Elliott M
@elliott-matthew.bsky.social
Who I am: current grad student (theology), 25 y/o, occasional artist, Catholic
Things I like: queer joy, medieval theologians, disability pride, the vastness of space, country music, fancy reliquaries, etc
he/him/his
Things I like: queer joy, medieval theologians, disability pride, the vastness of space, country music, fancy reliquaries, etc
he/him/his
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Elliott M
@elliott-matthew.bsky.social
· Nov 30
me: *trying to work on literally anything*
me: what are the implications for humans as image-bearers and beloved members of the family of God, though....
me: what are the implications for humans as image-bearers and beloved members of the family of God, though....
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"If I’m being honest, I’ve seen a serious dip in your overall performance ever since the beast of the sea emerged."
Don’t Let the Beasts from Revelation Distract You from Your Expense Reports
Thanks for coming in. Have a seat. I realize there’s a lot going on right now between work and the seven-headed dragon that is here to brutally mur...
buff.ly
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"If I’m being honest, I’ve seen a serious dip in your overall performance ever since the beast of the sea emerged."
when the priest doesn't know about keeping the homily to 8 minutes
October 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
when the priest doesn't know about keeping the homily to 8 minutes
I know Pope Leo has a mixed record on LGBTQ issues, but I still like him. He is very much a Catholic Social Thought-centered pope, and I appreciate that.
October 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I know Pope Leo has a mixed record on LGBTQ issues, but I still like him. He is very much a Catholic Social Thought-centered pope, and I appreciate that.
Made this art the other day. It's about Our Lady of the Rosary. Digital painting, the background is a photograph of rosaries cofiscated by immigration officers.
October 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Made this art the other day. It's about Our Lady of the Rosary. Digital painting, the background is a photograph of rosaries cofiscated by immigration officers.
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John Henry Newman, an official Catholic saint and 19th-century British scholar-priest, had a “romantic friendship” with Ambrose St. John. They lived together for 32 years and share the same grave. Newman’s Catholic feast day is Oct. 9. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/john-henry-n...
Gay saint John Henry Newman and his "earthly light" Ambrose St. John shared romantic friendship
John Henry Newman, a 19th-century British scholar, theologian and cardinal, was canonized by the Pope as a Roman Catholic saint amid rampant speculation that he was gay. Newman had a "romantic friends...
qspirit.net
October 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
John Henry Newman, an official Catholic saint and 19th-century British scholar-priest, had a “romantic friendship” with Ambrose St. John. They lived together for 32 years and share the same grave. Newman’s Catholic feast day is Oct. 9. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/john-henry-n...
i have gotten really into liberation theology recently!
October 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
i have gotten really into liberation theology recently!
O God, Trinity of love,
from the profound communion of your divine life,
pour out upon us a torrent of fraternal love.
Grant us the love reflected in the actions of Jesus,
in his family of Nazareth,
and in the early Christian community. (1/3)
from the profound communion of your divine life,
pour out upon us a torrent of fraternal love.
Grant us the love reflected in the actions of Jesus,
in his family of Nazareth,
and in the early Christian community. (1/3)
April 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
O God, Trinity of love,
from the profound communion of your divine life,
pour out upon us a torrent of fraternal love.
Grant us the love reflected in the actions of Jesus,
in his family of Nazareth,
and in the early Christian community. (1/3)
from the profound communion of your divine life,
pour out upon us a torrent of fraternal love.
Grant us the love reflected in the actions of Jesus,
in his family of Nazareth,
and in the early Christian community. (1/3)
"We need to develop the awareness that nowadays we are either all saved together or no one is saved."
-Pope Francis (1936-2025)
-Pope Francis (1936-2025)
April 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"We need to develop the awareness that nowadays we are either all saved together or no one is saved."
-Pope Francis (1936-2025)
-Pope Francis (1936-2025)
made an Easter playlist largely constituted of hymns, chants, gospel, and 20th-century folk. Heartily singing along to If I Had a Hammer, Come to the River, Magnificat (Taize), and Talkin' About a Revolution. Perfect for Easter afternoon.
April 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
made an Easter playlist largely constituted of hymns, chants, gospel, and 20th-century folk. Heartily singing along to If I Had a Hammer, Come to the River, Magnificat (Taize), and Talkin' About a Revolution. Perfect for Easter afternoon.
technically wrote this for yesterday, but as I am slowly transitioning to bluesky I want to put this on here (a day late lol). a substack post about Holy Saturday, God-less American politics, and the Harrowing of Hell.
Holy Saturday: Harrowing Hell, Together
I am called to harrow every Hell I encounter.
queeringcatholicism.substack.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
technically wrote this for yesterday, but as I am slowly transitioning to bluesky I want to put this on here (a day late lol). a substack post about Holy Saturday, God-less American politics, and the Harrowing of Hell.
if this is a "christian nation," why are my student loans accruing interest....?
