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100 Days of Dante: Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy: The Inferno – Canto 11

I apologize for the wait. I had some things going on this past week, but hopefully I’ll be able to catch up soon! Questions for Reflection In this canto we pause in the journey to listen to Virgil as he describes the moral landscape of hell. What are some surprising details about its arrangement? Why do you think Dante the Poet has designed his Inferno in such a way? I was surprised about how…

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Devotional - Daily Readings (3/19/2024): Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Devotional – Daily Readings: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary Reflection Video Response – “2024 03 19 Reflection 543” by Deacon Arthur L. Miller, Archdiocese of Hartford. This is all my personal views as a Catholic who is starting to get back into my faith after years of going to church on and off. Unfortunately, with my issues, it makes going to mass hard, so I’ve…

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“The world is a book, and those who don’t travel read only a page.”

— Saint Augustine

Reflections: The Aeneid by Virgil - Chapters 1&2

Hello! I’m currently reading the Aeneid with the subreddit AYearOfMythology on reddit. I decided to post up my responses here on my blog as well as on the subreddit. Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think! (And I’m totally not procrastinating on doing the reflection questions of Dante’s The Divine Comedy 😛) I’m using the Robert Fagles translation. Question 1 – There are at least two events…

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“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” —Winston Churchill

You aren’t a failure if you aren’t productive in a way society expects. This applies even when you’re having a good day and could be productive but decide not to be. When we are too drained or in pain or whatever else our chronic illness is causing us, we don’t get to enjoy rest. It’s something that’s forced on us.

It’s okay to have a day where you intentionally rest and take care of yourself even if your body is having a “good” day. This is productive in itself and you’re allowed to take time to enjoy down time.

“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”

-C.S. Lewis

I recently told an ao3 writer that I keep going back to their 260k word unfinished slowburn checking for updates for the last 2 years. They said I'm like that puppy that waits for his dead owner at the train station every day.

That's the realest thing anyone's told me online, I ain't even mad.