mary fugate

things I will defend: 1. Catholic teaching 2. Pineapple on pizza 3. The Oxford comma

@red10meg congrats!!!!!!

We’re giving up dating for Lent!!

Today I noticed that the Folger's Shakespeare Library softcovers look suspiciously like cans of LaCroix. Here is a 🧵of pairings, starting with A Midsummer Night's Dream and a lovely can of fizzy lemon water.

I like to play Connections on the NYT site each day and I've been inspired to make my own version. See if you can get it right! (The answers are revealed in the second image so be careful not to spoil it for yourselves!)

@sopranerina you look like a princess!

This might be one of my favorite photos from the wedding

@sopranerina so beautiful! congratulations!!

First look at our beautiful photos from our photographer and friend♥️

@helloreilly I know exactly who you’re talking about I saw this yesterday LOL

Omg I just opened TikTok to a video where a mainstream NORMAL content creator girl makes fun of “trad Catholics” and it has almost 200k likes and I need to DIE IM SO EMBARRASSED HAHAHAHA

@hipdiphooray it’s perfect

POV: Mythical Beasts waiting for the new season of GMM

my 3rd nutcracker of the year 😍🩰

@__MarieTherese_ oh I adore this 😍

went with a slightly different vibe this year (I did fix it after this to make the eucalyptus more even)

@itsvicpeyton congrats!!!!

secret’s out :)

@kaarlyelizabeth awww congrats!!!!!

Welcoming our little duckling in June 2024 🤍

big surprises here

@sopranerina oh!! I can totally see it!!

Got this one last week

if there’s one thing about me, it’s that I’m gonna listen to michael bublé 💛

@SmTimoney I’ll put it on my list!!

@pasdemary Might I suggest the Olav Andunsson trilogy next! It is much shorter, newly translated volumes.

I loved many things about Kristin Lavransdatter, but perhaps the thing I loved most was that not a single character had a linear redemption story

@baileymailloux it’s worth it for sure!! it definitely takes a lot of effort, in my experience it was a little difficult to keep track of characters bc of the Norwegian names, but you get the hang of it eventually.

“This fair olive-tree, led to the temple and, thenceforward planted in the House of God and cultivated by the Spirit, she, as a fruitful olive-tree, became the abode of all virtues.” ~ St John Damscene Blessed Feast of the Presentation of Mary

the story of our life is not finished until our death. trying to make sense of things happening now is like trying to guess the ending of a book, when we might only be in the first chapter! all we can do is place our trust in God today, strive to do good, and ask for His mercy.

in Kristin Lavransdatter, nearly every character experiences some sort of conversion, only to fall tragically again (and again and again). you can’t point to a singular moment of conversion. only at the end of their life can you see the whole picture of God’s grace.