Brooke Kelly

the years start coming and they don’t stop coming

[Issybeatz @Issybeatz_]

May you heal so hard you do arts and crafts again.

[Brooke Kelly @one_bre]

@rifflexielian In 4th grade, our accelerated reading group read ‘The Color Purple’ and then went to see it at the Ordway

[M.A. Franklin @FoundationDads]

A child who memorizes a psalm at age 7 might not understand it.

But at seventeen, in the middle of the night, when the world is pressing in and he doesn't know what to do, the words might surface at the precise moment he needs them. They will be there because you put them there.

This is the work of a parent. You are planting things for your children that might not bloom for a decade (or more). Scripture, poetry, the great speeches of greater men.

[aether @bluewdrift]

the best ever advice to achieve a long term goal by tolstoy.

[Brooke Kelly @one_bre]

@hf_222222 I dunno man, I’ve done my family tree and my catholic g-gma’s grandparents (John and Jeanette, d.1940s) were 2nd cousins (same g-grandparents thru John’s mom and Jeanette’s dad) + a pair of her g-g-grandparents were 1st cousins (John’s paternal grandparents, d.1840s)

It happened

[Willie Nelson @WillieNelson]

To whom it may concern and to everyone else as well,

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Petition to start naming heatwaves after oil companies and wildfires after their CEO's.

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Gospel of the Day (Matthew 20,20-28)

The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
He said to her, "What do you wish?" She answered him, "Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom."
Jesus said in reply, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."
He replied, "My cup you will indeed drink, but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
When the ten heard this, they became indignant at the two brothers.
But Jesus summoned them and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."

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[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Gospel of the Day (John 20,1-2.11-18)

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him."
But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb
and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been.
And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken my Lord, and I don't know where they laid him."
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" She thought it was the gardener and said to him, "Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him."
Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni," which means Teacher.
Jesus said to her, "Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and what he told her.

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[Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch @FrUgochukwu]

SOME THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MARY MAGDALENE

1. Mary Magdalene was not the woman caught in the act of adultery neither was she a prostitute.
The Bible never says she was a prostitute nor identified her with the woman caught in the act of adultery in John 8:1-11.

2. Jesus cast seven demons out of her.
This is the first thing Scripture tells us about Mary Magdalene. (Cf. Luke 8:2; Mark 16:9).

3. Mary Magdalene was not the sinful woman who anointed Jesus’ feet.
The sinful woman in Luke 7 is never named, and the Gospel immediately introduces Mary Magdalene in Luke 8 as a different person. (Cf. Luke 7:36-50; Luke 8:1-3).

4. Mary Magdalene was not the Mary of Bethany.
Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, is a different woman from Mary Magdalene. (Cf. John 11:1-2; 12:1-8).

5. She was one of Jesus’ faithful disciples.
She travelled with Jesus and helped support His ministry. (Luke 8:1-3).

6. She remained with Jesus at the Cross.
While many disciples fled, Mary Magdalene stayed near the Crucifixion. (Cf. Matthew 27:55-56; Mark 15:40; John 19:25).

7. She witnessed Jesus’ burial.
She was one of those who stayed with Jesus until He was buried. She knew exactly where Jesus was laid. (Cf. Matthew 27:61; Mark 15:47).

8. She was the first witness of the Resurrection.
She discovered the empty tomb and encountered the risen Christ. (Cf. John 20:1-18; Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-11).

9. She was sent by Jesus to announce the Resurrection to the Apostles.
For this reason, the Church has long called her the “Apostle to the Apostles” (Apostola Apostolorum). (Cf. John 20:17-18).

10. Mary Magdalene is honoured as a saint by both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.
Her liturgical memorial is celebrated on 22 July, and in 2016 it was elevated by the Holy See to the rank of a Feast, highlighting her unique role as the first witness of the Resurrection.

Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch

[Father V @father_rmv]

The feast of St. Mary Magdalene is considered one of the most mystical of feasts, and it is said that of all the songs of the saints, that of Mary Magdalene is the sweetest and strongest because her love was so great. That love was praised by Jesus Himself who said that because much was forgiven her, she loved much. Where she is buried, no one knows. Legend has her dying in Provence, France, in a cavern where she spent her last days, and her body resting in the chapel of St. Maximin in the Maritime Alps. Another has her buried in Ephesus where she went with St. John after the Resurrection. This latter view is more likely, and St. Willibald, the English pilgrim to the Holy Land in the eighth century, was shown her tomb there.

