I see that the LCWR recently had their annual confab, but alas by Zoom or some such. They’ve had some meetings that were so weird that you would think they were all smoking hash. You can see what they are up to at the Fishwrap (aka National Sodomitical Reporter)… right after you read about their advancements of – I am not making this up – TAROT CARD spirituality.
Now I see a new candidate for the LCWR… maybe they could be called Disjointed Cannabites? HERE
H/T – KK
Holy Smokes! Meet The Nuns Who Grow Weed
The Sisters of the Valley strictly abide by lunar cycles for their work, as they believe this increases the healing powers of the plant.
Although they do not belong to any religious order, the Sisters of the Valley’s devotion is unquestionable. Also known as the “Weed Nuns”, these women are dedicated to growing cannabis and selling medicinal products derived from it.
Based in Merced (which means “mercy”, by the way), California, the organization has been working since 2015 and composed by women of all ages with a very clear goal: to share the medicinal benefits of cannabis and achieve its legalization. In addition, their end is to fight a medical system that has historically oppressed holistic medicine.
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The Sisters of the Valley strictly abide by lunar cycles for their work, as they believe this increases the healing powers of the plant. According to them, the two weeks following the new moon are ideal for medicinal development. In fact, they even sell cheaper products that they have not been able to create within the corresponding cycle. Their products include oils, soaps, balms, topicals, tinctures, and more.
Activism As A Vow
Not being nuns in the strict sense, they do not take Catholic vows, but they do have some of their own. Not to a religion or a god, but to a particular lifestyle. They are committed to providing services to suffering people, to living simply, and to respecting nature and moon cycles. They also include a vow of chastity, but clarify that this does not necessarily imply celibacy.[…]
I wonder if the wonderful “Soap Sisters”, the Summit Dominicans might not be able to develop a new line of comforting products. The Summit… speaking of getting high… Dope Sisters?
And… from KK… to the tune of a popular hymn:
Get high with us
The love of pot proclaim,
Some call it weed
Some grass, it’s all the same.
We are the pot nuns
Not with your old creed
Our faith comes from smoking
Lots of home-grown weed.
Refrain:
Get high with us
The love of pot proclaim,
Some call it weed
Some grass, it’s all the same.
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A quote from the tarot article:
“Mathew Blasio, a 22-year-old who is religiously unaffiliated and also works with crystals, told Springtide: “I think crystals are like ‘saints’ for young people and spirituals. Sometimes you just need something or someone that is rooted in courage.”
These kids would rather look up to a rock than someone like Maximilian Kolbe or Andrew Bobola or any of the other martyred men and women. Apparently the actual saints in history weren’t courageous at all. These kids make no sense and they’re going to spend their lives searching for something they’re never going to find.
The Sisters of the Valley toiling away in the pot fields. It sounds like something out of Canticle for Leibowitz, just add a surfboard and a 600 year-old bag of Doritos as relics, and a shrine to the venerable Jeff Spicoli.
Or maybe TWINKIES?
They would still probably be edible.
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If the walls of Jericho had been made of Twinkies…
In fairness to the “sisters of the valley,” the very first part of their description of themselves on their website is, “The Sisters are not Catholic nuns.”
“Or maybe TWINKIES?
They would still probably be edible.”
The plot of the spoof movie “Zombieland” is founded on the premise that Twinkies do actually have an expiration date.
Annaleise, that quote was by far the most bizarre part of the article (and the competition is pretty steep): is this moron saying he finds ROCKS more courageous than saints?
Perhaps not coincidentally, it’s the feast of St. Roch.
From my experience with the TikTok generation as a teacher, it is important as a matter of charity that we explain to them how dangerous fooling with tarot cards is, but it is equally important (and charitable) that we MERCILESSLY MOCK these things. This generation hates hates hates to be laughed at, and will do almost anything rather than be the subject of a ridiculing meme. If this trait is keeping them from certain virtues, let’s use it to keep them from certain sins too.
After all, occult stuff is both dangerous and very easy to mock. This quote from the Weird Catholic blog is a good example:
“Try to imagine it this way: Pokemon cards are created for a collectible game in 1996. A couple hundred years pass, and people forget about them. Then someone finds a deck, and is mystified by the strange words and images. These odd harbingers of lost wisdom! Ponyta! Charmander! Lickitung! Psyduck!
Someone writes a book speculating what they could mean. Someone else pretends this speculation is truth, and writes a second book. Ten years later, people are going into dim tents and praying that the Pokemon reader doesn’t draw Mareep.”
Even better since that really is the actual history of tarot cards.
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At first I thought this was satire. It is getting bad when you cannot tell the satire from reality.
The good news is these “nuns” are all old and their congregations are gasping like fish on dry land. They won’t see the middle of the century. Meanwhile traditional religious communities can’t build fast enough to house all those seeking entrance. They, like everything else, are known by their fruits.
The founding nun started her order when Michelle Obama when pizza counted as a vegetable. I don’t get their sarcasm, it’s offensive. Pizza is the pride of Napoli and of Italy. The tomato on those pizzas is an obsession with southern Italians, the same with the cheese. The religious order was based on a racial slur. I am offended. I am also deeply offended by the cultural appropriation in mimicking and mocking Roman Catholic Nuns. Why are all of the derogatory comments on Italians treated as fluf?
The founding nun started her order when Michelle Obama when pizza counted as a vegetable. I don’t get their sarcasm, it’s offensive. Pizza is the pride of Napoli and of Italy. The tomato on those pizzas is an obsession with southern Italians, the same with the cheese. The religious order was based on a racial slur. I am offended. I am also deeply offended by the cultural appropriation in mimicking and mocking Roman Catholic Nuns. Why are all of the derogatory comments on Italians treated as fluf?
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to sing Lift High the Cross the same again.
A follow up to all of this.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/us/witchtok-astrology-covid-19-pandemic-trnd/index.html
What kills me is the concern people have, not of violating the 1st commandment, or opening a doorway to the demonic, but for cultural appropriation. We’re living in the Twilight Zone without the benefit of having Rod Serling’s humor.