Emma-Louise Jay

Me enjoying the 5 minutes of peace I scheduled for myself, regardless of what’s happening in my life.

El mexicano Juan Rulfo (1917-1986) no solo fue un gran escritor, autor de la inolvidable novela Pedro Páramo. También era un estupendo fotógrafo. Aquí están algunas de sus fotos tomadas en lo profundo de su país.

Nerds realized liking Japan is no longer niche so now they’re on Kazakhstan

Juan Rulfo El escritor-fotógrafo introvertido, de mirada llena de paisajes y gentes de su pueblo mexicano. Escribió como fotografió, íntimamente.

You may possess some aura but you will never have artist César Manrique lounging poolside in a vintage Pastil Chair at his home in the Canary Islands aura

Small accounts tweeting to absolutely ZERO engagement

Como eu me senti não batendo palmas na missa hj

Low Masses are way better than High or Solemn Masses

« Les premières places ne sont pas intéressantes, celles qui m'intéressent, ce sont les places à part. » Jean Cocteau

Basically he ignored the underlying problem

Mexican researcher Eva Ramón Gallegos achieved a milestone that puts Latin American science at the center of the world medical debate: she managed to completely eliminate the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in controlled clinical studies.

One of the English Martyrs we remember today was St Margaret Clitherow. She wasn't a bishop or a great orator, she was a wife & a mother executed for harbouring priests. At her trial, she refused to plead, not in order to defy the court, but simply to protect others. A trial would have meant witnesses. Witnesses would have meant deaths. So instead she chose silence. At her execution, Protestant ministers prayed over her. Her response to them cuts through the centuries, especially given Sarah Mullally's recent visit to Rome: “I will not pray with you, nor say Amen to your prayers.” No anger. No spectacle. Just truth. She would not pretend a unity that did not exist, not even to save her life. Because this was never about “denominations.” It was about whether the Church founded by Christ, handed on through the Apostles, could be set aside by the will of a king. As she was crushed to death, she spoke only the Holy Name: “Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, have mercy upon me.” That is the measure of her witness.

Even if you feel like the worst sinner in the world, go to Mass anyway. The Eucharist is not a reward for the perfect but food for the weary, strength for the weak, and medicine for the broken. Remember: every Saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Grace transforms lives, and God’s mercy is greater than any sin. Amen 🙏.

This is what Las Vegas looked like in 1895

Portrait of Magdalena Luther, daughter of Martin Luther & Katharina von Bora. Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1539 - 1542 (Musée du Louvre)

The bedrooms and home of St. John Vianney in Ars, France.

Gas prices are at crazy levels--fire Obama!

Hola hola

Pulqueros, Chilpancingo Guerrero, 1918 :::