She was the first recorded witness to the resurrection of Jesus, His most ardent and loving follower. She had stood with Mary at the foot of the Cross on that brutal Good Friday afternoon and had been by the side of Mary during these difficult hours. On Easter morning, she went with the other women to the tomb and it was there, in the garden near the tomb, that Jesus appeared to her. It was she who brought the news of the Resurrection to the Apostles, and Peter and John raced to the tomb to see what had happened.

She was from Magadala, a small fishing town on the Sea of Galilee, between Capernaum and Tiberias. She was known to be a "great sinner," a woman of the streets who heard Jesus speak of the mercy and forgiveness of God and changed her life completely. Her matter-of-fact witness to the Resurrection moved Peter and John to go and see for themselves: "I have seen the Lord and these things he said to me." Jesus had chosen her to bring the news to them and she simply told them what had happened.

She has always been the example of great love and great forgiveness, one of those close to Jesus who grasped the truth of God's love for human beings and spent her life bearing witness to that love. (Excerpted from The One Year Book of Saints by Rev. Clifford Stevens)

[EWTN News @EWTNews]

On July 22, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Mary Magdelene, one of the most prominent women mentioned in the New Testament.

Her name comes from the town of Magdala in Galilee, where she was born. Scripture introduces her as a woman “who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out” (Lk. 8:2).

Some scholars identify Mary Magdalene with the sinful woman who anointed the feet of Christ with oil in the house of Simon the Pharisee (Lk. 7:36-50). Others associate her with Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus (Lk. 10:38-42, Jn. 11). Some believe the three figures to be one person, while others believe them to be three distinct individuals.

What the Scriptures make certain about Mary Magdalene is that she was a follower of Christ, who accompanied and ministered to him (Lk. 8:2-3). The Gospels record her as being one of the women present at Christ’s crucifixion.

In addition, she was the first recorded witness of the Resurrection. The Gospels all describe Mary Magdalene going to the tomb on Easter morning. When she saw that the tomb was empty, she stood outside, weeping. Jesus appeared to her and asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” (Jn. 20:15)

She did not recognize him, however, and thought he was the gardener, until he said her name, “Mary!” (Jn. 20:16) Upon hearing this, Mary recognized him. She returned to the grieving disciples to announce to them the message of the Resurrection.

On June 10, 2016, the liturgical celebration honoring St. Mary Magdalene was raised from a memorial to a feast, putting her on par with the apostles.

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[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Happy Feast of St. Mary Magdalene!

Remember that in the time between when the Risen Christ appeared to her at the Tomb, and when she announced the news of the Resurrection to the disciples, Mary Madgalene was, in a sense, the church on earth. For only to her had the Paschal Mystery--the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ--been fully revealed.

Any discussion of women's roles in the church must begin with this fact: It was to a woman that the Risen Christ first appeared and a woman who was charged by him with announcing the Resurrection to the rest of his disciples. Thus, her justly exalted title: "Apostle to the Apostles."

Happy Feast!

Image: St. Mary of Magdala Proclaims the Resurrection," by Sr. Margarette Beaudette, SC.

[meta thomist 🇻🇦 @metathomist]

Some of the responses are vile man.

I don’t know who she is but she apparently committed su*c*de.

Someone said “nothing of value was lost”

That is not the way God sees it.

Something of value is always lost when someone’s despair leads to this.

The thing about the radical love Jesus called us to is that despite what one’s lifestyle is, one must will their good.

It has no conditions.

Yes, you are called to love people who sin. God loves you while you are a sinner.

It should cause grief and sadness that a soul in such despair reached a point of throwing away the gift of life because they didn’t understand what their suffering meant and didn’t know Jesus.

Rather than triumphantly celebrate or dismiss such people, it should be looked at with disappointment in ourselves that we could not reach her and show her the love of Jesus.

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy.

[Big Bre @BreezyJacks]

CHEF HERE, here are some helpful tips below. Washing alone is NOT enough to kill this parasite, must be cooked. Also shopping at your local farmers market is safer but not 100% in the clear

[Become A Saint @BeSaintly]

One of my all time favorite quotes