April 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
if this is a "christian nation," why are my student loans accruing interest....?
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Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they deported Him to a concentration camp in El Salvador?
Were you there when they cut off Her medical aid in South Sudan?
Were you there when they bombed Her house in Gaza?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they deported Him to a concentration camp in El Salvador?
Were you there when they cut off Her medical aid in South Sudan?
Were you there when they bombed Her house in Gaza?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
April 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they deported Him to a concentration camp in El Salvador?
Were you there when they cut off Her medical aid in South Sudan?
Were you there when they bombed Her house in Gaza?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they deported Him to a concentration camp in El Salvador?
Were you there when they cut off Her medical aid in South Sudan?
Were you there when they bombed Her house in Gaza?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
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"We may not be able to change Trump’s authoritarian actions, but we can unmask them by refusing to offer them the veneer of normalcy and the popular mandate that he seeks."
Holy Week Shows the Power of Public Outcry
Pilate used fear and blame to mask unjust actions; there's a lesson for us as Trump defies court orders.
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April 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"We may not be able to change Trump’s authoritarian actions, but we can unmask them by refusing to offer them the veneer of normalcy and the popular mandate that he seeks."
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#SanFrancisco’s Hunky Jesus Contest stirs up controversy, community and 'courage' religionnews.com/2025/04/17/s...
San Francisco’s Hunky Jesus Contest stirs up controversy, community and 'courage'
SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) — Hosted by a global order of drag nuns, the Easter event draws thousands to what some call sacrilege but its participants say is liberating, joyful, even sacred.
religionnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#SanFrancisco’s Hunky Jesus Contest stirs up controversy, community and 'courage' religionnews.com/2025/04/17/s...
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[Washing my hair with 3-in-1 shampoo]
ST. PATRICK: Did you know,
ST. PATRICK: Did you know,
March 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
[Washing my hair with 3-in-1 shampoo]
ST. PATRICK: Did you know,
ST. PATRICK: Did you know,
I'm realizing that the way i feel about various medieval saints is the way that some other people feel about, like, Britney Spears.
March 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm realizing that the way i feel about various medieval saints is the way that some other people feel about, like, Britney Spears.
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Key subtext: For years, many evangelicals have touted the plight of persecuted Christians as a preeminent concern. Rev. Franklin Graham, a prominent Trump supporter, even convened conferences on it.
But now that persecuted Christians are unable to enter the country as refugees, there’s no outcry.
But now that persecuted Christians are unable to enter the country as refugees, there’s no outcry.
NEW: I spoke with an Iranian Christian in the US whose son is among thousands impacted by Trump's refugee freeze.
Her son, also a Christian convert, is sponsored by a US church, but is currently in limbo — and if Trump reinstates the travel ban, he's out of options. religionnews.com/2025/03/14/f...
Her son, also a Christian convert, is sponsored by a US church, but is currently in limbo — and if Trump reinstates the travel ban, he's out of options. religionnews.com/2025/03/14/f...
For one Iranian family and their church, Trump's refugee freeze leaves son in exile
(RNS) — In California, a church had worked for years to help an Iranian family in their congregation bring their son to the US. He had all but boarded a flight when the freeze came.
religionnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Key subtext: For years, many evangelicals have touted the plight of persecuted Christians as a preeminent concern. Rev. Franklin Graham, a prominent Trump supporter, even convened conferences on it.
But now that persecuted Christians are unable to enter the country as refugees, there’s no outcry.
But now that persecuted Christians are unable to enter the country as refugees, there’s no outcry.
I keep misspelling "grace" as "grave." Fortuitous in a theology paper, as this is both an unfortunate typo and a powerful theological concept.
March 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I keep misspelling "grace" as "grave." Fortuitous in a theology paper, as this is both an unfortunate typo and a powerful theological concept.
"The body provokes theology." - M Shawn Copeland
March 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"The body provokes theology." - M Shawn Copeland
I am so glad I'm weird. Sometimes I imagine myself as more normal and it is always horrible to think about. Anyways Thank God For Weird People
February 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am so glad I'm weird. Sometimes I imagine myself as more normal and it is always horrible to think about. Anyways Thank God For Weird People
currently trying to learn from the mystics, while simultaneously being terrible at mysticism myself. i pray, yes - but i wouldn't call union with God one of my strengths
February 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
currently trying to learn from the mystics, while simultaneously being terrible at mysticism myself. i pray, yes - but i wouldn't call union with God one of my strengths
I actually got substantial work done on my thesis this morning. Thank God.
February 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I actually got substantial work done on my thesis this morning. Thank God.
heard in a youtube vid the other day that "the point of life is to hang out with your friends." An extremely true and real statement. And something I have not been taking into account in the past few years.
February 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
heard in a youtube vid the other day that "the point of life is to hang out with your friends." An extremely true and real statement. And something I have not been taking into account in the past few years.