#christ mass

[heresylog]

hello ms log, sorry if this is a stupid question, but why is only Christmas (nativity of our Lord) called Christmas? isn't every mass Christ's mass? tried googling the etymology but it didn't explain why the term is unique to Christmas when it seems like a pretty generic term

Hi there! I am not a scholar so I haven’t researched this in depth. I do know that you’re correct in the every Mass is Christ’s Mass. I would assume it’s just due to human nature. Think about it, most people who don’t go to church regularly make sure to hit Christmas Mass. I’m sure Christ’s Mass became just for the Nativity Mass because of that.

[agreenroad]

Archangel Gabriel

Archangel Gabriel message; Joining together in peace, goodness, mercy, forgiveness, kindness and love encompasses the entire law. Be of good cheer in this season of Christ-mass. Live in your heart and feel all feelings there, as they are good, noble and worthy. Guard your heart from darkness and illusions, which come like a thief in the night, to steal your heart’s peace, love, tranquility and…

[puppyeared]

littlest furth shop

@laikascomet

[xehanortsreport]

you ever just think about the heartless manufactory. peak environmental horror (dreamy sigh)

[unabashedllamamusic]

Yk what's fucking great about Mass Effect? In my two playthroughs so far (both femshep, one with a Traynor romance and one with a Liara romance), Shepard wants a normal family life. With Liara, it's lots of "little blue" kids, and with Traynor it's a house, white picket fence, two kids, and a dog. I feel like 99% of the time when a badass female lead wants children it takes away from their badassery or their independence, it's a way to tie them down and make them seem more domestic. Somehow (I credit Jennifer Hale's incredible voice acting), instead it feels more like Shepard wants to be normal. She spends three games getting thrown into insane situations that she didn't ask for, losing friends, literally dying, having an entire galactic war on her shoulders, going into a mission expecting to die TWICE, and all that on top of whatever trauma her background leaves her with. Bonus points if you do colonist + sole survivor, because that woman must be so far beyond PTSD. But even after all the shit she's gone through, at the end of the trilogy she can say with absolute certainty that she wants to experience a normal life- something she's never gotten before, no matter your background. The best part is she doesn't mention retiring, there's no reason she can't keep her rank and have kids at the same time, she was raised by active-duty officers in one background so it's definitely a possibility. This isn't the "female lead wins by giving up her powers and becoming a mother" trope, it's proof that she's still a normal human despite everything. That's also why I prefer Traynor's romance to Liara, Shepard opens up to her more and seems more human. The mix of flirtyness and honest vulnerability is incredibly normal, through all the galaxy's insanity.

In general, Shepard's trauma is often mentioned in passing but never really shown. No matter the background or choices you make, they've been through hell to begin with and go through it a dozen more times throughout the trilogy. Everyone around them is like "oh wow that must've been tough" but Shepard usually just brushes it off, or gives a line or two about how much they miss whoever it was that died. She definitely had a lot more nightmares than the game let on.

I've walked through a destroyed city once, and it's haunted me daily for five years. I can't imagine being in multiple cities, on multiple worlds, as they're being destroyed, and knowing stopping it is your job, not to mention losing a shit ton of friends + family, your unit, or just the occasional comrade (background depending)

[solstheimtxt]

Shepard after finally catching sight of their LI and Wrex after fighting through countless mercenaries:

[talesfrommedinastation]

If I see any more homophobic nonsense in the Star Wars fandom then I'm drawing Tech on a romantic date with Garrus Vakarian.

ON THIS, A BLESSED TECH TUESDAY AND A BAD BATCH EVE.

YOU. HAVE. BEEN. WARNED.

[angel-eyes05]

im watching midnight mass for the first time and john just dropped the "you never felt like a sin" line i might kms

[gammaraydeath]

i've never been broken

[painfullyprickedandticked]

i dont think striker and alastor are characters who are "precious senpais who did nothing wrong" i just don't think they're as reprehensible as valentino or stella. their actions aren't excusable, no, but they aren't near that level of abhorrent.

[to-dance-beneath-the-diamond-sky]

idk why people are having such a hard time wrapping their brains around the fact that not referring to people as prisoners and instead referring to them as people in prison or incarcerated people is a really really simple thing you can do to help combat decades of the systemic dehumanization of black, brown, and poor people. in the US and a lot of other countries around the world, the term prisoner has extremely negative connotations and stigma associated with it, and invokes a whole lot of bias and stereotypes about who is in prison and what for. the idea that people who are in prison are there because they are bad awful people is deeply ingrained in almost every aspect of US society and culture. prisons systemically dehumanize people and do everything to strip away people's autonomy, individuality, identity, freedom, and human rights.

the push for person first language when discussing those who are incarcerated literally comes from people who have been systemically dehumanized from these oppressive punitive systems. this is not an ahistorical uwu sjw don't say "autistic" say "person-with-autism" thing. there are decades, fuck even centuries of significant, deeply racialized and oppressive political and historical context you have to take into account.

so please don't feed into this dehumanization by referring to people as objects in this extremely oppressive, racist, classist, harmful punitive system. use person first language y'all, it's not that fucking hard.

here's some articles if people actually care enough to educate themseves

The language of incarceration People First: The Use and Impact of Criminal Justice Labels in Media Coverage The Language Project Forget labels like ex-con and felon, realize that words matter and learn how to humanize language

[thisuserisanon]

u ever see a character and just like explode. like i saw paul hill and my heart skipped a beat. i was taken aback if you will. i saw that man and i haven't been the same person since. hamish linklater will always have a place in my heart. thank you for your service good sir.

[kirisclangen]

Zelda

She/her, 65 moons, cis molly

[myremnantarmy]

"𝘔𝘺 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥."

[magdalenepie]

episode 6 of the terror was actually a huge fever dream, especially during the carnival part. i think dr. stanley knew everyone was going to die once goodsir brought up the lead poisoning from the food cans to him, and this led him to try and burn everyone to death instead of letting them suffer from lead poisoning.

[momentsbeforemass]

The least of these

“I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.”

Then the righteous will answer Him and say, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison and visit you?”

And He will say to them in reply, “Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for the least of these – my brothers – you did it for me.”

That’s the heart of today’s Gospel. Jesus is telling us who we’re really helping, when we help anyone in need.

If you and I want to get our hearts in sync with God’s heart, this is where we start.

Not because it’s nice to be good to other people. Although it is.

Not because Cain was wrong (see Genesis 4). Although he was – I am my brother’s keeper.

But because this is the place of beginning with God.

If you and I want to truly know God – not what someone told us about God, not what we think we know about God.

If you and truly want to know God, then this is where our relationship with God starts.

By finding Christ.

Not in the liturgy or the sacraments. Not in the prayerful rhythm of my favorite archabbey or the beauty of nature. Not even in a well-produced series on Netflix.

Not until I first find Christ in people in need.

In the words of St. John Chrysostom - “If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.”

Today’s Readings