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literaturegirl othala

1 day ago

Hi there; thanks for the follow. I've been reading through your writings on Catholicism and finding them very interesting — I am a final year full-time theology student and underwent RCIA last year, also, so it's always nice to read about someone else's similar experiences. Looking forward to reading more from you. Have you read anything by C.S. Lewis on Christianity yet?

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othala 1 day ago

Nice. No, I haven't read any of his work actually but I would like to. That's pretty exciting to study theology. I feel like I spent most of my life avoiding the subject so I'm extremely ignorant, like an elementary school student learning to add single digits. But it's been all positive changes in my mentality since I've started so I guess better late than never.

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literaturegirl 19 hours ago

I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing to feel that way; I often feel that what I have learnt the most about during my degree is my need for humility, as my studies constantly remind me how little I know and how little I can know at all. As for Lewis, I would recommend beginning with A Grief Observed, as it is a short but profound work that reflects on a Christian perspective of navigating suffering.

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literaturegirl 19 hours ago

The Screwtape Letters was also a joy to read for me, and The Four Loves is very insightful and relevant to daily life as a Christian. Mere Christianity is also a solid staple that many people use as a gateway into Lewis' works. I hope you're able to give him a read sometime; I think he's brilliant!

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rainight 2 hours ago

@othala I too recommend C.S Lewis :)

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1 week ago

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mosesshtar othala

2 weeks ago

Hey thanks for giving me a follow! I love your site design, especially the background images. Stained glass is always so beautiful.

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othala 1 week ago

Thanks. It's more difficult than you realize to source a good background these days. You have to really dig to find something that isn't AI and then getting it to match the page is an effort as well.

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othala updated their site.

2 weeks ago

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web/blogs/politics

web/blogs/music

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catholic/prayer/michael-the-archangel

catholic/prayer/fatima

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othala

2 weeks ago

Part of me wants to add a cooking section to my site but then I would have to also have to learn how to take pictures. Food photography is almost its own art.

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duvarki 2 weeks ago

I've been thinking of doing almost the same thing! I hadn't actually considered how tricky it'd be to get a good picture of a dish, especially because I don't have a decent camera lying around. There's probably a ton that goes into such an image

othala 2 weeks ago

My guess is that properly plating the food and using the correct lighting would go a long way. And using photo filters you can probably get away with a phone camera. Real cameras are much harder to use correctly than software cameras. But yeah, you at least have to be ready for your photo to not come out how you expect.

duvarki 2 weeks ago

That is probably the case yea. I was thinking of perhaps taking the pictures outdoors, as I don't think I'll ever get good lighting inside. It could also be an opportunity to learn how to touch up photos in an editor to make them more presentable!

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2 weeks ago

catholic/mystery/sorrowful/scourging-at-the-pillar

catholic/mystery/sorrowful

catholic/mystery/sorrowful/crucifixion-and-death-of-jesus

catholic/mystery/sorrowful/crowning-with-thorns

catholic/mystery/sorrowful/carrying-of-the-cross

catholic/mystery/sorrowful/agony-in-the-garden

catholic/mystery/luminous/wedding-in-cana

catholic/mystery/luminous/transfiguration

catholic/mystery/luminous/proclomation-of-the-kingdom-of-god

catholic/mystery/luminous/institution-of-the-eucharist

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discreteideas 2 weeks ago

This is a nice resource. My priest recently gave me a similar booklet from the society of Mary

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othala

2 weeks ago

Not sure how many of you all knew but I used to be an image board admin for a small alt board. I took the board offline a long time ago for reasons but kept the archive of it up. I coded it from scratch and was pretty proud of the software but was never proud of the content. I finally took it completely offline and replaced it with a portal to my other sites: https://board.goeshard.org/

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punp 2 weeks ago

t r a n q u i l i t y a t l a s t

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othala updated their site.

3 weeks ago

catholic/prayer/apostles-creed

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duvarki othala

1 month ago

WOww the design is so neat! Great site, look forward to future updates!

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othala 4 weeks ago

Thanks. I wish I could say I had as much time to do page updates as I did when I started this. The time will come again, I'm sure. I'm glad you like the design. I sometimes feel like its rare for anything visually simple to be appreciated on neocities so it's nice to hear.

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duvarki 4 weeks ago

No problem! It's so cool to find someone else who is also interested in ancient Germanic culture, your library page (the Edda especially) has been very useful!

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othala

1 month ago

Been a while since I posted an update. Having a job changes things up. I wish I had got a special background and color for the prayer section but maybe I'll add that later.

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othala updated their site.

1 month ago

catholic/prayer/our-father

catholic/prayer/nicene-creed

catholic/prayer

catholic/prayer/holy-holy-holy

catholic/prayer/hail-mary

catholic/prayer/hail-holy-queen

catholic/prayer/glory-be

catholic/prayer/bless-us-o-lord

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othala

1 month ago

I'm grateful to have a job again but I miss having time and energy to make web pages all day, too.

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prozacncheese 1 month ago

jobs < making web pages

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prozacncheese othala

1 month ago

confirmed and raised Catholic but also always enjoyed going with my uncle, Rev Kev, to his Methodist church. love the site!!

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othala 1 month ago

thank you. :) I need to find more time to update it again.

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followeroftruth othala

1 month ago

Hey I love your site!! I am also a 2026 Catechumen (was confirmed at Easter Vigil)!

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othala 1 month ago

Nice! Glad to see the Body of Christ growing on Neocities. You would probably also like "orison"

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1 month ago

catholic/bible/matthew-john

catholic/bible

catholic/bible/hosea

catholic/bible/hebrews

catholic/bible/genesis-exodus

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othala

2 months ago

I eventually want to extend my dictionary client to give English definitions of Latin words. Not sure when I'll get time to do that but it will get real nerdy when I do.

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othala

2 months ago

It's Interesting that Bede describes his own times, in the 720s or so as "the apathy of our times" in contrast to devout monastic traditions from 630s. It seems like no matter how far back you go, someone is longing for the recent past and thinking, "What degenerate times we live in now." | https://othala.goeshard.org/library/bede/iii/chapter-5/

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othala

2 months ago

Snorri tries to reconcile his ancestor's paganism with his own Christianity: https://othala.goeshard.org/library/edda/prose/prologue/in-the-beginning | A common thing with Snorri is that he wants to unify threads that don't necessarily line up which makes him very unreliable at times. Still interesting.

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othala

2 months ago

I like my new front page background: https://othala.neocities.org | it's sometimes frustrating to find a background that I like due to all the AI spam of today, but once I find the perfect one, it's very satisfying.

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othala updated their site.

2 months ago

catholic/atheist/your-first-mass

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orison 2 months ago

Just an excellent post. Thank you.

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