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possibly an unpopular opinion on Tumblr but I love denominations. I love different traditions, I love that for 2000 years we have preserved two different dates for celebrating Easter. I love that we have different expressions of worship and when one doesn't work for someone they can find another. I love that we have room for different theology and people can meet God where it's comfortable

It's more important to have a relationship with God than to be doctrinally correct. It's more important that the church can be open to all people than it is to always agree. It's more important to tolerate difference than to promote dogma. And it's more important to share our differences than it is to remain pure in our denominationalism.

And across many traditions, different doctrines, and diverse worship, God still makes us one body in Christ.

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Ivanka Demchuk, Appearance of Christ

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Psalm 139:13-14 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

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Saint Michael and the Fascist // inspired by Raphael’s “Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan”

We needdddd a transgender spear of divine justice as of late yall

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yes exactly @beesbewithyou

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nobody warns you when you go on T that you're going to be stinky EVERYWHERE. it's not just that your armpit sweat gets stinkier. ALL your sweat gets stinky. if I spend a day sitting down a lot, the waistband of my pants will get stinky. the back of my shirt gets stinky. I hate it

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Divine Liturgy at Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza

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More strikes today shake Holy Family Church in Gaza, where hundreds continue to shelter. Wednesday July 30, 2025

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St. John Henry Newman

from Meditations and Devotions, "Meditations on Christian Doctrine," "Hope in God—Creator", March 7, 1848

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Please pray for Hawaii who are currently under a Tsunami warning. Please pray that nothing serious happens, pray for those that have been injured in car crashes while attempting to flee to safety. Pray for those that are disabled and unable to move easily

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I hope he *remember it's wrong to wish bad things to people* I hope he finds true repentance in life so that his designated room in the worst pit of hell remains unused

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the sacred heart of jesus. inspired by a statue at my local catholic cathedral

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Thinking about how aside from coming to save us all from sin, Jesus was also God coming to experience His own creation. Jesus was a little boy once, with parents who loved and raised him. He had hobbies. A favorite color and food. He dreamed, he imagined. He felt the grass beneath his feet and the wind on his skin and saw the stars in the sky. He felt joy, grief, anguish, fear, excitement, love. He was a person.

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@idylls-of-the-divine-romance @creature-wizard my fyp did the thing

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For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:38–39

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catholic guilt this catholic guilt that.

what about catholic grace!!! in the open arms of Christ on the cross, in the words "Body of Christ", in the kind face of a priest when you step into the confessional!!

what about catholic glory!!! in the towering cathedrals, in the ornate gold vessels made to hold the Lord, in the relics of saints who have died but are alive in Christ!!

what about catholic joy!!! in laughing over coffee with friends after Mass, in singing hymns as one voice, in the feeling of stepping into any church anywhere in the world and knowing you're at home!!

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It has been years since I last prayed. How angry is He at me?

he only misses hearing from you