had been rolled away. 3 And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there. 4 And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men in shining clothing by them: 5 And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying, 7 The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life. 8 And his words came back into their minds, 9 And they went away from that place and gave an account of all these things to the eleven disciples and all the others. 10 Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James: and the other women with them said these things to the Apostles. 11 But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them. 12 But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place. — Luke 24:1-12 | Bible in Basic English (BBE) The Bible in Basic English is in the public domain. Cross References: Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:22; Matthew 27:56; Matthew 28:1-2; Mark 6:30; Mark 9:30; Mark 16:1; Mark 16:11; Mark 16:13-14; Luke 2:9; Luke 7:13; Luke 24:1; Luke 24:3; Luke 24:8,9 and 10; John 2:22; John 19:40; John 20:3; Acts 1:21; Acts 2:24; Galatians 2:15; Revelation 1:18
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